Subject: NIH GUIDE - Vol. 19, No. 42, November 23, 1990 - RFA HD
From: Dot Baker <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 14:15 EST

Hi Paul,
   Another one to post to the NIH Listserver. Please post as:
       RFAHD-91-03.112390
            Thanks.    dottie
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REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
 
RFA:  HD-91-03
 
POPULATION RESEARCH CENTERS
 
P.T. 04; K.W. 0710030, 0413000, 0413001
 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
 
Letter of Intent Receipt Date:  April 1, 1991
Application Receipt Date:  August 1, 1991
 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
 
The Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), Center for
Population Research (CPR), National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), supports research on population dynamics
using a variety of approaches found in the social and behavioral
sciences.  DBSB supports a number of Population Research Centers
which are designed to provide core services and facilities to
augment the active research grant portfolio at various Universities
and research institutions.  This Request for Applications
(RFA) invites applications for
Population Research Centers to support and augment large portfolios
of population research grants currently existing in U.S.
institutions.
 
At present, DBSB supports a fixed number of centers that are given
a commitment of five years of support, renewable at five-
year intervals.  There will be two currently funded centers
applying for renewal in FY92 and this RFA invites competition for
these grants, either as new or competing renewal awards.
 
RESEARCH GOALS AND SCOPE
 
Center grant applications request support for core services and
facilities supporting research grants that can involve any aspect
of research supported by DBSB.  A grant for a population research
center must be predicated on the existence of a substantial number
of research grants that will be active on July 1, 1992, and
contain at least one NIH and two other federally funded grants.
These grants must be active users of the core facilities and
services proposed in the center grant application.  The cost of a
center will be a material consideration in the selection of
applications for funding.  New applications should not request more
than $400,000 in first year, direct cost support and existing
centers should not request more than 120 percent of the Council-approved
amount in the last year of the existing grant as the first year of
the renewal application.  Applications exceeding these budget
guidelines will be returned to the applicant unless they receive
prior  permission from NICHD to exceed them.  Because population
research center grants are complex entities, it is strongly
recommended that interested applicants contact the DBSB staff for
a personal consultation regarding the centers program.
 
MECHANISM OF SUPPORT
 
The support mechanism for this program is the P30 Center Core
Grant.  Although this solicitation is included in the plans for
FY92, the support of center grants is contingent upon the receipt
of funds for this purpose.  The applications should be consistent
with the guidelines contained in P30 CENTER CORE GRANT GUIDELINES
which are available from DBSB.  The current policies and
requirements that govern the research grant programs of NIH will
prevail (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Part 52 and Title
45, Part 74).
 
METHOD OF APPLYING, REVIEW PROCEDURES, AND CRITERIA
 
Interested applicants should contact DBSB for a personal
consultation regarding center grants and to obtain a copy of P30
CENTER CORE GRANT GUIDELINES.  If an applicant intends to apply,
he/she should send a letter of intent
that includes a descriptive title, the name of the principal
investigator and other key investigators, and other participating
institutions.
The letter is optional but strongly encouraged,
and should be received by DBSB no later than April 1, 1991, but
applicants are encouraged to send it as soon as they decide to
apply for the grant so that DBSB staff can be of maximum assistance
in the application process.
 
The grant application form PHS-398 (rev.  10/88) is used to
prepare the application.  The type of center grant requested
(P30), the RFA title and number should be indicated on the
face page of the application in item #2.  The RFA label
available in the 10/88 version of PHS form 398 must be
affixed to the bottom of the face page.  The PHS-398 is
available from business offices or grants/contracts offices
at most institutions or can be obtained from NIH by calling
(301) 496-7441.
 
Applications must be submitted by August 1, 1991.  Send or deliver
the original, completed, signed application and four (4) complete
copies to:
 
Grants Application Receipt Office
Division of Research Grants, NIH
Westwood Building, Room 240
Bethesda, MD  20892**
 
It is extremely important that two (2) additional copies of the
application be sent under separate cover to:
 
Laurance S. Johnston, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Scientific Review Program
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Executive Plaza North, Room 520
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD  20892
 
Late applications will be returned.
 
The applications will be reviewed by the Population Research
Committee of the NICHD for scientific merit and the Institutes'
Advisory Council for program relevance and policy issues before
awards for meritorious applications are made.  Review procedures
and criteria are detailed in P30 CORE CENTER GRANT GUIDELINES which
is available from DBSB staff.  Applications may be subjected to a
triage by a peer-review group to determine their scientific merit
relative to the other applications received in response to this
RFA.  NIH will withdraw from competition those applications judged
to be noncompetitive and notify the applicant and institutional
business official.  Those applications judged to be competitive
will be further evaluated in the manner stated above.
 
Inquiries regarding this announcement may be directed to:
 
Regarding Program/Scientific Matters:
 
V. Jeffery Evans, Ph.D., JD
DBSB, CPR
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Executive Plaza North, Room 611
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD  20892
Telephone:  (301) 496-1174
 
Regarding Administrative Policy:
 
Donald L. Eiler
OGC
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Executive Plaza North, Room 501
6130 Executive Plaza
Bethesda, MD  20892
Telephone:  (301) 496-5001
 
TIMETABLE
 
Application Receipt Date        August 1, 1991
 
Initial Review Date             March 1992
 
Review by Advisory Council      June 1992
 
Anticipated Award Date          July 1, 1992
 
This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance No. 93.864, Population Research.  Awards will be made
under the Public Health Service Act, Title III, sec 301 (PL
78-410, as amended; 42 USC 241 ) and be subject to PHS grant
policies and federal regulations 42 CFR Part 52 and Part 66 and
45 CFR Part 74.  This program is not subject to the
intergovernmental review requirements of Executive Order No.