--------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28693 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: Department of Treasury Title: RFP -- Amendment -- SBSA -- Inter-American Foundation Chronic Violence Study Contact: Tara Sullivan Tel: 304-480-8510 Email: psb3@bpd.treas.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=16ea335f7cea30bc1eeaa9b1178edc2e&tab=core&_cview=0 A -- INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION CHRONIC VIOLENCE STUDY - SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION SOL RFQ-IAF-12-0008 POC Tara Sullivan, Phone: 304-480-8510 POP Washington, D.C., United States WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/BPD/DP/RFQ-IAF-12-0008/listing.html E-MAIL: psb3@bpd.treas.gov psb3@bpd.treas.govNAICS: 541720 Fillable IPP Waiver Synopsis/Solicitation The Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) on behalf of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is soliciting for a Contractor to conduct a Chronic Violence Study and provide training and workshops. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=16ea335f7cea30bc1eeaa9b1178edc2e&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 05/14/12 (W-SN02747114). (0135) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28357 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: Federal One-Time Opportunity Title: RFP -- DRA Delta Leadership Institute Contact: Amanda Taylor, Senior Project Manager Tel: 662-624-8600 Email: ataylor@dra.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ba2a0aee253532d7272539e73f3e2de3&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: U -- DRA DELTA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - DRA-DLI SOL DAR2012DLI POC Amada Taylor, Phone: 662-624-8600, Bevin Hunter, Phone: 501-569-8187 POP 236 Sharkey Avenue, Suite 400, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 38614, United States 38614 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DRA/DRADRAL/DRAPO1/DAR2012DLI/listing.html E-MAIL: ataylor@dra.gov, bhunter@dra.gov ataylor@dra.gov, bhunter@dra.gov NAICS: 611430 DRA 2012 Delta Leadership Institute RFP The mission of the Delta Leadership Institute ("DLI") is to recognize, train and develop the leadership skills needed for the 21st Century and for the global challenges of the future in the eight state Delta region. The board of the Delta Regional Authority ("DRA" or"the Authority") has initiated various programs to help the residents of the Delta to reach these goals. One of the priorities of the DRA is to improve the leadership skills of the region's current and future leaders. The Delta Leadership Institute is the vehicle through which the DRA will pursue these efforts. The result obtained from the implementation of the DLI programs will be the creation of a cadre of leaders that will work for future improvements in the region by "thinking and acting regionally". DRA has previously held seven years of the DLI. The purpose of this RFP is to expand and build upon DLI. The focus of the executive academy training is on regional leadership and topics important to DRA and the Region such as health, information technology, small business, bio-economy, transportation and education. DRA will require the contractor to secure prominent speakers on subject matters vital to the region at each of the sessions to be held in the DRA region and Washington, DC where the participants of DLI will be exposed to issues/cultural history in each of the cities where the meetings/sessions are held and a cultural outing or business excursion be provided at every location. Upon the completion of the Executive Academy the participants should possess the knowledge and skills necessary to make a direct impact in their community, county/parish, and state. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ba2a0aee253532d7272539e73f3e2de3&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 04/25/12 (W-SN02731592). (0116) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28034 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/CDC/DHHS Title: Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners Contact: Paula Orlosky Williams, Project Officer Tel: 770-488-1659 Email: gvc0@cdc.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=kDPTP9hZfTty1sFwQvFg5G7LlQJTsL8xGPnQW1143Mv8HSf0ydR0!-213555334?oppId=161593&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is April 19, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 4, 2012. SYNOPSIS: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) invites applications for web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convene an E-Learning Collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees that enhances training received; and build a broader network of national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners, regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to prevent SV and IPV. A total of approximately $2,075,000 is available. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27719 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Phase I/II/III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U01) Contact: Gordon B. Hughes, M.D. Tel: 301-496-5061 Email: hughesg@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-123.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 4, 2012. Optional letters of intent may be submitted 30 days before planned submission date. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are June 4, 2012; October 4, 2012; February 4, 2013; June 4, 2013; October 4, 2013,February 4, 2014; June 4, 2014; October 3, 2014; February 4, 2015 , by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites applications a cooperative agreement between NIDCD project collaborator and investigator to support phase I and II clinical trials of preliminary efficacy and phase III clinical trials of definitive efficacy. Phase III clinical trial applications must include a complete detailed Manual of Procedures (MOP) in the appendix (see http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/clinicaltrials for an example of a complete, detailed MOP). The NIDCD Planning Grant for Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U34) (PAR-12-124, SPIN Program # 27720) may be used to gather information and prepare the MOP. This program will use the NIH U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreements award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27720 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Planning Grant for Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U34) Contact: Gordon B. Hughes, M.D. Tel: 301-496-5061 Email: hughesg@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-124.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 4, 2012. Optional letters of intent may be submitted 30 days before planned submission date. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are June 4, 2012; October 4, 2012; February 4, 2013; June 4, 2013; October 4, 2013,February 4, 2014; June 4, 2014; October 3, 2014; February 4, 2015 , by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites applications for a cooperative agreement between NIDCD project collaborator and investigator for a planning grant for phase III clinical trials of definitive efficacy. NIDCD Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U01) applications are accepted only from successful NIDCD Planning Grant for Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U34) awardees, unless NIDCD program staff agrees to accept a phase III clinical trial application from an investigator who has not used an NIDCD clinical trial planning grant first. The NIDCD Planning Grant for Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U34) is used to gather information and prepare a Manual of Procedures (MOP) (see http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/clinicaltrials for an example of a complete, detailed MOP). NIDCD Phase III Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders (U01) (PAR-12-123, SPIN Program # 27719) applications must include a complete detailed MOP in the appendix. This FOA will utilize the NIH U34 Clinical Planning Grant Cooperative Agreement award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27201 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH/DHHS Title: RFA-MD-12-003--NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) Contact: Jennifer Alvidrez, PhD Tel: 301-594-9567 Email: alvidrezjl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-12-003.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 4, 2012. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is May 4, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 4, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) invites applications for innovative social, behavioral, health services, and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Projects may involve primary data collection or secondary analysis of existing datasets. Projects that examine understudied health conditions; examine the effectiveness of interventions, services, or policies for multiple health disparity populations; and/or directly measure the impact of project activities on levels of health disparities are particularly encouraged. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28310 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention/Department of Justice Title: Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program Contact: Tel: 877–927–5657 Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=8McmPWmhGLqhdQwSThQ2pVRLf0ylQ8NS9r52pbhx2m1vJzGgbqZn!-213555334?oppId=165513&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/EUDLFIRE.pdf SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is seeking applications for its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program. This program furthers DOJ’s mission by funding field- initiated studies and evaluations to inform our understanding of the factors that impact the prevention of underage drinking, the enforcement of underage drinking laws, and individuals’ and communities’ attitudes and behaviors about underage drinking. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23117 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/4/2012 Sponsor: Risk Management Agency/Department of Agriculture Title: Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program Contact: Tel: 202-720-0779 Email: RMA.Risk-Ed@rma.usda.gov Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-14/html/2011-14596.htm Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=hcmPPLnXv9QJppVPY1pTyyJK0fGtCsMNXqBFdWK6JXVdjs2yP7hL!98924490?oppId=164133&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces its intent to award approximately $3,000,000 (subject to availability of funds) to fund the Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program. The purpose of this competitive cooperative partnership agreement program is to deliver crop insurance education and risk management training to U.S. agricultural producers to assist them in identifying and managing production, marketing, legal, financial and human risk. A total of approximately $3.0 million is available. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01252 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Title: AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01) Contact: Kishena Washwani, Ph.D. Tel: 301-427-1556 Email: Kishena.Wadhwani@ahrq.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-070.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor solicits Large Research (R01) Projects, and expresses AHRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing extramural health services research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation grants. This FOA will use the AHRQ Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21908 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Title: Understanding User Needs and Context to Inform Consumer Health Information Technology (IT) Design (R01) Contact: Angela Lavanderos Tel: 301-427-1505 Email: Angela.Lavanderos@ahrq.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-199.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on July 6, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for esearch projects that will build a knowledge base of individuals’ personal health information management (PHIM) needs and practices and the design principles related to these activities. The increased interest in and availability of consumer health information technology (IT) applications meant to assist consumers in managing their personal health information has rapidly increased over the past decade. Many other industries have greatly benefited from design principles that take into account user needs and context, which help designers improve the utility of information management tools among a heterogeneous population of users. Individuals are the end users of consumer health IT; however, there is still a lack of basic research around these end users’ PHIM practices and needs and how these methods are influenced by a multitude of other contextual factors (e.g., care settings, demographics, motivations, user capabilities and limitations, informal caregiving networks, technology sophistication, and access to Internet) that, typically, represent a mixture of facilitators or barriers to adequate PHIM. This FOA looks to bridge the chasm that currently exists between consumer health IT designers and the users themselves, by bolstering basic research to better understand users’ PHIM practices, needs, and goals as they are intrinsically shaped by an array of contextual factors. This FOA will use the Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21914 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Title: Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Processes in the Context of Health Information Technology (IT) (R01) Contact: Angela Lavanderos Tel: 301-427-1505 Email: Angela.Lavanderos@ahrq.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-198.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on July 6, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research aimed at elucidating the nature of cognition, task distribution, and clinical work in various health care delivery settings. Research projects funded under this FOA will address current knowledge gaps regarding our understanding of health care providers’ information needs and health care decision making processes, both individually and collectively, and as a health care team (composed of doctors, nurses, therapists, and administrative staff). As the U.S. population continues to make strides in longevity, there also are a growing number of chronic conditions that require consideration when seeking medical attention. Accordingly, health care teams are progressively becoming overwhelmed by the mounting number of tasks that require attention during a typical clinical encounter. These conditions and/or set of conditions are often coupled with various clinical guidelines or best practices meant to guide and inform health care providers when caring for their patients. Furthermore, the volume of clinical guidelines that health care teams are expected to incorporate into patient care is also rapidly increasing. Consequently, these teams must balance information, cognitive tasks, and workflow processes as they make health care decisions. While health information technology (IT) has shown the potential to assist and support health care teams with these requisite tasks in a manner that improves the quality of care while minimizing risk and harm to patients, many health care organizations continue to struggle with the implementation and adoption of health IT. This stems from a variety of contextual factors (e.g., workflow integration, usability of the health IT applications, provider dynamics). To better understand provider needs, basic research is needed on how clinical work is actually done and how it could be done, while incorporating a variety of cognitive analyses (e.g., cognitive work analysis, cognitive task analysis), workflow analyses (e.g., hierarchical task analysis, sequence diagrams), and human-centered design evaluations. This FOA will use the Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 61287 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Directorate for Geosciences/NSF Title: Geophysics Contact: Robin Reichlin, Program Director Tel: 703-292-8556 Email: rreichli@nsf.gov Website:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=70033&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13682 Deadline Note: Full proposal windows are as follows: May 5, 2012 - June 5, 2012; and November 5, 2012 - December 5, 2012. SYNOPSIS: This program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its composition, structure, and processes. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04213 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R01) Contact: Sharon A. Ross, PH.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-594-7547 Email: rosssha@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-234.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development. Another important aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between nutrition and epigenetic experts to study bioactive food components with cancer-preventative properties and to examine key epigenetic events in cancer processes (e.g., carcinogen metabolism, cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis) in order to begin to establish linkages between epigenetics, methylation patterns, and tumor incidences/behaviors. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05824 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Meaures (R01) Contact: Robin McKinnon, Ph.D., MPA Tel: 301-594-3599 Email: mckinnonr@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-027.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related “natural experiments” (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05909 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R01) Contact: Mukesh Verma, Ph.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-594-7344 Email: vermam@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-031.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites research applications that propose to evaluate profiles of methylation, histone modifications and micro RNA (miRNA) and their association with risk of developing cancer in different populations. The overarching goal of this FOA is to provide support for population based studies to define the role of epigenetic markers (methylation, histone and micro RNA profiles) changes to understand cancer etiology. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10731 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01) Contact: Vickie L. Shavers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-1725 Email: shaversv@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-162.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research to: improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23222 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication (R01) Contact: Li Zhu, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-6546 Email: li.zhu@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-238.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications for innovative research that identifies sources of spatial uncertainty (i.e., inaccuracy or instability of spatial or geographic information) in public health data, incorporates the inaccuracy or instability into statistical methods, and develops novel tools to visualize the nature and consequences of spatial uncertainty. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04735 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Nutrition and Physical Activity Research to Promote Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health (R01) Contact: Catherine Loria, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-0702 Email: loriac@nhlbi.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-243.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 07587 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in Obesity and Diabetes (R01) Contact: Abby G. Ershow, Sc. D., FAHA Tel: 301-435-0550 Email: ershowa@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-211.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites hypothesis-testing research applications that capitalize on the unique capabilities of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to visualize outcomes, teach, motivate, and to extend the health care and learning environments, in order to foster to foster desirable eating, physical activity, self-care, and other health-related behaviors necessary for prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. Of highest interest are well-designed multidisciplinary projects drawing on expertise in VR technologies and biomedical behavioral and pedagogical sciences. The overall goal is to develop the potential of VR technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and obesity, and as practical tools for clinical and public health-level prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23549 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Mechanisms (R01) Contact: William T. Riley, PhD Tel: 301-435-0407 Email: wiriley@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-244.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually.This program will expire on September 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to better characterize the dose-response relationship between secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and the cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases by improving our understanding of the mechanisms by which SHS contributes to these diseases. The recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on “Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence” serves as the basis for this initiative. A wide range of research including animal and human laboratory studies, cohort and case control studies, and natural experiments resulting from home, workplace, and/or community changes in SHS exposure are consistent with this initiative. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 58262 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomic Research Regular Research Program (R01) Contact: Dr. Jean E. McEwen Tel: 301-402-4997 Email: jean.mcewen@nih.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-250.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25969 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R01) Contact: Barbara Mulach, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-1884 Email: bmulach@niaid.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-037.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4) creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies to improve knowledge of vaccine safety. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27204 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Enhancing Cellular Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract (R01) Contact: Alan Embry, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-3751 Email: embrya@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-104.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after April 7, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) invites applications for research focused on the discovery of mechanisms that mediate the induction and maintenance of effective antigen-specific CD8+ memory T cells in the female reproductive tract (FRT). The ultimate goal is to develop the knowledge base needed to facilitate the development of future vaccines that generate effective and persistent T lymphocyte responses against infection by HIV and other mucosal pathogens in the FRT. This program is not intended to support evaluation of mucosal vaccines or therapies, or research primarily focused on pathogens. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 11079 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research Opportunities in Obstetric Fistula (R01) Contact: Susan F. Meikle, M.D., M.S.P.H. Tel: 301- 273-8541 Email: meikles@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-141.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to investigate epidemiologic, clinical, social, and behavioral interventions to improve the identification, prevention, treatment, and social circumstances of women at risk for or with obstetric fistula. The purpose of this FOA is not to address service delivery issues that have been outlined in the obstetric fistula program development materials distributed by WHO although it is recognized that improving financial access to care, transportation of women in labor, and obstetric service coverage is critical for reducing and eliminating the obstetric fistula rate. Rather, this FOA requests research applications that complement the programmatic efforts to deliver better and more timely health care during labor, delivery, and post partum. Obstetric fistula is a critical maternal and child health issue in developing countries. Multiple approaches including both improving emergency obstetric care and improved clinical, social and behavioral care are needed to reduce its toll on women and children. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20447 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Understanding and Treating Co-Morbid Conditions in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R01) Contact: Mary Lou Oster-Granite, Ph.D.. Tel: 301-435-6866 Email: mo96o@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-039.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to focus investigator-initiated research upon the factors that impact functioning and quality of life in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during adolescence. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20703 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Outcome Measures for Use in Treatment Trials for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R01) Contact: Melissa A. Parisi, MD, PhD Tel: 301-435-6880 Email: parisima@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-045.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to develop, validate, and/or calibrate informative outcome measures for use in clinical trials for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This funding opportunity will address a significant need in the field, one that is especially apparent in efforts to develop pharmacological treatments for these populations. This solicitation will focus ongoing clinical and translational research on a neglected area essential for therapy and pharmacological treatment development. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22020 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Children in Military Families: The Impact of Parental Military Deployment and Reintegration on Child and Family Functioning (R01) Contact: Valerie Maholmes, PhD., CAS Tel: 301-496-1514 Email: maholmev@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-200.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite interdisciplinary studies on the impact of parental military deployment, combat-related stress, and reintegration with the family on child social and affective development outcomes as well as on family functioning. Longitudinal prospective studies with diverse samples would address important gaps in the literature and are highly encouraged. Descriptive studies addressing the particular concerns of early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence are also encouraged. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23908 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R01) Contact: Ralph Nitkin, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-402-4206 Email: rn21e@hin.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-288.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 05, 2011. The sponsor will accept optional letters of intent thirty days prior to the applicable receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 05, June 05, and October 05 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that will improve our understanding of how patterns of physical activity and dietary choice affect the health and fitness of children with physical disabilities. Proposed research should account for the functional limitations of children with disabilities and their nutritional needs, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and environmental factors that play a role in determining the health of this population. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24408 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Gamete Quality in Natural and Assisted Reproduction (R01) Contact: Stuart B. Moss, PhD Tel: 301-435-6979 Email: mossstua@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-326.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to support outstanding research in the area of female and male gamete quality. For both natural and assisted reproduction, a focal point of the initiative is on the production, identification, and use of healthy gametes. In this regard, the identification and validation of biomarkers that assess gamete quality is critical. Additional areas of interest are the impact of nutrition, environmental exposures, disease states, and aging on oocyte and sperm quality. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 61230 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations [R01] Contact: Susan Newcomer, PhD Tel: 301-435-6981 Email: newcomes@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-111.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of various population groups and improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. High priority is placed on research on populations that appear to have distinctive health risk profiles but have received insufficient attention from investigators. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) highlights a particular community: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and related populations (designated here as LGBTI populations). Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 82960 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) [R01] Contact: Lynne Haverkos, M.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-435-6881 Email: lh179r@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-141.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 85922 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Innovative Therapies and Tools for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R01) Contact: Tiina Urv, PhD Tel: 301-402-7015 Email: urvtiin@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-230.html Deadline Note: Optional Letters of Intent will be accepted 30 days prior to the application due date. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invite applications from institutions/ organizations that propose research relevant to the basic understanding and development of therapeutic interventions for currently screened conditions and “high priority” genetic conditions for which screening could be possible in the near future. In this FOA, a “high priority” condition is one for which the development of an efficacious therapy would make the condition amenable to newborn screening. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94876 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Genetic Susceptibility and Variability of Human Structural Birth Defects (R01) Contact: Lorette C. Javois, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-5541 Email: javoisl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-085.html Deadline Note: This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for innovative investigator-initiated R01 applications using animal models in conjunction with translational/clinical approaches that take advantage of advances in genetics, biochemistry, molecular, and developmental biology to identify the specific genetic, epigenetic, environmental, or gene/environment interactions associated with the susceptibility to and variability of structural birth defects in human populations. Applicants funded through this FOA will join the NICHD Birth Defects Working Group and participate in annual meetings designed to provide a forum to discuss research progress, exchange ideas, share resources, and foster collaborations relevant to the goals of the NIHCD's Birth Defects Initiative. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01007 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases (R01) Contact: Lawrence Agodoa, M.D., Director Tel: 301-894-9650 Email: la21j@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-262.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for research to understand and mitigate issues of health disparities in high priority diseases within its scope, including diabetes, obesity, nutrition-related disorders, hepatitis C, gallbladder disease, H. Pylori infection, sickle cell disease, kidney diseases, and metabolic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal complications from infection with HIV. This program will use the NIH R01 grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09637 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R01) Contact: Robert J. Kuczmarski, Dr.P.H. Tel: 301-451-8354 Email: Robert.Kuczmarski@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-127.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing novel home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood. Tested interventions can use behavioral (including dietary and physical activity), environmental, or other relevant approaches. Applications should focus on infants and young children (to age six years) and emphasize the role of home environment and the influence of family/extended family members and parents (including guardians/substantial care-providers) within the child’s home environment. The direct goal of this initiative is to fund research that will advance knowledge for innovative approaches to the prevention or management of overweight in children less than 6 years of age, with potential for future translation to applications either in the home or linked to a community setting. Research should consider the familial mechanisms of behavior such as the role of families in the initiation, support, and reinforcement of fundamental food and beverage consumption, physical activity practices, and sedentary behaviors. In addition it is of interest to elucidate various underlying behavioral determinants that are crucial to initiate or sustain changes in behaviors that impact energy balance. Research designs may include linkages with other settings (e.g., daycare, pre-school, or other community venues) or other care providers (e.g., health care providers or teachers) but must include infants or children less than age six years as the primary study participant along with parents, and/or other family members residing with the child. The overarching goal is to identify interventions that influence parent and child behaviors that contribute to inappropriate weight gain, and thereby improve subsequent health status in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood for which overweight is a known risk factor. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 78588 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Development of Assays for High-Throughput screening for use in Probe and Pre-therapeutic Discovery (R01) Contact: Ronald Margolis, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-8819 Email: margolisr@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-213.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose the development of assays for high throughput screening (HTS) relevant to processes and diseases specific to its mission with the intent of using them to screen for small molecule compounds that show desired properties as probes for use in advancing knowledge about the relevant target, identifying new targets, or serving as pre-therapeutic leads. The NIH launched a Molecular Libraries and Imaging initiative as part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research to establish a network of HTS screening centers which provide access to a large compound library, robotics to carry out the assays, and informatics to interpret the results (http://mli.nih.gov/mli/). This FOA seeks to establish a stream of scientifically and technologically outstanding assays for screening by these and other academic centers. Assays may involve targets indirectly related to disease, but which might provide insight into the biology of relevant diseases. Other targets might be associated with rare and neglected diseases, an area of increasing focus for the NIH (http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2009/nhgri-20.htm). Assays should be relevant to the scope of the research for at least one of the sponsoring NIH Institutes. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87094 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Basic and Clinical Studies of Congenital Urinary Tract Obstruction (R01) Contact: Marva M. Moxey-Mims, M.D. Tel: 301-594-7717 Email: mm726k@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-226.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to encourage and facilitate research in congenital obstructive uropathy including the development of objective prognostic markers; the genetic determinants of this congenital disorder; the development of reliable animal models of the disorder; and, evaluation of the long-term effectiveness of various treatment strategies. This PA will use the NIH R01 award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 82572 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborations with National Centers for Biomedical Computing (R01) Contact: Peter Lyster, PhD Tel: 301-451-6446 Email: lysterp@nigms.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-001.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for projects from individualinvestigators or small groups to collaborate with the NIH Common Fund for Medical Research National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBCs). For a description of the NCBCs see http://www.ncbcs.org/. The intention of the collaborating projects is to engage researchers across the nation in building an excellent biomedical computing environment, using the computational tools and biological and behavioral application drivers of the funded NCBCs as foundation stones. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 85825 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborative Research for Molecular and Genomic Studies of Basic Behavior in Animal Models (R01) Contact: Laurie Tompkins, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-0943 Email: tompkinL@nigms.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-125.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors offer support for collaborative research, involving behavioral scientists and investigators with expertise in molecular biology and/or genomics, which addresses questions about basic mechanisms of behavior in animal models. This PA will use the R01 award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 00320 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborative R01s for Clinical and Services Studies of Mental Disorders, AIDS and Alcohol Use Disorders (R01) Contact: Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2477 Email: jsherril@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-153.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors offer support for collaborative intervention trials in the treatment, prevention or rehabilitation of those with mental disorders and alcohol use disorders and comorbid mental disorders. Support is also sought for other collaborative clinical studies, including but not limited to mental health services research, AIDS, genetics, psychopathology, stigma, and cultural and social processes. This initiative should be used when two or more sites are needed to complete the study. The collaborating studies share a specific protocol across the sites and are organized as such in order to increase sample size, accelerate recruitment, or increase sample diversity and representation. In studies with a large number of sites, it is expected that one site will be submitted as a coordinating site for data management and/or other centralized administration. This initiative also supports projects involving collaboration between community-based organizations such as consumer or advocacy groups, state or local governments, and Tribal governments with universities and colleges. This program will use the NIH Collaborative Research Project Grant (Collaborative R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23775 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Discovery, Development, and Testing of Novel Interventions to Advance HIV Prevention and Care (R01) Contact: Pim Brouwers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-433-6000 Email: ebrouwer@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-275.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after August 7, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for innovative intervention development research to advance HIV prevention and care. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct tests of the efficacy of novel behavioral and/or integrated behavioral and biomedical interventions, (b) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of innovative interventions, and (c) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26143 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening (HTS) to Discover Chemical Probes (R01) Contact: Yong Yao, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-6102 Email: yyao@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-058.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. Optional letters of intent may be submitted thirty days prior to the relevant application deadline. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: NIH invites applications to form collaborations with an established academic, nonprofit, or commercial high throughput screening (HTS) facility that has the requisite expertise and experience to implement HTS-ready assays for the discovery and development of small molecule chemical probes. Through this FOA, NIH wishes to stimulate research in 1) discovery and development of novel, small molecules for their potential use in studying disease treatment relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes, and 2) discovery and/or validation of novel, biological targets that will inform studies of disease mechanisms. Emphasis will be placed on assays that provide new insight into important disease targets and processes. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26152 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Solicitation of Validated Hits for the Discovery of in vivo Chemical Probes (R01) Contact: Yong Yao, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-6102 Email: yyao@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-060.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. Optional letters of intent may be submitted thirty days prior to the relevant application deadline. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: NIH invites applications to stimulate research in 1) discovery and development of novel, small molecules for their potential use in studying disease treatment relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes, and 2) discovery and/or validation of novel, biological targets that will inform studies of disease mechanisms. Emphasis will be placed on assays that provide new insight into important disease targets and processes. This FOA intends to support investigators who have interest and capability to join efforts for the discovery of in vivo chemical probes. It is expected that applicants will have in hand the starting compounds (“validated hits”) for chemical optimization and bioassays for testing new analog compounds. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 48066 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01) Contact: David A. Chambers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-3747 Email: dchamber@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-038.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. Optional letters of intent may be submitted 30 days prior to the anticipated receipt date. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 59812 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Research On Autism And Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01) Contact: Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-3825 Email: gilottyl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-158.html Deadline Note: This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged. This FOA is intended to support the broad research goals of the Strategic Plan for ASD Research (http://iacc.hhs.gov/reports/2009/iacc-strategic-plan-for-autism-spectrum-disorder-research-jan26.shtml). This program will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05218 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement and Management in Pain Research (R01) Contact: Dr. Susan Marden, Ph.D., Program Director Tel: 301-496-9623 Email: mardens@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-006.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute insult is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24461 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01) Contact: Linda S. Weglicki, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.N. Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-327.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include: developing healthy sleep patterns, developing effective self-regulation strategies, adaptive decision-making in risk situations, practicing proper dental hygiene, eating a balanced and nutritious diet, engaging in age-appropriate physical activity and/or participating in healthy relationships. Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26219 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children (R01) Contact: Xenia Tigno, PhD, Program Director Tel: 301-594-2775 Email: tignoxt@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-061.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) invites applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27871 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings, (R01) Contact: Karen Huss, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAAAAI Tel: 301-594-5970 Email: hussk@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-133.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2016. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invite applications for interdisciplinary research aimed at promoting health, limiting symptoms and disease, and reducing health disparities in children and older adults living or spending time in non-traditional settings. These settings result in exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins that result in health risks, symptoms, and other health conditions/diseases including lower respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Risk identification and symptom management include prevention and behavior changes and actions to maintain health and prevent disease with an emphasis on the individual, family, and community which will advance nursing science. For purposes of this FOA, non-traditional settings, for children and older adults, include, but are not limited to places such as community centers, pre-school and non-traditional school environments (e.g., churches, daycare, home-based schools, dormitories, and alternative schools), child and older adult foster care facilities, older adult day care facilities, half-way homes, assisted living and long-term care facilities. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 90980 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Focal Cognitive Deficits in CNS Disorders (R01) Contact: Lois A. Tully, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-5968 Email: tullyla@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-067.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to expand basic and translational research, including intervention research, on the types, nature, and functional consequences of focal or specific cognitive deficits experienced by persons with central nervous system disorders. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its efforts to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. However, only participating ICs will provide direct grant support under this FOA. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91008 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R01) Contact: Dr. Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN, MSN Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-070.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses. Children diagnosed with a chronic illness and their families have a life-long responsibility for self-management, to maintain and promote health and prevent complications. Biobehavioral studies of children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. Research related to biological/technological factors, as well as, sociocultural, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to successful and ongoing self-management of chronic illnesses in children is also encouraged. This FOA is restricted to studies of chronic illnesses in children and adolescents ages 8 to 21 grouped by developmental stages according to the discretion of the investigator. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93601 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01) Contact: Dr. Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN, MSN Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-104.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications to conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved children. Specifically, this initiative focuses on ethnic and racial minority children and underserved populations of children such as: children from low literacy, rural and low-income populations, geographically isolated children, hearing and visually impaired children, physically or mentally disabled children, children of migrant workers, children from immigrant and refugee families, and language minority children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (physical and family environments), social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02502 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management of Pain in Aging: from Molecular to Clinical (R01) Contact: Wen G. Chen, Ph.D. Tel: 301496-9350 Email: chenw@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-193.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 6, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02634 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R01) Contact: Basil Eldadah, M.D., Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-6761 Email: eldadahb@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-190.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications proposing to study bioenergetic factors underlying increased fatigability and activity limitations in aging. Increased fatigability is a significant cause of restricted physical and cognitive activity in older adults. Alterations in bioenergetics—the production and utilization of energy, and the regulation of these processes—may contribute significantly to increased fatigability. This FOA encourages applications that propose to 1) elucidate specific alterations in bioenergetics related to increased fatigability and activity limitations; 2) develop and evaluate improved measures of fatigability related to bioenergetics; 3) evaluate interventions for increased fatigability and activity limitations that target alterations in bioenergetics and lead to improved quality of life. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 03346 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms Underlying the Links Between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, the Brain and the Body (R01) Contact: Suzana S. Petancesksa, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-9350 Email: petanceskas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-216.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research to elucidate the mechanistic links between psychosocial stress and health in aging, as well as how the aging process and age-related diseases affect the responses to psychosocial stressors. Generally, research should be focused on (1) aging and how neural mechanisms respond to psychosocial stress and affect other body systems, (2) characterizing the behavioral, psychological and social mechanisms and pathways involved in transducing psychosocial stressors into health outcomes, (3) how stressors modulate physiological process underlying life-span, immune mechanisms, and metabolism, and (4) how psychosocial stress contributes to the development or progression of geriatric syndromes, chronic medical conditions, and disabilities in later life. Research is strongly encouraged that aims to identify appropriate targets for intervention, at any level of analysis, from societal to molecular. Research spanning multiple levels of analysis is particularly encouraged. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 03421 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: The Role of Apolipoprotein #, Lipoprotein Receptors and CNS Lipid Homeostasis in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01) Contact: Suzana S. Petancesksa, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-9350 Email: petanceskas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-217.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research to elucidate how Apolipoprotein E, lipoprotein receptors and CNS lipid homeostasis influence brain aging and the transition to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The ultimate goal is to gain an in depth understanding of the mechanisms by which the Apolipoprotein E e4 allele confers increased AD risk for the purpose of advancing the overall search for efficacious AD treatments and Apolipoprotein E e4-directed therapeutics in particular. To this end we encourage research spanning multiple levels of analysis in multiple species (from mice to man). Studies aimed at identifying new therapeutic targets for the treatment of AD and other age-related neurodegenerative conditions associated with lipid neurobiology are strongly encouraged. Also of great interest are projects that aim to use lipidomics, various types of imaging and other cutting edge technologies to identify and develop early biomarkers of neurodegeneration associated lipid dyshomeostasis. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05092 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Secondary Analyses of Existing Data Sets and Stored Biospecimens to Address Clinical Aging Research Questions (R01) Contact: Chhanda Dutta, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-3048 Email: duttac@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-265.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support short term projects involving secondary analysis of existing data sets or stored biospecimens, to address clinically-related issues on aging changes influencing health across the life span, and/or on diseases and disabilities in older persons. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support activities addressing specific hypotheses in clinical aging research and/or to inform the design and implementation of future epidemiologic or human intervention studies, or current geriatric practice in maintenance of health, management of disease, and prevention of disability. Existing data sets may also be used to develop and test new statistical analytical approaches. Costs for archiving of data to be made publicly available may be included in the budget, as long as the archival activities are related to the proposed secondary analyses. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 15588 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Economics of Retirement (R01) Contact: John W. R. Phillips, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3138 Email: John.Phillips@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-138.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research on the economic and health-related factors that influence older persons’ choices on labor force participation as they near typical retirement age and throughout the later stages of life. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20787 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community (R01) Contact: Dr. Sidney Stahl Tel: 301-402-4156 Email: StahlS@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-123.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for translational research that moves evidence-based research findings towards the development of new interventions, programs, policies, practices, and tools that can be used by community-based organizations to help elderly individuals remain healthy and independent, and living in their own homes and communities. The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22558 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: NIA Limited Competition: Renewals of, and Revisions to, Existing Cooperative Agreement Awards (U01) Contact: Robin A. Barr Tel: 301-496-9322 Email: BarrR@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-213.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after June 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for renewal from current NIA-supported cooperative agreements and revision applications from current NIA supported cooperative agreements (U01 awards). This FOA will utilize the NIH U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreements award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23705 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters (R01) Contact: John G. Haaga, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3131 Email: HaagaJ@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-263.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to conduct research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health and well-being of the elderly, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Disasters include weather-related events, earthquakes, tsunamis, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes, and pandemics. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24238 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01) Contact: Erica L. Spotts, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496.3136 Email: spottse@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-318.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications taking advantage of newly available genetic data to advance the understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25659 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Implications of the Economic Downturn for Health, Wealth, and Work at Older Ages (R01) Contact: John W. R. Phillips, PhD Tel: 301-496-3138 Email: john.phillips@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-009.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research on the implications of exogenous shocks, such as those produced by the recent economic downturn, for health, economic circumstances, and planning throughout the life-cycle. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 46815 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials (R01) Contact: Laurie M. Ryan, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-9350 Email: ryanl@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-100.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 18, 2011; and then the standard deadlines of June 5, October 5 and February 5 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite qualified investigators to submit research grant applications for pilot clinical trials using pharmacologic and/or behavioral interventions directed toward the prevention and treatment of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and age-related cognitive decline. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 84872 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Program (U01) Contact: Suzana Petanceska, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-9350 Email: petanceskas@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-015.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for pre-clinical development of new therapies aimed at modifying the behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD); or delaying the onset or slowing the progression of AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or age-related cognitive decline. This program is specifically directed at projects focused on the optimization of therapeutic leads with demonstrated activity against an intended disease target. Projects must be sufficiently advanced that an IND or IDE application to the FDA can be submitted by the end of the funding period. The program does not support early-stage therapeutic discovery activities such as high throughput screening. The program also excludes clinical research and basic, mechanistic research. This is a milestone-driven cooperative agreement program involving participation of NIA program staff both in the development of the project plan and monitoring of research progress. This FOA will utilize the NIH U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreements award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01699 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanistic Studies of Pain and Alcohol Dependence (R01) Contact: Mark Egli, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-6382 Email: megli@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-267.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct mechanistic studies on the relationship between alcohol drinking, alcohol dependence and pain. An association between chronic pain conditions and alcohol dependence has been revealed in numerous studies with episodes of alcohol abuse antedating chronic pain in some people and alcohol dependence emerging after the onset of chronic pain in others. Pain transmission and alcohol’s reinforcing effects share overlapping neural substrates giving rise to the possibility that chronic pain states significantly affect alcohol use patterns and promote the development of dependence and addiction. In addition, long term alcohol intoxication and alcohol dependence induce pain symptoms and may exacerbate chronic pain arising from other sources. The objective of this FOA is to understand genetic, pharmacological and learning mechanisms underlying the association between the propensity to drink alcohol and pain responses. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09872 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: The Role of Cellular Organelles in Alcohol-Induced Tissue Injury (R01) Contact: Max Guo, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0639 Email: Max.Guo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-085.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study biological processes involving the cellular organelles in alcohol-induced tissue injury. Excessive alcohol consumption can damage many organ systems including the liver, heart, pancreas, brain, and lung. However, the mechanisms for these injuries are currently not fully understood. Cellular organelles play an important role in cellular functions and are significantly involved in alcohol-induced tissue injury. Thus, studies of alcohol’s effects on the structure and function of cellular organelles are critical to better understand the mechanisms of alcohol-induced injuries and to develop new strategies for their diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this FOA is to: (1) better understand how acute or chronic alcohol consumption affects the structure and function of cellular organelles, and in turn, how these changes contribute to alcohol-induced injury; (2) investigate how variations of proteins in cellular organelles, or their regulation and function, including cellular signaling pathways, contribute to an individual’s response to acute or chronic alcohol intake and alcohol-induced tissue injury; (3) develop potential biomarkers for prognosis and diagnosis of tissue injury, or identify new targets for therapeutic interventions. This FOA aims to foster the utilization of innovative experimental design and emerging technologies, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, as well as novel microscopic imaging techniques that illuminate functions in intact cells and tissues, to generate new mechanistic and clinical insights into alcohol-induced tissue injuries. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09877 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Stress Pathways in Alcohol Induced Organ Injury and Protection (R01) Contact: Andras Orosz, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2193 Email: orosza@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-093.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose studying the role of cellular stress responses, the cytoplasmic classical stress response or heat shock response (HSR) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, in alcohol-induced tissue injury and tissue protection. While excessive alcohol use causes organ damage, moderate alcohol consumption may be beneficial. The underlying molecular mechanisms for this apparent dichotomy of alcohol’s harmful and salutary effects are currently not fully understood. Alcohol induces cellular stress pathways in the cytoplasm and in the endoplasmic reticulum that may significantly be involved in alcohol-induced tissue injury or mediate tissue protection depending on the quantity, frequency, duration, and temporal pattern of drinking. Hence, studies of the effects of alcohol on cellular stress pathways are critical to understand the mechanisms of alcohol-induced injuries or protection to develop new strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this FOA is to: (1) acquire insight into how acute or chronic alcohol consumption affects cellular stress pathways and in turn, how these changes contribute to alcohol-induced injury/protection; (2) investigate how alcohol induced stress responses mediate cell survival and death signaling pathways at macromolecular, organelle, cellular and organism level contributing to alcohol-induced tissue injury/protection; (3) develop potential stress related biomarkers for prognosis, diagnosis of tissue injury/protection, furthermore identify new targets for their therapeutic interventions. Utilizing innovative experimental design and emerging technologies, such as deep sequencing, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, and novel imaging techniques these investigations are expected to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how alcohol affects the evolutionally conserved stress pathways and elucidate their roles in tissue injuries and repair. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16033 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R01) Contact: Wenxing Zha, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0633 Email: zhaw@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-308.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16240 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Endocannabinoid Signaling in Alcohol Consumption, Intoxication and Alcohol Use Disorders (R01) Contact: Qi-Ying Liu, M.D. Tel: 301-443-2678 Email: liuqiy@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-249.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study the roles and underlying mechanisms of endocannabinoid signaling in alcohol preference, consumption, intoxication and alcohol use disorders, and to explore endocannabinoid signaling system as potential targets for alcohol pharmacotherapy. With increasing knowledge of the function of eCBs in the developing and adult brain and recent behavioral and pharmacological evidence linking alcohol and eCB signaling system, there is now great potential to explore the role of eCB signaling system in alcohol-related behaviors and alcohol use disorders. Studies supported with this FOA will help to gain knowledge about the role and underlying mechanisms of eCB signaling in alcohol preference and consumption; the interactions of acute and chronic alcohol exposure with eCBs at synapses; the effects of such interactions on short- and long-term synaptic plasticity; the role of eCB signaling in the development and maturation of the central nervous system; and the eCB signaling system in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16837 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Strategies for Treatment of Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders (R01) Contact: Margaret E. Mattson, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0638 Email: mmattson@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-246.html Deadline Note: The sponsor encourages optional letters of intent, to be submitted not more than thirty days before the application receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support new research on the treatment of young adults (18-25 years of age) with alcohol use disorders. Compared to all other age groups, the prevalence of periodic heavy or high-risk drinking is greatest among young adults aged 18 to 25. Alcohol use disorders, including alcohol dependence, also peak during this critical period during which profound developmental changes occur. Despite having the highest prevalence of drinking, interventions for this group have been understudied. Gaps exist in understanding how to effectively engage this group in treatment, which treatments are the most effective, and how to maintain treatment gains in the longer term after treatment. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16840 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Strategies for Treatment of Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders (R03) Contact: Margaret E. Mattson, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0638 Email: mmattson@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-247.html Deadline Note: The sponsor encourages optional letters of intent, to be submitted not more than thirty days before the application receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16 and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support new research on the treatment of young adults (18-25 years of age) with alcohol use disorders. Compared to all other age groups, the prevalence of periodic heavy or high-risk drinking is greatest among young adults aged 18 to 25. Alcohol use disorders, including alcohol dependence, also peak during this critical period during which profound developmental changes occur. Despite having the highest prevalence of drinking, interventions for this group have been understudied. Gaps exist in understanding how to effectively engage this group in treatment, which treatments are the most effective, and how to maintain treatment gains in the longer term after treatment. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16841 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Strategies for Treatment of Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorders (R21) Contact: Margaret E. Mattson, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0638 Email: mmattson@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-248.html Deadline Note: The sponsor encourages optional letters of intent, to be submitted not more than thirty days before the application receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16 and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support new research on the treatment of young adults (18-25 years of age) with alcohol use disorders. Compared to all other age groups, the prevalence of periodic heavy or high-risk drinking is greatest among young adults aged 18 to 25. Alcohol use disorders, including alcohol dependence, also peak during this critical period during which profound developmental changes occur. Despite having the highest prevalence of drinking, interventions for this group have been understudied. Gaps exist in understanding how to effectively engage this group in treatment, which treatments are the most effective, and how to maintain treatment gains in the longer term after treatment. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16842 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorders and Depression/Anxiety Disorders (R01) Contact: Deidra Roach, M.D. Tel: 301-443-5820 Email: droach@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-251.html Deadline Note: The sponsor encourages optional letters of intent no more than thirty days before the application due date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2010. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioral treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioral, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. In addition, this FOA accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This FOA is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16989 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral Regulation Mechanisms of Alcohol Dependence and Related Phenotypes (R01) Contact: Ivana Grakalic, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-7600 Email: igrakalic@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-255.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to examine the mechanisms of behavioral regulation contributing to the behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 19685 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology and Prevention in Alcohol Research (R01) Contact: Marcia Scott, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-6328 Email: mscott@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-016.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research investigating the epidemiology of alcohol use, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders and the prevention of underage drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20840 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Research Into The Impact Of Economic Fluctuations On Alcohol Consumption, Drinking Patterns, And Prevention And Treatment Of Problem Drinking And Related Problems (R01) Contact: Robert C. Freeman, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8820 Email: rfreeman@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-061.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the impact of national or local economic fluctuations on alcohol consumption, alcohol drinking patterns, and the prevention and treatment of problem drinking. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20844 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Neuroimmune Mechanisms Of Alcohol Related Disorders (R01) Contact: Changhai Cui, PhD Tel: 301-443-1678 Email: changhai.cui@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-064.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose study the neuroimmune mechanisms of alcohol related disorders. Studies supported by this FOA will provide fundamental insights of neuroimmune mechanisms underlying brain functional and behavioral changes induced by alcohol. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25814 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Impairment of Immune Function, Host Defense and Tissue Homeostasis (R01) Contact: M. Katherine Jung, PhD Tel: 301-443-8744 Email: jungma@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-025.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015 . SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications from researchers with broad ranges of expertise to study the consequences of alcohol consumption on immune function with the ultimate goal of alleviating infection and reversing alcohol-induced organ damage. Susceptibility to infection and organ damage are the two most common causes of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. These consequences of alcohol abuse are closely associated with profound impairment of the host innate and adaptive immune systems. The mechanisms of these immune alterations and their link with alcohol-related medical problems are, in most cases, poorly understood. The goal of this FOA is to attract applications on basic and translational research: 1) to identify how alcohol alters immune function; 2) to establish functional links between immune alterations and alcohol related infections and organ damage; and 3) to develop means for mitigating immune impairment with the goal of alleviating alcohol-induced pathology. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25819 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Effects of Adolescent Binge Drinking on Brain Development (R01) Contact: Dr. Lawrence Baizer Tel: 301-443-9334 Email: baizerl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-027.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies on the effects of adolescent binge alcohol consumption on synaptic maturation and myelin formation in the developing brain. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28360 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Abuse, Sleep Disorders and Circadian Rhythms (R01) Contact: Dr. Lindsey Grandison Tel: 301-443-0606 Email: lindsey.grandison@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-177.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on June 6, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies in humans and animal models on the relationships between alcohol abuse, circadian rhythms and sleep disorders. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 84861 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (R01) Contact: Robert C. Freeman, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8820 Email: rfreeman@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-242.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors offer support for research on the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. This PA will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87302 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services Research, and Recovery (R01) Contact: Page Chiapella, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-4715 Email: pchiapel@wilco.niaaa.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-100.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to support research on behavioral and pharmacological treatment for alcohol use disorders; organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of services for alcohol use disorders; and phenomenon of recovery from alcohol use disorders. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93775 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R01) Contact: Rosalind Breslow, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. Tel: 301-594-6231 Email: rbreslow@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-239.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for Research Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol dependence and psychiatric co-morbidities, chronic and acute diseases, and organ function and damage. Study designs may include biomedical research, epidemiologic approaches, and intervention studies. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93813 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R01) Contact: Mariela C. Shirley, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-9787 Email: shirleym@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-031.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 05, June 05, and October 05 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications for research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94055 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R01) Contact: Gregory Bloss, M.A. Tel: 301-443-3865 Email: gbloss@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-087.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to conduct research on the effects of alcohol-related public policies on health, economic, and social behaviors and outcomes. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94742 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: International Research Collaboration on Alcohol and Alcoholism (U01) Contact: Peggy Murray, PhD Tel: 301-443-2594 Email: pmurray@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-282.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011 The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 2, May 1, and September 1 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for the purpose of fostering international collaborations between alcohol research investigators within the United States and investigators located at non-United States laboratories and performance sites for the mutual advancement of our understanding of alcohol problems and of clinical and public health approaches to their solutions. The program is intended to provide funds for research activities to be undertaken jointly between the U.S. and non-U.S. laboratory that expands the research direction of both the U.S. and non-U.S. laboratories in a collaborative manner. This FOA will utilize the NIH U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreement award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94749 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Program for Extramural/Intramural Alcohol Research Collaborations (U01) Contact: Peter Silverman, Ph.D., J.D., Deputy Director Tel: 301-402-6966 Email: psilverm@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-189.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to encourage collaboration between alcohol researchers in the extramural community and those within the NIAAA intramural research program. The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to bring together the research expertise that, as a functioning collaborative unit, will address key alcohol-based research questions that would not otherwise be possible by the same individuals working towards similar goals in isolation. The goal of the research proposed by the collaborating investigators should address questions that advance the alcohol research field with respect to issues surrounding alcohol use disorders including dependence, and the effects of alcohol on health. This program will use the NIH U01 cooperative agreement award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16983 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research on Hearing Health Care (R01) Contact: Amy Donahue, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-3458 Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-253.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations to support research leading to accessible and affordable hearing health care (HHC). The overarching emphasis is on the acquisition of knowledge that can be rapidly translated into new or enhanced approaches for access, assessment or interventions with a goal to delivering better hearing health care outcomes. Applications should seek quality approaches that are effective, affordable and deliverable to those who need them as well as implementable and sustainable in settings beyond the research environment. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 74352 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: The Central Processing of Taste Information (R01) Contact: Barry J. Davis, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-402-3464 Email: davisb1@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-201.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations studying the role of the central nervous system in the processing of taste information and the perception of taste quality. The purpose of this FOA is to foster basic and clinical research on the central mechanisms underlying the perception of taste quality. A broad range of experimental approaches is encouraged. The NIDCD encourages applications from investigators who are conducting research outside the field of gustation and who are using methodological approaches that have not been typically applied to but which would greatly promote scientific progress within the field. The NIDCD also encourages applications from new investigators in the early stages of establishing an independent research program. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02097 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment Research Data (R01) Contact: Marsha F. Lopez, Ph.D., M.H.S. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: lopezmar@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-018.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to support the innovative analysis of existing social science and behavioral data to study the etiology and epidemiology of drug using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, and other drug), HIV risk behaviors, related disorders, prevention and treatment of these behaviors, and health service utilization including quality, access, and costs. NIDA and NCI encourage coordinated analyses of substance abuse research data that are in public use or that are privately held by a principal investigator. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its effort to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. However, only participating ICs will provide direct grant support under this announcement. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04292 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in the US (R01) Contact: Albert Avila, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-8804 Email: aavila@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-236.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: This announcement encourages research to identify the role(s) that drug abuse plays in fueling the epidemic in vulnerable groups and to develop effective interventions to prevent new infections and to improve the health and well-being of those living with HIV/AIDS. To do this, it is essential that research be directed toward understanding the factors (biological, behavioral, psychosocial, environmental, institutional, etc.) responsible for the profoundly disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among vulnerable groups (racial/ethnic minorities, men who have sex with men, youth) in the United States. This program will use the (R01) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 07860 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Technology-Based Interventions to Promote Engagement in Care and Treatment Adherence for Substance Abusing Populations with HIV (R01) Contact: Shoshana Y. Kahana, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2261 Email: kahanas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-117.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after April 7, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applications to test the utility and implementation of technological tools, including mobile devices, to promote engagement in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care among substance abusing populations with HIV. Research projects may focus on (a) the use of technology to directly improve patient-level outcomes (i.e., adherence); (b) the capacity of HIV treatment providers and related service delivery organizations to adopt and integrate such technologies to promote HIV treatment outcomes; or (c) the use of technology to improve the organization and delivery of HIV treatment and services. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10625 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Neuroscience Research on Drug Abuse (R01) Contact: Nancy S. Pilotte, Ph.D., Chief Tel: 301-435-1317 Email: npilotte@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-268.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that are relevant to the understanding of the process(es) and mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction, including use, dependence, addiction, withdrawal, and treatment, and may be conducted using model systems, animals, and/or humans. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24138 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R01) Contact: Kevin P. Conway, Ph.D., Acting Branch Chief Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: kconway@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-311.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as mental health, interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug-related disorders (e.g., comorbid drug and psychiatric disorders; infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25972 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R01) Contact: Steven Gust, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-443-6480 Email: ipdirector@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-040.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This FOA will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY12 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, and prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders). This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 32276 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R01) Contact: Marsha F. Lopez, Ph.D., M.H.S. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: lopezmar@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-230.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This Program strongly encourages applications that address multiple levels of causation, reflecting the breadth of epidemiology research, that are transdisciplinary in nature and apply novel methods that allow for the advancement of science (e.g., those that investigate interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors, or those that examine how aspects of social environments affect health outcomes), as well as those that take advantage of the investments made by NIH and other funders by using existing data to inform our understanding of drug abuse epidemiology and etiology in a creative and cost efficient manner. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 39381 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: The Development Of Frontal Cortex And Limbic System And Their Roles In Drug Abuse (R01) Contact: Da-Yu Wu, PhD, Program Director Tel: 301-443-1887 Email: wudy@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-027.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study the development of the frontal and prefrontal cortices, together with the subcortical areas of the limbic system, that play significant roles in mediating emotional and motivated behavior. This initiative is designed to support the basic neuroscience research into the fundamental mechanisms of development of the frontal and prefrontal cortices, as well as the midbrain and basal forebrain structures that mediate a number of functions related to drug abuse and psychiatric disorders including: the euphoric properties of drugs, actions of psychotherapeutic agents, and memory, cognitive and emotional functions. An additional major goal of this initiative is to understand how exposure to drugs of abuse affects the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying nervous system development of circuits implicated in drug reward and addiction. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 61237 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R01) Contact: Redonna Chandler, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8768 Email: rchandle@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-127.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for health services and economic research to improve the quality of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) organization and delivery of services; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; or (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 72593 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01) Contact: Lisa Onken, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2235 Email: Lisa_Onken@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-012.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications for Stage II or Stage III research to conduct clinical trials, examine mechanisms of behavior change, determine dose-response, optimize combinations, and/or ascertain best sequencing of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated behavioral and pharmacological (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in diverse settings; (2) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (3) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (4) interventions to treat chronic pain. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 75292 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Women and Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (R01) Contact: Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1319 Email: cwetheri@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-047.html Deadline Note: Applicants may be submitted through Grants.gov on or after January 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 75875 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Molecular Genetics of Drug Addiction and Related Co-Morbidities (R01) Contact: Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-1887 Email: jrutter@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-026.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research projects that identify and/or validate chromosomal loci and variations in genes that are associated with vulnerability to addiction and that inform the likelihood of responsiveness to treatment. Applications that propose to examine intermediate phenotypes or endophenotypes to assess the molecular genetics of drug addiction, addiction vulnerability and/or their associated co-morbidities and how they are related to drug addiction are especially encouraged. Also encouraged are genetic as well as computational and large-scale genomic approaches, which may include but are not limited to linkage, linkage disequilibrium, case-control or family-based studies, and integration of data from other databases that may supplement substance abuse genetics and genomics data. Data may be collected from the general population, special populations, recent admixed populations, and/or animal models. Investigators are encouraged to include, as a component of their project and as appropriate, gene x gene interactions, gene x environment interactions, gene x environment x development interactions, pharmacogenetics, and non-human models. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 78758 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborative Clinical Trials in Drug Abuse (Collaborative R01) Contact: Jamie Biswas, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8096 Email: jbiswas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-099.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor seeks to support collaborative clinical trials in drug abuse (CCTDA) through the funding of “linked” Research Project Grant (R01) applications across different study sites (e.g., different institutions, organizations, and/or multiple campuses within a single institution or university system). Each research group must submit a separate R01 application, but should conduct clinical trials utilizing one common research plan. A lead group should be designated as the coordinating site. Although a foreign institution may be included as a participating site, the coordinating site must be a domestic institution/organization. This FOA will use the NIH Collaborative Research Project Grant (Collaborative R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91125 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Functional Genetics, Epigenetics, and Non-coding RNAs in Drug Addiction Functional (R01) Contact: John Satterlee, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1020 Email: satterleej@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-033.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for basic functional genomic research in two areas: 1. functional validation to determine which candidate genes/variants/epigenetic/non-coding RNA features have an authentic role in addictive processes, and 2. detailed elucidation of the molecular pathways and processes modulated by candidate genes/variants, particularly for those genes with an unanticipated role in addiction. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93878 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Gene-Environment Interplay in Substance Use Disorders (R01) Contact: Naimah Weinberg, M.D. Tel: 301-402-1908 Email: nw46w@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-235.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support to stimulate and expand research on the interplay of genetic and environmental factors in the genesis, course, and outcomes of substance and alcohol use disorders (SUDs). Previous work in genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics has established that SUDs are highly heritable, developmental disorders with important genetic substrates. Building on these findings, new studies using genetically informative approaches are needed to elucidate the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors in developmental trajectories of SUDs and comorbid conditions, deepen and refine phenotypic definitions of SUDs, and meet the methodologic challenges of the field. Such studies hold great potential to promote understanding of the true contributions of both genetic and environmental factors to initiation, progression, comorbidity, adverse outcomes, and desistance of SUDs; to elucidate mechanisms of risk; and to enhance opportunities for translation to treatment, prevention, gene-finding and molecular studies. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 17057 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Improve Health-Related Behaviors (R01) Contact: Wendy J. Nilsen, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-0979 Email: nilsenwj@od.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-063.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent for standard applications are: January 5, May 5 and September 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent for AIDS-related applications are: April 7, August 7, and December 7 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to translate findings from basic research on human behavior into effective clinical, community, or population-based behavioral interventions to improve health. Specifically, this FOA will support interdisciplinary teams of basic and applied biological, behavioral and/or social science researchers in developing and refining novel behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve health-promoting behaviors (e.g., healthy dietary intake, sun safety, physical activity, or adherence to medical regimens), and/or reduce problem health behaviors (e.g., smoking, tanning or physical activity or alcohol or substance use, abuse or dependence). This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24151 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS Title: PAR-11-314--Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01) Contact: Patricia L. Mabry, PhD Tel: 301-402-1753 Email: mabryp@od.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-314.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 5, 2011. Letters of intent may be submitted thirty days prior to application receipt dates. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for that propose to develop basic and applied projects utilizing systems science methodologies relevant to human behavioral and social sciences and health. This FOA is intended to encourage a broader scope of topics to be addressed with systems science methodologies, beyond those encouraged by existing open FOAs. Research projects applicable to this FOA are those that are either applied or basic in nature (including methodological development), have a human behavioral and/or social science focus, and feature systems science methodologies. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25809 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral Interventions to Address Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care (R01) Contact: Wendy Nilsen, PhD Tel: 301-496-0979 Email: nilsenwj@od.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-024.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 5, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to use a common conceptual model to develop behavioral interventions to modify health behaviors and improve health outcomes in patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support research in primary care that uses a multi-disease care management approach to behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve patient-level health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. The proposed approach must modify behaviors using a common approach rather than administering a distinct intervention for each targeted behavior and/or condition. Diseases and health conditions can include, but are not limited to: mental health disorders (e.g., depression), diabetes, smoking, obesity, chronic pain, alcohol and substance abuse and dependence, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, cancer and hypertension. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28087 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/5/2012 Sponsor: Office of Refugee Resettlement/ACF/DHHS Title: Discretionary Grants Awards for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects Contact: Belay Embaye Tel: 202-401-4978 Email: belay.embaye@acf.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=166253&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-RG-0290 SYNOPSIS: The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites eligible entities to submit applications for Microenterprise Development Projects (the project). ORR has supported the microenterprise development program since 1991 with discretionary grants to various public agencies, community economic development agencies, community action and other human service agencies, local mutual assistance associations, and voluntary agencies. Organizations with successful programs have typically been those with a long-term commitment to microenterprise development. They have committed agency resources to support refugee programs and their work in refugee microenterprise development has been consistent with the overall agency mission. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28355 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Prisons/Department of Justice Title: RFP -- AMENDMENT -- Cosmetology Program Services Contact: Jill A Erickson, Contracting Officer Tel: 972-352-4528 Email: jerickson@bop.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c938eea81ea673ca8c02c256209db82d&tab=core&_cview=0 U -- COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM SERVICES SOL RFQP02031200011 POC Jill A Erikson, Phone: 972-352-4528 POP Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, 33 1/2 Pembroke Road, Route 37, Danbury, Connecticut, 06811, UnitedStates 06811 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/BPR/70032/RFQP02031200011/listing.html E-MAIL: jerickson@bop.gov jerickson@bop.gov NAICS: 611511 The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, Grand Prairie, TX intends to make a single award for the provision of an Advanced Occupational Education, Cosmetology Program for the inmate population at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut. THIS IS A NEW REQUIREMNT AND THERE IS NO PROCUREMENT HISTORY AVAILABLE. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611511 (Size Standard: $7 million). A Performance Based firm-fixed price indefinite delivery/requirements type contract will result from this solicitation. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The website for registration is www.ccr.gov. The contract periods will consist of a 12-month period. There will be approximately 15 - 20 inmate students per class. The contract provider must be an established Connecticut Cosmetology school that meets the minimum educational requirements as established by Connecticut statutes, thereby providing legitimate employment opportunities for inmates/students upon release. A session will equal one (1) hour. The Contractor will normally work Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) between the hours of 7:30 am. - 3:30 pm. The estimated maximum number of sessions is 1500 for the 12 month period. The successful contractor shall be accredited state college, institution, and/or University systems or other recognized accreditation association or agency, or be recognized by the Connecticut Department of Licensing and Regulation as being an instructional source and have proof. Experience in teaching Cosmetology Service on similar contracts or in a correctional setting is preferred. The successful contractor shall possess a Vocational Certification in Cosmetology from an accredited college, technical school or university and/or experience in instruction in a cosmetology field. The instructor must meet the teacher certification requirements for the state of Connecticut, have at least three years of experience in a related field, and have an extensive knowledge of teaching the areas related to the 1,500 hour program. The solicitation will be available on/about on April 26, 2012and will be distributed solely through this website. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions to obtain all documents relating to this solicitation. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the solicitation and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed through the website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information aboutthe acquisition. The date for receipt of quotations is on/about June 6, 2012; however, this is a projected estimate and quoters should refer to Page 1 of the solicitation (Block #8) for the actual date quotations are due. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations can submit offer/bids/quotations equally with otherorganizations for contracts for which they are eligible. This solicitation is afull and open competitive procurement. All responsible small business concerns are encouraged to submit a quotation which may be considered. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c938eea81ea673ca8c02c256209db82d&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 04/25/12 (W-SN02731055). (0116) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 08022 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program--Technology/Therapeutic Development Award Contact: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Tel: 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JQLZP0BFSHKJ3XyL2nTxgWK1zlLjTJTv86123jnn014BQ7WT4vRr!-335065855?oppId=159914&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), June 6, 2012. Invited Application Submission Deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET, June 26, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The PRMRP Technology/Therapeutic Development Award is product-driven award intended to provide support for the translation of promising preclinical findings into products for clinical applications, including prevention, detection, diagnosis, patient care, and/or quality of life, in at least one of the Congressionally directed FY12 PRMRP topic areas. Products in development should be responsive to the health care needs of military service members, veterans, and/or beneficiaries. The product(s) to be developed may be pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, and/or clinical guidance for standard of care. The Principal Investigator (PI) must provide a transition plan (including potential funding and resources) showing how the product will progress to clinical trials and/or delivery to the military or civilian market after the completion of the PRMRP award. Examples of the types of research that may be supported include, but are not limited to: Developing and validating clinical guidance/guidelines for standard of care; Testing new therapeutic modalities (agents, delivery systems, and chemical modification of lead compounds) using established or validated preclinical systems (PIs seeking funding for establishing or validating preclinical systems should apply to the Investigator-Initiated Award mechanism); Designing and implementing pilot or full-scale Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) production of therapeutics and/or delivery systems for use in advanced preclinical and initial clinical trials; Developing pharmacologic agents through adsorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) studies; Developing pharmacologic agents to Investigational New Drug (IND) stage for initiation of Phase I clinical trials; Developing prototype devices to Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) stage for initiation of clinical trials; and Optimizing diagnostic or treatment devices for field deployment. Applications must include relevant data that supports the rationale for the proposed study. These data may be unpublished and/or from the published literature. The vision of the FY12 PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military service members, veterans, and beneficiaries. The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY12 topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions along the entire spectrum of research and clinical care. The program seeks applications in laboratory, clinical, behavioral, epidemiologic, and other areas of research to advance knowledge in disease etiology, improve detection, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for those affected by a relevant disease or condition, and to develop and validate clinical care or public health guidelines. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 08025 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program--Clinical Trial Award Contact: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Tel: 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JQLZP0BFSHKJ3XyL2nTxgWK1zlLjTJTv86123jnn014BQ7WT4vRr!-335065855?oppId=159913&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), June 6, 2012. Invited Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, June 26, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The PRMRP Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on a disease or condition addressed in at least one of the Congressionally directed FY12 PRMRP topic areas. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, clinical guidance, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Proposed projects may range from small proof-of-concept (i.e., pilot, first in human, or Phase 0) trials to demonstrate feasibility or inform the design of more advanced trials, through large-scale trials to determine efficacy in relevant patient populations. All studies must be responsive to the health care needs of the military service members, veterans, and/or beneficiaries; however, the use of military populations is not required. The vision of the FY12 PRMRP is to improve the health and well-being of all military service members, veterans, and beneficiaries. The PRMRP challenges the scientific and clinical communities to address one of the FY12 topic areas with original ideas that foster new directions along the entire spectrum of research and clinical care. The program seeks applications in laboratory, clinical, behavioral, epidemiologic, and other areas of research to advance knowledge in disease etiology, improve detection, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for those affected by a relevant disease or condition, and to develop and validate clinical care or public health guidelines.. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 72400 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Prostate Cancer Research Program--Physician Research Training Award (CDMRP) Contact: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Tel: 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=wRwyPs2W6s1xLQtC111rXN2bCpnGyF1YYDNcnY6wzCC3qgyjt0jG!1869518295?oppId=157653&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), June 6, 2012. Invited submissions are due 11:59 p.m. ET, June 20, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The PCRP Physician Research Training Award (PRTA) supports a mentored training experience to prepare physicians with clinical duties and/or responsibilities for productive careers in prostate cancer research. This award emphasizes equally the quality of both the research and the training proposed. The trainee is considered the Principal Investigator (PI) of the application. All applications for the PRTA are to be written by the PI, with appropriate direction from the mentor(s). The PI must demonstrate a commitment to a career as an investigator at the forefront of prostate cancer research and clinical practice; however, the PI is not required to have previous prostate cancer research experience. Applications must include a robust description of an individualized, prostate cancer-focused training plan that will provide the PI with experience in key areas relevant to the proposed work and foster the PI’s development as a prostate cancer researcher. This award requires the involvement of at least one designated mentor with an established research program in prostate cancer, evidenced by publications, funding, and successful mentorship. The PI and mentor(s) should work together to design robust training and mentoring plans, which may include coursework, laboratory techniques, conferences, seminars, journal clubs, teaching responsibilities, clinical responsibilities, and/or other activities appropriate to the area of study. Training plans inclusive of basic and population-based research, in addition to or in lieu of translational or clinical research, are highly encouraged. In --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27616 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences/NSF Title: Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys Contact: Nirmala Kannankutty Tel: 703-292-7797 Email: nkannank@nsf.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=wYMLPfDdVxsgtglDJ0hXTsQ0NVGvVQXP9XqdGXvJJp9zRXQLX17K!-889918338?oppId=151953&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12545/nsf12545.htm SYNOPSIS: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies within the United States. It is responsible for the collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting and dissemination of objective, statistical data related to the science and engineering enterprise in the United States and other nations that is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the public. NCSES uses this information to prepare a number of statistical data reports as well as analytical reports including the National Science Board's biennial report, Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators, and Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. The Center would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys, and to engage in the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES data for research on the science and technology enterprise, to develop improved survey methodologies for NCSES surveys, to create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, and strengthen methodologies to analyze and disseminate S&T statistical data. To that end, NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, workshops, experimental research, survey research and data collection and dissemination projects under its program for Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 97468 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/6/2012 Sponsor: Office of Innovation and Improvement/Department of Education Title: Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants to Non-State Educational Agency (Non-SEA) Eligible Applicants for Planning, Program Design, and Initial Implementation and Dissemination Contact: LaShawndra Thorton Tel: 202-456-5617 Email: lashawndra.thorntonand@ed.gov Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-04-13/html/2012-8980.htm Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=164393 SYNOPSIS: The purposes of the CSP are to increase national understanding of the charter school model by expanding the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the Nation; providing financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools; and evaluating the effects of charter schools, including their effects on students, student academic achievement, staff, and parents. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28377 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/7/2012 Sponsor: Department of Justice Title: SMART Sex Offender Management Fellowship Program Contact: Faith Baker Tel: 202-514-4689 Email: Faith.Baker@usdoj.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=L4DSPZpYlnhhRPfkdvvpd2npc6HJngPpQbg7p8TScL6yx4vC15Tc!267572332?oppId=166913&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.smart.gov/pdfs/SMART_FY_12_Sex_Offender_Management_Fellowship_Program.pdf SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Sex Offender Management Fellowship Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting the activities of up to three fellowship positions to assist SMART in its mission to assist states, the District of Columbia, territories, and tribal jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and to promote innovation and best practices in the field of sex offender management. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28585 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/7/2012 Sponsor: Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services/Department of Education Title: Centers for Independent Living Contact: Timothy Beatty Tel: 202-245-6156 Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-08/pdf/2012-11081.pdf Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169575 The Centers for Independent Living program provides support for planning, conducting, administering, and evaluating centers for independent living (centers) that comply with the standards and assurances in section 725 of part C of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act), consistent with the design included in the State plan for establishing a statewide network of centers. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25840 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: Economic Development Administration/Department of Commerce Title: Economic Development Assistance Programs--Public Works and Economic Development Facilities Contact: H. Philip Paradice, Jr., Regional Director Tel: 404-730-3002 Email: pparadice@eda.doc.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=131493&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.eda.gov/PDF/FY_2012_EDAP_FFO_11-18-11_FINAL.pdf Deadline Note: In general, EDA will accept and review applications submitted under its Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs in funding cycles. To be considered during a particular funding cycle, complete applications must be validated and time-stamped by www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable funding cycle deadline. Alternatively, paper applications may be delivered with delivery confirmation to the applicable regional office listed in section X. of the FY 2012 FFO. Paper applications must be received at or before 5:00 p.m. local time in the applicable regional office on the funding cycle deadline. If your application is received after the deadline, it will be considered late and will not be reviewed by EDA for that funding cycle. EDA will not accept facsimile or email transmissions of applications. The next four funding cycle deadlines are: (i) December 15 for funding cycle 2 of FY 2012; (ii) March 9 for funding cycle 3 of FY 2012; (iii) June 8 for funding cycle 4 of FY 2012; and (iv) September 14 for funding cycle 1 of FY 2013. SYNOPSIS: This Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) announcement sets out EDA’s application submission and review procedures for two of its Economic Development Assistance programs authorized under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.) (PWEDA): (i) Public Works and Economic Development Facilities; and (ii) Economic Adjustment Assistance. EDA’s programs help provide distressed communities and regions with comprehensive and flexible resources to address a wide variety of economic needs that lead to the creation of jobs and enhanced private investment. The programs are designed to support local and regional economic development efforts to establish a foundation for durable economies throughout the United States. Through these programs, EDA supports bottom-up strategies that build on regional assets to spur economic growth and resiliency. EDA encourages its rural and urban partners throughout the country to develop initiatives that advance new ideas and creative approaches to address rapidly evolving economic conditions. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25842 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: Economic Development Administration/Department of Commerce Title: Economic Development Assistance Programs--Economic Adjustment Assistance Contact: H. Philip Paradice, Jr., Regional Director Tel: 404-730-3002 Email: pparadice@eda.doc.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=131493&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.eda.gov/PDF/FY_2012_EDAP_FFO_11-18-11_FINAL.pdf Deadline Note: In general, EDA will accept and review applications submitted under its Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs in funding cycles. To be considered during a particular funding cycle, complete applications must be validated and time-stamped by www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable funding cycle deadline. Alternatively, paper applications may be delivered with delivery confirmation to the applicable regional office listed in section X. of the FY 2012 FFO. Paper applications must be received at or before 5:00 p.m. local time in the applicable regional office on the funding cycle deadline. If your application is received after the deadline, it will be considered late and will not be reviewed by EDA for that funding cycle. EDA will not accept facsimile or email transmissions of applications. The next four funding cycle deadlines are: (i) December 15 for funding cycle 2 of FY 2012; (ii) March 9 for funding cycle 3 of FY 2012; (iii) June 8 for funding cycle 4 of FY 2012; and (iv) September 14 for funding cycle 1 of FY 2013. SYNOPSIS: This Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) announcement sets out EDA’s application submission and review procedures for two of its Economic Development Assistance programs authorized under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.) (PWEDA): (i) Public Works and Economic Development Facilities; and (ii) Economic Adjustment Assistance. EDA’s programs help provide distressed communities and regions with comprehensive and flexible resources to address a wide variety of economic needs that lead to the creation of jobs and enhanced private investment. The programs are designed to support local and regional economic development efforts to establish a foundation for durable economies throughout the United States. Through these programs, EDA supports bottom-up strategies that build on regional assets to spur economic growth and resiliency. EDA encourages its rural and urban partners throughout the country to develop initiatives that advance new ideas and creative approaches to address rapidly evolving economic conditions. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28134 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases/CDC/DHHS Title: Strengthening Surveillance for Diseases Among Newly-Arrived Immigrants and Refugees Contact: Heather Burke, Project Officer Tel: 404-639-3408 Email: HBurke@cdc.gov Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=pvnTPFTTZj62yzxnpQp4s5pxQj1CH6WQgyCKBsTVhCSWWcTkjzGy!545677704?oppId=162755&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is May 9, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) invites applications to conduct surveillance to detect, prevent and control diseases and evaluate existing health programs to improve the health of refugees and/or immigrants that are newly arrived in the United States. A total of approximately $4.0 million is available. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28000 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: RFP -- AMENDMENT -- NICHD Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network - Male Sites Contact: Katharine Minker, Contracting Officer Tel: 301-402-7571 Email: km571h@nih.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f9415bcaddbed158658f77878d922956&tab=core&_cview=0 A -- NICHD CONTRACEPTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK - MALE SITES SOL NI-NICHD-CRHB-2012-04 POC Katharine Minker, Phone: 301-402-7571, Alice M. Pagán, Phone: 301-435-6959 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NICHD/NIH-NICHD-CRHB-2012-04/listing.html E-MAIL: km571h@nih.gov, alice.pagan@nih.govkm571h@nih.gov, alice.pagan@nih.gov NAICS: 541712 THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WILL BE ISSUED VIA FEDBIZOPPS ON OR ABOUT APRIL 17, 2012. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Healthand Human Development (NICHD) is planning to issue an RFP for multiple Indefinite/Delivery, Indefinite/Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order contracts for the NICHD Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN). The NIH, NICHD is the lead Federal agency for the conduct of basic, clinical and epidemiological research to develop new contraceptives and to evaluate existing methods of contraception and reproductive health. The Center for Population Research (CPR), within NICHD, was established in 1968 by the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, with the important goal of developing new contraceptives through the use of contracts and grants. Within CPR, the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB) has long supported several preclinical contraceptive testing facilities, as well as facilities for chemical and peptide synthesis. To further expand their contraceptive development capabilities, in 1996 CRHB established the initial NICHD CCTN in order to conduct Phase I, II, and III clinical trials of new contraceptive methods. The NICHD CCTN is an important component of the CRHB contraceptive development capability. Products that have undergone formulation and successful pre-clinical testing, either through the CRHB formulation and testing facilities or through outside sources, are candidates for clinical testing in the NICHD CCTN. The NICHD CCTN is particularly valuable for providing a venue for testing new contraceptive drugs and devices that have been developed by small companies that lack the resources to support large-scale clinical trials. This acquisition is for a re-competition of the male sites that will operate under an Indefinite/Delivery, Indefinite/Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order contracts. The male sites will be able to work with the CCTN Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center (SCCC) and NICHD to rapidly develop protocols and initiate clinical trials shortly after candidate products have completed the necessary preclinical testing. The resultant IDIQ contracts will be for a seven (7) year period of performance. The CCTN male sites contractors will evaluate systematically the safety and efficacy of new male contraceptive drugs and devices as well as drug treatments for conditions in Phase I, II, III and IV trials. The results of these clinical trials would be the basis for advancing candidate drugs and devices through development with the ultimate goal of submission to the FDA in support of a New Drug Application (NDA), Premarket notification 510k, Premarket Approval (PMA) or Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE). It is estimated that the new NICHD CCTN will consist of up to 4 sites capable of performing male contraceptive clinical trials and up to 16 female sites. Please be advised that the NICHD is issuing separate RFPs for each CCTN Topic Area (Male Contraceptive Clinical Trials & Female Contraceptive Clinical Trials) and the SCCC for the CCTN. This Pre-Solicitation announcement is for the RFP for the Male Sites for the only. The RFP will be made available electronically only via the FedBizOpps website (http://www.fbo.gov). Offerors are responsible for routinely checking the FedBizOpps website for any possible solicitation amendments that may be issued. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f9415bcaddbed158658f77878d922956&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 04/02/12 (W-SN02711268). (0093) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28002 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: RFP -- SBSA -- AMENDMENT -- Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center Contact: David Fitton Tel: 301-443-5239 Email: fittond@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4be37cae425c618f9069609e60c95da1&tab=core&_cview=0 A -- STATISTICAL AND CLINICAL COORDINATING CENTER SOL NIH-NICHD-CRHB2012-05 POC David Fitton, Phone: 301-443-5239 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NICHD/NIH-NICHD-CRHB-2012-05/listing.html E-MAIL: fittond@mail.nih.gov fittond@mail.nih.gov NAICS: 541712 THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSWILL BE ISSUED VIA FEDBIZOPPS ON OR ABOUT April 17, 2012 The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is planning to issue an RFP for an Indefinite/Delivery, Indefinite/Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order contract for the NICHD Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN) Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center (SCCC). This will be a 100% small business set-aside IDIQ Task Order contract. The NIH, NICHD is the lead Federal agency for the conduct of basic, clinical and epidemiological research to develop new contraceptives and to evaluate existing methods of contraception and reproductive health. The Center for Population Research (CPR), within NICHD, was established in 1968 by the Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, with the important goal of developing new contraceptives through the use of contracts and grants. Within CPR, the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch (CRHB) has long supported several preclinical contraceptive testing facilities, as well as facilities for chemical and peptide synthesis. To further expand their contraceptive development capabilities, in 1996 CRHB established the initial NICHD CCTN in order to conduct Phase I, II, and III clinical trials of new contraceptive methods. The NICHD CCTN is an important component of the CRHB contraceptive development capability. Products that have undergone formulation and successful pre-clinical testing, either through the CRHB formulation and testing facilities or through outside sources, are candidates for clinical testing in the CCTN. The CCTN is particularly valuable for providing a venue for testing new contraceptive drugs and devices that have been developed by small companies that lack the resources to support large-scale clinical trials. This acquisition is for a re-competition of the SCCC that will operate under an Indefinite/Delivery, Indefinite/Quantity (IDIQ) Task Order contract. The SCCC will be assisting with protocol development, preparation of study materials, regulatory document coordination, clinical monitoring, coordination of laboratory services, data collection and data analysis for the Female and Male sites. The resultant IDIQ contract will be for a seven (7) year period of performance. The results of these clinical trials would be the basis for advancing candidate drugs and devices through development with the ultimate goal of submission to the FDA in support of aNew Drug Application (NDA), Premarket notification 510k, Premarket Approval (PMA) or Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE). It is estimated that the new NICHD CCTN will consist of up to 16 sites capable of performing female contraceptive clinical trials and approximately 4 sites capable of performing male contraceptive clinical trials. Please be advised that the NICHD is issuing separate RFPs for each CCTN Topic Area (Female Contraceptive Clinical Trials & Male Contraceptive Clinical Trials) and the SCCC for the CCTN. This Pre-Solicitation announcement is for the RFP for the Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center only. The RFP will be made available electronically only via the FedBizOpps website (http://www.fbo.gov). Offerors are responsible for routinely checking the FedBizOpps website for any possible solicitation amendments that may be issued. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4be37cae425c618f9069609e60c95da1&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 04/02/12 (W-SN02711332). (0093) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28213 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Justice/Department of Justice Title: Evaluability Assessment of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) Model Contact: Dr. Marie Garcia Tel: 202-514-7128 Email: Marie.Garcia@usdoj.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=qSx2PCzVzvq2L0ytJv1ZJv80xNLSS2T57kQ9x1zNqfCxwhFD6JrT!748281696?oppId=162573&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001017.pdf SYNOPSIS: As part of a collaborative effort with the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART), NIJ seeks competitive proposals for a single award that will support an evaluability assessment of up to five sites that are implementing the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) model. Results from the evaluability assessments may become a precursor to further research and program development work, lay possible groundwork for other targeted research, and assist with the coordination of extramural and intramural research and evaluation efforts sponsored by NIJ and partnering agencies (e.g., the SMART Office). --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28215 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Justice/Department of Justice Title: Evaluability Assessment of Law Enforcement Agencies Using the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) Contact: Eric D. Martin Tel: 202-514-9588 Email: Eric.D.Martin@usdoj.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=nQhyPNNCRxCwDvLJLmhJ9vyVtKh5kwNs1vnb4hVN6NJWYdvqzXm0!98924490?oppId=164893&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001023.pdf SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is seeking an evaluability assessment of the DDACTS model, which integrates location-based crime and traffic crash data to establish effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources. This research seeks to improve law enforcement operations implemented to reduce crime, traffic crashes, and traffic violations as well as improve public safety. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 62945 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities (R01) Contact: Redonna K. Chandler, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: rchandle@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-072.html Deadline Note: Although not required, and not binding, a letter of intent is requested four weeks prior to the planned submission date. This FOA will expire on December 11, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support substance abuse prevention and treatment services research in rapidly evolving areas (e.g., changes in service systems, health care financing, policy, natural/man-made disasters, etc) where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and award of support. There are three distinguishing features of an eligible study: 1) the study's scientific value and feasibility are clear, 2) rapid review and funding are required in order for the scientific question to be answered, and 3) the knowledge gained from the study is time-sensitive and seeking funding through the regular NIH cycle of review and award would result in a missed opportunity to conduct the research. It should be clear that the research question offers an uncommon and scientifically significant research opportunity that could only become available if the project is initiated with minimum delay. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28551 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/8/2012 Sponsor: Office of Public Health and Science/DHHS Title: Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) Contact: Tel: 240-453-8822 Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=mV5YPnFbzRJDhT9916sfMqQVM4bbCCzBh6BQ6y52Whkc8SGQVsVq!1020059110?oppId=169220&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14371 SYNOPSIS: The YEP seeks to address unhealthy behaviors in at-risk minority youth and provide them with opportunities to learn skills and gain experiences that contribute to more positive lifestyles and enhance their capacity to make healthier life choices. It is intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of a highly innovative and multi-partnership collaborative approach involving institutions of higher education, primary and secondary schools, sports organizations, youth clubs, other related community organizations and institutions, and the community at-large on reducing risky behaviors among targeted minority youth 10 to 18 years of age. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28620 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/10/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS Title: Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06) Contact: Sheila A. Caldwell, PhD Tel: 301-435-0760 Email: caldwells@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-182.html Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is June 10, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is July 10, 2012 . This FOA will expire on July 11, 2012. SYNOPSIS: NIH and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for new or continued Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH). The NARCH program supports opportunities for conducting research and research training to meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. This FOA is issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in conjunction with the other Institutes/Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). This FOA will utilize the NIH S06 Research-Related Programs award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23108 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Administration on Children, Youth and Families/ACF/DHHS Title: Child Welfare -- Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children with Child Welfare Involvement Contact: Elaine Stedt Tel: 202-205-7941 Email: elaine.stedt@acf.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=163753&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CO-0315 SYNOPSIS: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects to improve the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of infants and young children, ages birth to 5 years old, and their families, through collaborative service delivery. Specifically, these 24-month grant projects will build infrastructure capacity between State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies and early childhood systems to ensure that infants and young children who are in or at-risk of entering into foster care have access to comprehensive, high-quality early care and education services. Projects also will promote and utilize multi-disciplinary interventions that build on protective factors and mediate the effects of adverse experiences. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28666 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Administration on Developmental Disabilities/ACF/DHHS Title: Projects of National Significance: Community of Practice for Supporting Families of Persons with I/DD Contact: Ophelia McLain Tel: 202-690-7025 Email: ophelia.mclain@acf.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=y77KPxGNd3QMwdp1cYpmLTS2pH86jbpCF21tNF2L4sc41F8v2Lcl!-1255049606?oppId=170257&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ADD-DN-0514 Deadline Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify ACF of their intention to submit an application under this announcement. Letters of intent will be due on June 11, 2012. Full applications will be due on July 10, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds for a cooperative agreement authorized under Subtitle E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, Projects of National Significance (PNS). Funds will be awarded to develop a Community of Practice (CoP) designed to build capacity across and within States to create policies, practices, and systems to better assist and support families that include a member with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) across the lifespan. The CoP will develop and define the scope of the issue; gather information including the identification of emerging and promising practices across States; establish and maintain mechanisms to share and disseminate data, information, and promising practices; develop ideas to address challenges and opportunities to improve strategies, policies, practices, and systems supporting families of people with I/DD that are culturally competent and facilitate self-determination; provide peer-to-peer technical assistance; and promote interagency collaboration and partnership. The partnerships will include organizations that encourage systemic change and improved capacity to support families of individuals with I/DD. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28672 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Administration on Developmental Disabilities/ACF/DHHS Title: Projects of National Significance: Community of Practice for Supporting Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with I/DD Contact: Ophelia McLain Tel: 202-690-7025 Email: ophelia.mclain@acf.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=3BhyPxPGJgMNBvx8hhnTXpGQ3zLXtdTnK4dbz7hz5JyDSx2cPXNF!-1255049606?oppId=170253&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ADD-DN-0513 Deadline Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify ACF of their intention to submit an application under this announcement. Letters of intent will be due on June 11, 2012. The due date for applications will be July 10. 2012. SYNOPSIS: The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds for a cooperative agreement authorized under Subtitle E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, Projects of National Significance. Funds will be awarded to build capacity across and within States through State consortia, to create and share policies, practices, and systems that support competitive, integrated employment outcomes to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The Community of Practice (CoP) under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will work to provide information including the identification of emerging and promising practices in the area of competitive integrated employment across States, establish and maintain mechanisms to share and disseminate data, develop ideas to address competitive integrated employment challenges in States, provide quality peer to peer technical assistance, and promote interagency collaboration and partnership. The partnerships will include key State and local partners in a way that promotes culturally competent information and facilitates self-determination to promote effective systems change efforts in the area of competitive integrated employment for individuals with I/DD. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28137 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance/Department of Justice Title: Evaluation of the FY 2011 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects Contact: Dr. Marie Garcia Tel: 202-514-7128 Email: Marie.Garcia@usdoj.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=ghFJPGfKSxd51fv3D7JhyJw98rb1vjnT0nxyYqdTntJLSkRCb1dQ!1869518295?oppId=163793&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001010.pdf SYNOPSIS: NIJ seeks proposals to examine the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Second Chance Act (SCA) adult offender reentry demonstration projects funded in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. The specific focus areas under this solicitation include: (1) an evaluability assessment of eight adult offender reentry demonstration projects (anticipates one award of up to $400,000) and; (2) a comprehensive evaluation of eight adult offender reentry demonstration projects (anticipates one award of up to $3 million). Application titles should clearly indicate the focus area. Applicants may submit to either or both focus areas. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27657 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency Title: RFP -- Environmental Finance Education & Training Contact: Nicole Humphrey Tel: Email: humphrey.nicole@epa.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5600e639a06cfda7f3cef5234adfc633&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: U -- ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE EDUCATION & TRAINING SOL RFQ-PR-OCFO-11-0303 DUE 041212 POC Nicole Humphrey WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/RFQ-PR-OCFO-11-00303/listing.html E-MAIL: Contracting Officer humphrey.nicole@epa.gov NAICS: 611710 Response Date/Time: 1:00PM ET ? April 12, 2012This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation;proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.Thetitle and RFQ number for this request for proposals ?Environmental Finance Education & Training? ? RFQ-PR-OCFO-11-00303; shall be referenced on any quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-54. The Center for EnvironmentalFinance (CEF) in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) seeks contractor support for providing environmental finance education and training to EPA employees. The purpose of this requirement is to support the design and implementation of an educational and training program in environmental finance. This program shall consist of graduate-level college courses in environmental finance strategies and solutions, environmental finance project analysis, environmental law and finance, and public policy and the environment. The courses shall be taught by the faculty of a college, university, or other organization both of which (faculty and institution) are accredited by an U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditation association. The program shall be offered on-site at an EPA headquarters facilities location. Any firm believing itself to be capable of meeting EPA?s requirement, as stated within the RFP, Instructions, and the Statement of Work, may submit a proposal, which, if received by the response date and timeof this announcement shall be considered. LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Prospective sources are reminded that an award can only be made to a Contractor who is registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database in accordance with FAR 4.11. A formatted copy of the Statement of Work, including the evaluation factors and quote submission instructions can be found at the address identified below. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5600e639a06cfda7f3cef5234adfc633&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 03/13/12 (W-SN02695601). (0073) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05677 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: RFA-HL-12-024--Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in Obesity and Diabetes (R41/R42) Contact: Abby G. Ershow, Sc. D., FAHA Tel: 301-435-0550 Email: ershowa@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-024.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: June 13, 2011 (passed) and June 11, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: July 11, 2011 and July 11, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that capitalize on the unique capabilities of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to teach, motivate, visualize outcomes, and to extend the health care and learning environments for patients with obesity and diabetes. The VR technology proposed should foster desirable eating, physical activity, self-care, and other health-related behaviors necessary for prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. Of highest interest are well-designed multidisciplinary projects drawing on expertise in VR technologies and biomedical behavioral and pedagogical sciences. The overall goal is to develop the potential of Virtual Reality technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and obesity, and as practical tools for clinical and public health-level prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. This FOA will utilize the NIH R41/R42 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants - Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track award mechanisms. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27202 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH/DHHS Title: RFA-MD-12-004--NIMHD Basic and Applied Biomedical Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) Contact: Nishadi Rajapakse, PhD, MHS Tel: 301-796-4338 Email: chandima.rajapakse@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-12-004.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 11, 2012. The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is May 11, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 11, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) invites innovative grant applications on: 1. Biological and genetic research to explore disease mechanisms or pathways that influence health outcomes in minority and health disparity populations; and 2. Clinical and translational research linking basic science discovery with effective treatment or clinical practice. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28826 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Natural Resources Conservation Service/Department of Agriculture Title: RFP -- Cultural Resources Services Contact: Crystal Blackburn Tel: 334-887-4543 Email: crystal.blackburn@al.usda.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7d99489ed5e46de39fe203fdf0117287&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: R -- CULTURAL RESOURCES SERVICES - COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION SO AG-4101-S-12-0004 POC Crystal Blackburn, Phone: 3348874543 POP Northern Alabama, Multiple, Alabama, United States WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/NRCS/ALSO/AG-4101-S-12-0004/listing.html E-MAIL: crystal.blackburn@al.usda.gov crystal.blackburn@al.usda.gov NAICS: 541990 Attachment 3 - Maps Package Attachment 2c - Service Contract Act Wage Determinations (multiple counties) Attachment 2b - Service Contract Act Wage Determinations (multiple counties) Attachment 2a - Service Contract Act Wage Determinations (multiple counties) Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement Combined Synopsis/Solicitation The Natural Resources Conservation Service, Alabama State Office requires cultural resources/archeological services for a survey of approximately 2340 acres in northern Alabama. The expected magnitue of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. Please see the full solicitation documents (attached) for further details. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7d99489ed5e46de39fe203fd f0117287&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 05/18/12 (W-SN02752003). (0139) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 03814 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Office of Public Health and Science/DHHS Title: Request for Applications for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support Services for Women Partners of Incarcerated/Recently Released Men Contact: Mary L. Bowers Tel: 202-260-0020 Email: mary.bowers@hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=vVdwPr7B1QYGfx1Cczh6l2ygVRJTxDQj5FvDw4pc2qG62TBgGz2L!1020059110?oppId=169873&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14378 SYNOPSIS: The Office on Women’s Health announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 300u-2(a). This notice solicits applications for competing grant awards to serve women partners of incarcerated and or recently released males in geographic areas with high incidence rates of HIV/AIDS. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28167 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Office of Public Health and Science/DHHS Title: Training and Technical Assistance Projects Supported by the Office of Population Affairs and the Division of STD Prevention Contact: Steven J Shapiro Tel: 404-639-8868 Email: sjs4@cdc.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=164153&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14334 SYNOPSIS: This announcement is issued by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in collaboration with the Division of STD Prevention within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (CDC), and seeks applications from public and private nonprofit entities to establish and operate training and technical assistance projects. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28629 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/11/2012 Sponsor: Office of Public Health and Science/DHHS Title: Request for Applications for the In Community Spirit - Prevention of HIV/AIDS for Native/American Indian and Alaska Native Women Living in Rural1 and Frontier Indian Country Program Contact: Mary L. Bowers Tel: 202-260-0020 Email: mary.bowers@hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=vVdwPr7B1QYGfx1Cczh6l2ygVRJTxDQj5FvDw4pc2qG62TBgGz2L!1020059110?oppId=169876&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14380 SYNOPSIS: The Office on Women’s Health announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 cooperative agreement under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 300u-2(a). This notice solicits applications for competing grant awards to serve Native/American Indian and Alaska Native Women Living in Rural and Frontier Indian Country. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94994 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Title: Mentored Research Scientist Reseach Career Development Award (K01) Contact: Kay Anderson, PhD. Tel: 301-427-1555 Email: Kay.Anderson@ahrq.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-087.html Deadline Note: This FOA will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained health services researchers are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the mission and priorities of AHRQ. The primary purpose of the AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Awards (K01) program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. This program represents the continuation of an AHRQ program that provides support and “protected time” to individuals with a research doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in health services research. This FOA will utilize the Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28402 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: Department of Justice Title: SMART Promoting Evidence Integration in Sex Offender Management: Circles of Support and Accountability Training and Technical Assistance Project Contact: Jacqueline O'Reilly Tel: 202-514-5024 Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=S2vXPpJDfpq9GdqyvKRKLDgy2bBv1qJs1dcwsHTtl6hTDQXzhtwJ!917914427?oppId=167974&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://smart.gov/pdfs/SMART_FY12_COSA_TTA.pdf SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is seeking applications for the development and implementation of training and technical assistance under the Promoting Evidence Integration in Sex Offender Management: Circles of Support and Accountability Grant Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting projects that will generate evidence-based knowledge to enhance sex offender management practices. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26358 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) Contact: Susan N. Perkins, Ph.D., Program Director Tel: 301-496-8580 Email: perkinsu@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-067.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 12, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award. The award is intended to support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become cancer-focused academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. This FOA will utilize the NIH Academic Career Award (K07) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01250 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Senior Scientist Research Award (K05) Contact: Gary J. Murray, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-9940 Email: gary.murray@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-148.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 12, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invite applications for the Senior Scientist Research Award. The award is intended to provide protected time for outstanding senior scientists who have demonstrated a sustained high level of productivity conducting biomedical research relevant to the scientific mission of the appropriate institute to focus on their research and to provide mentoring of new investigators. This program will use the NIH Research Scientist Award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10134 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18) Contact: Daniel A. Sklare, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-1804 Email: skalred@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-150.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for the NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18) program, which is designed to enable established, proven investigators to augment or redirect their research programs through the acquisition of new research skills to answer questions relevant to the hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language sciences. This FOA will utilize the NIH Career Enhancement Award (K18) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10483 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18) Contact: Daniel A. Sklare, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-1804 Email: skalred@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-162.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for the NIDCD Research Career Enhancement Award for Established Investigators (K18) program to enable established, proven investigators to augment or redirect their research programs through the acquisition of new research skills to answer questions relevant to the hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language sciences. This FOA will utilize the NIH Career Enhancement Award (K18) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 19244 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction (K12) Contact: Debra Grossman, M.A. Tel: 301-443-2249 Email: dgrossman@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-177.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for institutional research career development (K12) programs that propose to support intensive supervised research training and career development experiences for clinician scientists (scholars) leading to research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction. Candidates selected for support as scholars must hold a clinical or research doctorate and can commit a minimum of 9 person-months (equivalent to 75% of full-time professional effort) conducting clinical research and career development activities associated with the proposed program. This FOA will use the NIH Institutional Research Career Development K12 grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21218 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/DHHS Title: Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24) Contact: Lester Gorelic, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-8580 Email: gorelicl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-195.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to mid-career health-professional doctorates or equivalent who are typically at the Associate Professor level or the equivalent for protected time to devote to patient-oriented research (POR) and to act as research mentors primarily for clinical residents, clinical fellows and/or junior clinical faculty. This FOA will utilize the NIH Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21903 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/DHHS Title: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01) Contact: Tel: Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-190.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for career development programs to ensure that diverse pools of highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. The Mentored Research Scientist Development Award provides support and "protected time" (three, four or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences, leading to research independence. This FOA will use the NIH K01 award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21909 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/DHHS Title: Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25) Contact: Tel: Email: grantinfo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-196.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 8, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25), to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. This FOA will utilize the Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25) mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21911 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/DHHS Title: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00) Contact: Tel: Email: grantinfo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-197.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 12, June 12, and October 12 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors offer support for the Pathway to Independence (PI) Award program, which is designed to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported independent investigators. The award program is designed to facilitate a timely transition from a mentored postdoctoral research position to a stable independent research position with independent NIH or other independent research support at an earlier stage than is currently the norm. This program will use the NIH combination K99/R00 funding mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28614 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/12/2012 Sponsor: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Title: National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative- Category III Community Treatment and Services Centers (CTS) Contact: Gwendolyn Simpson Tel: 240-276-1408 Email: gwendolyn.simpson@samhsa.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2012/sm_12_007.aspx Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=169713&mode=VIEW The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2012 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI), Category III, Community Treatment and Services Center grants. The purpose of this program is to provide trauma treatment and services in communities for children, adolescents and their families who experience or witness traumatic events; and to increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services for children and adolescents throughout the nation. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28653 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/13/2012 Sponsor: Minority Business Development Agency/Department of Commerce Title: MBDA Business Center - American Indian and Alaska Native Program Contact: Ms. Cynthia Rios, Program Management Unit Supervisor Tel: 202-482-1940 Email: MBDABusinessCenters@MBDA.gov Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=170153&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: MBDA will conduct a pre-application teleconference on May 23, 2012. The time of the pre-application teleconference has yet to be determined. Participants must register at least 24 hours in advance of the conference. A completed application must be transmitted and time-stamped at www.Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on June 13, 2012. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Anticipated time for processing awards is approximately fifty (50) days from the closing date for receipt of applications. SYNOPSIS: This Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) announces the anticipated availability of funding for the MBDA Business Center – American Indian and Alaska Native program, and solicits competitive applications for operators of MBDA Business Centers – American Indian and Alaska Native in six locations. The services provided will be implemented to generate increased financing and contract opportunities and related awards to minority business enterprises (MBEs). In addition, the services provided will assist MBEs to create and retain jobs. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01721 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/14/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance/Department of Justice Title: Adult Drug Court Planning, Training, Technical Assistance, and Resource Center Initiatives Contact: Tel: 877–927–5657 Email: JIC@telesishq.com Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JBs5PZXbq8nc6QbTy4W9vLcjJgdqFNklTnn9Zdqs9nTgkpNC8hZG!482729280?oppId=166413&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.bja.gov/Funding/12DrugCourtTTAsol.pdf SYNOPSIS: The purpose of the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program is to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement drug courts that effectively integrate evidenced-based substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over substance-abusing offenders. Selected providers under this solicitation will support the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program grantees as well as the adult drug court field-at-large. BJA is seeking providers for the following five categories of activities: 1. Delivery of population-specific drug court planning training (adult, veterans, and tribal). 2. Delivery of a menu of 22 approved onsite and online adult drug court curricula. 3. Provision of jurisdictional or site-specific technical assistance. 4. Provision of state-based technical assistance. 5. Management of the National Drug Court Resource Center. Providers selected for all five categories are expected to participate as part of a drug court TTA collaborative to assist state, tribal, and local justice system officials and treatment professionals to implement evidence-based drug court practices. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26017 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/14/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, Diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease in Military Populations (R01) Contact: Christine M. Hunter, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-4728 Email: ch514c@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-048.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 14, 2012 . The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 14, 2012; May 14, 2012; September 15, 2012; January 14, 2013; May 14, 2013; September 11, 2013; January 14, 2014; May 13, 2014; September, 2014. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 14, 2012; June 14, 2012; October 15, 2012; February 14, 2013; June 14, 2013; October 11, 2013; February 14, 2014; June 13, 2014; October 15, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. This program will expire on October 16, 2014. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites applications on prevention and treatment of obesity, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease in military personnel (active duty and retired) and their families. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28722 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/14/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Standards & Technology/Technology Administration/DOC Title: RFP -- Amendment -- Support for Disaster and Failure Studies Program Contact: Divya Soni Tel: 301-975-6394 Email: divya.soni@nist.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9df917f626b212d17fac5a53dbc1a757&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: B -- SUPPORT FOR DISASTER AND FAILURE STUDIES PROGRAM - RFP SOL SB131-12-RP-0027 POC Divya Soni, Phone: 3019756394 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-12-RP-0027/listing.html E-MAIL: divya.soni@nist.gov divya.soni@nist.gov NAICS: 541712 See attached RFP. This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to provide support services to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Disaster and Failure Studies Program. This notice follows the Pre-solicitation notice entitled "Pre-Solicitation Notice:Support for Disaster and Failure Studies Program". Offerors will be responsiblefor obtaining related amendments to this solicitation, if any, from www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of each potential offeror to monitor www.fbo.gov for any amendments or other information related to this solicitation; the Governmentwill not be maintaining a mailing list. Any communications regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and forwarded via email to divya.soni@nist.gov, and shall identify the solicitation number, company name, company address, as well as point of contact email address and phone number. THIS PROCUREMENT IS BEING COMPETED UNDER FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The standard classification NAICS codeis 541712 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) with a small business size standard of 500 employees. FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation will be used. This RFP is for an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling amount of $9,900,000.00 for a one-year base period, plus four one-year option periods. The official RFP document is attached here, entitled "SB1341-12-RP-0027." The Offeror shall submit eight original hardcopies of the Technical Volume and two original hardcopies of the Business Volume, marked as such, and one (1) compact disc (CD)inclusive of the complete proposal, no later than 12:00 pm EST on June 14, 2012. Proposals must be received by NIST on or before the due date and time specified above. Only information received on or before the due date and time shall be considered for award. Any proposal, or part thereof, received after the due date and time, shall be deemed late and not considered for award. Proposals must be submitted so that they are received at the following address: Divya Soni NIST Building 301, Room B152 100 Bureau Drive Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640 E-mail proposals shall not be accepted. Facsimile proposals shall not be accepted. However, as noted in the instructions in the Past Performance Information Questionnaire, the Part II of the Questionnaire (if applicable) shall be submitted by the Offeror's references electronically so that it is received at divya.soni@nist.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST on June 14, 2012. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9df917f626b212d17fac5a53dbc1a757&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 05/15/12 (W-SN02749005). (0136) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09589 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/14/2012 Sponsor: Office of Postsecondary Education/Department of Education Title: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program Contact: Amy Wilson Tel: 202-502-7689 Email: ddra@ed.gov Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-15/pdf/2012-11681.pdf Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=170796 SYNOPSIS: The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28587 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions/HRSA/DHHS Title: Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants Program Contact: Sadie Silcott Tel: 301-443-0133 Email: ssilcott@hrsa.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=rF1cPpWGVqy2WD9Fy0qlGqSp83hJCQcLnXJTMd4BQwL8Cp1MhpTn!917914427?oppId=168854&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=4ADFE828-290C-46A0-88CF-3A0D6F5BC827&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup= SYNOPSIS: The Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants (MBHETG) Program aims to increase the number of social workers and psychologists who pursue clinical work with high need and high demand populations. For this funding opportunity, high need and high demand refers to rural, vulnerable, and/or underserved populations, and veterans, military personnel and their families. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27957 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: Department of Transportation Title: RFP -- Field Operational Experiment and Data Analysis Contact: Jeremy Barrasso, Contracting Officer Tel: 617-494-2282 Email: Jeremy.Barrasso@dot.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=46606e7675e0ef17ce1710a9c99bf88c&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: A -- FIELD OPERATIONAL EXPERIMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS SOL DTRT57-12-R-0013 POC Jeremy Barrasso, Phone: 617-494-2282, Thomas A. Wilga, Phone: 617-494-2177 WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/RITA/VNTSC/DTRT57-12-R-20013/listing.html E-MAIL: Jeremy.Barrasso@dot.gov, Thomas.Wilga@dot.gov Jeremy.Barrasso@dot.gov, Thomas.Wilga@dot.gov NAICS: 541712 The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, intends to issue a solicitation to acquire professional services to obtain data collection and analysis from a field operational experiment (FOE), to assess driver adaptation to vehicle-based crash warning and avoidance products based on long-term exposure in a naturalistic driving environment. The primary objectives of the FOE are to assess the safety impact and determine driver acceptance of crash warning and avoidance systems. Participants in the FOE will be recruited to drive instrumented vehicles equipped with crash warning and avoidance products in place of their personal cars, driving wherever, whenever, and however they choose. The driving is thereby largely unmanaged by the Contractor and derives, instead, from the personal mobility needs of the individual participants. The primary deliverablesfrom the FOE will be a dataset that captures driver-vehicle performance and thedriving environment, and an analysis of this dataset. Objective and subjective data will need to be collected and analyzed to meet the FOE objectives. Objective data are obtained based on observable evidence, undistorted by emotion or personal bias of the FOE participants. Objective data generally consist of numericaland video data that capture host vehicle states and maneuvers, surrounding traffic, system operation, and driver behavior. The Contractor will acquire/lease the vehicles and will provide and install data acquisition systems to collect numerical and video data. Subjective data are collected to obtain driver background information before participation in the FOE, and to assess driver perception andopinion of the crash warning and avoidance products in terms of ease of use andlearning, willingness to use, and safety impact after their participation in the FOE. This will be a Full and Open competitive acquisition conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541712 for this acquisition with a small business size standard of 500 for the number of employees. The estimated release date of the solicitation will be on or about May 15, 2012. Proposals will be due approximately 30 days following the issuance of the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued utilizing the following contract types: Firm-Fixed-Price and Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee. The performance period of this contract will be sixteen months from date of contract award. The contract will include a twelve month option period if exercised by the Government, which will extend the performance period to twenty-eight months from date of contract award. The Volpe Center uses electronic commerce to issue Request for Proposals (RFP) and amendments to RFPs. Paper copies of the RFP or amendments will not be available. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available in electronic format only from the Government-wide Point of Entry at the Federal Business Opportunities website at the following address: https://www.fbo.gov/. Potential offerors desiring to receive electronic notification of the solicitations posting and availability for downloading must register at the FedBizOpps site. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitation amendments and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Governmentwith an accurate and complete e-mail address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the email address provided. Nohard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. For questions concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official in writing by email at jeremy.barrasso@dot.gov. ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receivean award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/ to register and/or obtain information about the registration process. Additionally, solicitation Representation and Certifications are no longer provided within the solicitation and must be submitted online through the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest, at https://orca.bpn.gov/. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs); The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000. For further information, call (800) 532-1169. Internet address: http://osdbu.dot.gov/. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=46606e7675e0ef17ce1710a9c99bf88c&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 03/30/12 (W-SN02710370). (0090) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23367 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: Institute of Museum & Library Services Title: Grants for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums Contact: Allison Boals, Program Specialist Tel: 202-653-4702 Email: aboals@imls.gov Website:          http://www.imls.gov/about/learning_labs.aspx Full Program:          http://www.imls.gov/call_for_applications_learning_labs_in_libraries_and_museums.aspx SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers grants that will support the planning and designing of up to 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums throughout the country. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28346 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: Maternal and Child Health Bureau/HRSA/DHHS Title: Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Training Program Contact: Jessica R. Jones, MPH Tel: 301-443-0872 Email: jjones2@hrsa.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JPp9PYbBsf2yJWjrCz9htyp5JX02Q3XV33bTt7bypLfxpQK32XTJ!482729280?oppId=166633&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=90EE70FD-5E4E-461A-976D-73C3C0CB1F3C&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup= SYNOPSIS: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to solicit applications for the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Doctoral Training Program. This program meets the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) goals of training the MCH workforce, and especially to enhance the epidemiologic capacity for assessment, planning, and delivery of health services to the MCH population. The Office of Epidemiology and Research (OER) is continuing support of this training grant under the Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) grant. Grants to institutions of higher learning will support doctoral students who elect a relevant MCH applied epidemiologic analysis as the basis for their research and dissertation, utilizing program information and data from a state, county, or city department of health. Of particular interest is to improve the science of evaluating health care by refining, augmenting, collecting, and analyzing both traditional (disease and intervention) measures and measures of overall maternal and child well-being (measures of health-related quality of life). --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28144 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborative Activities to Promote Research on Integrative Approaches to Symptom Management in Military Populations (Administrative Supplement) Contact: Kristen Huntley, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-9346 Email: huntleyk@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-160.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 15, 2012. The sponsor will not accept letters of intent under this FOA. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 15, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) nnounces the availability of one-year administrative supplements for NCCAM-funded grantees to stimulate collaborations for research on integrative approaches to pain and symptom management in military populations. The proposed activities must be within the scope of the peer-reviewed activities specified within the NIH parent award. Additional funds may be awarded as supplements to parent awards using the following Activity Code(s): P01 Research Program Projects; R01 Research Project Grant; R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program; U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreements; and U19 Research Program – Cooperative Agreements. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28378 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Title: Enhancing HIV Mobilization among Organizations Serving Gay, Bisexual and other Men Who Have Sex with Men Contact: Sophia Minor, Project Officer Tel: 404-639-4622 Email: HIT9@cdc.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=bVGyPhGdjQc0JHtDynJy13PwRcQq5VGgWNyrXqQ2zsRvJHD1pnt4!712472910?oppId=167773&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) invites applications to enhance HIV mobilization among organizations serving gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26893 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development Title: Mexican Partnership Program Contact: Maritza Sarmiento, Acquisition Specialist Tel: 503-2501-3325 Email: mexicoaps@usaid.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=7PKDPndG6m7fLcGXVNh1NKK7gVYhLC2cWTy9r3X1gWSRGVQ8xR1n!-992301837?oppId=141597&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: If the concept paper is judged to have sufficient merit, USAID will invite organizations to submit a full application. USAID/Mexico will inform unsuccessful applicants in writing, explaining briefly why the concept paper was not selected for the submission of a full application. Unsuccessful applicants may resubmit revised concept papers for consideration. SYNOPSIS: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Mexico is seeking concept papers and, later, applications from Mexican for‐profit and non‐for‐profit organizations to implement activities to support the Mexican Partnership Program related to global climate change, economic competitiveness, youth, human rights and rule of law. Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, non‐government organizations (NGOs), associations, cooperatives, universities, civil society organizations, foundations, and private companies. USAID plans to hold regular information sessions on the APS in different locations in Mexico during February and March 2012. The information sessions will be organized by the five technical areas of the APS. USAID plans to hold information sessions as follows: Global Climate Change (Mexico city, Chiapas, Oaxaca); Competitiveness (Mexico City); Youth (Monterrey, Tijuana, Ciudad, Juarez); and Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Mexico City). Additional information sessions may be added depending on interest. Please contact Tere Garduño (tgarduno@usaid.gov) to be included on the invitation list for these sessions, and note which of the five technical areas is of interest. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28584 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development Title: Humanitarian Security Innovation Contact: Tel: Email: OFDA_APS@OFDA.Gov. Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=txfmPpJQv2Jwr6Hn2Pn9MhXzjW1vsLl4Zn7n9mvv3GMK3hS7nDj4!-668392920?oppId=169173&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: USAID/OFDA is soliciting proposals through this Annual Program Statement that will seek to enhance the humanitarian community’s, specifically NGO’s, ability to administer assistance programs safely and securely in various contexts around the world. OFDA anticipates that up to approximately US$500,000 will be available to support the program(s). --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28611 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: U.S. Trade and Development Agency Title: RFP -- Romania - Aviation Surveillance Modernization Technical Assistance Project Contact: Anthony O'Tapi Tel: 703-875-4357 Email: aotapi@ustda.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6d897d6685b9ec9a4d8e9745f0e3797d&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: B -- ROMANIA - AVIATION SURVEILLANCE MODERNIZATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT SOL 2012-21014A POC Anthony O'Tapi, Phone: 703-875-4357 WEB: FBO.govPermalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TDA/TDA1/TDA1/2012-21014A/listing.html E-MAIL: aotapi@ustda.gov aotapi@ustda.gov NAICS: 541690 POC Anthony O'Tapi, USTDA 1000Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Tel: (703) 875-4357 Fax: (703) 875-4009 ***Please do not contact contracts office*** Proposal Submission Place: Mr. Bogdan Donciu Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration 10, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blvd 013813, Bucharest Romania Tel: 40-21-208-3102 Fax: 40-21-230-2335 Email: bogdan.donciu@mt.ro The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to perform Technical Assistance ("TA") on the Romania Aviation Surveillance Modernization ("Project"). The Project will enable the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA) (the "Grantee") to establish an airspace modeling and simulation capability that specifically assesses airspace system performance, analyzes and identifies airspace-related performance issues, and provides analytical capabilities to assess future changes or procedures to the airspace system prior to deployment. The TA will develop high-level operational and technical recommendations regarding automation, surveillance, data communications, traffic flow management, and performance based navigation. ROMATSA is Romania's only air trafficoperator and has oversight of air traffic management facilities throughout the country. The Romanian airspace plays a significant role in the European transportation network of the South-East Europe region, acting as a bridge between North, South, East and West Europe. While air traffic has been steadily increasing, forecasts predict further higher traffic demand driven by the economic growth in the region, by the emergence of new areas of cooperation and commitment within the European Union, as well as an increase in European tourism and business travelers. As part of the Single European Sky (SES) aviation program, Romania joined in 2004 with Bulgaria to create a Functional Airspace Block (FAB) called the Danube FAB, which will be established latest on 04th December 2012, when the implementation of the DANUBE FAB Project will start. This FAB is one of nine such entities that comprise the SES community. Each FAB will retain local autonomy as identified in the new European Single Sky Implementation strategy, but must nonetheless remain in line with the EUROCONTROL Air Traffic Management (ATM) Master Plan, which is the European equivalent of the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen program. As such, the Danube FAB must ensure that its surveillance, data communications, traffic flow management, and performance-based navigation systems conform to SES requirements. Beyond the Danube FAB, ROMATSA's 2012 National Performance Plan identifies a number of measures, changes and goals to be achieved for the organization to increase efficiency and to expand its leading role in themarket. This plan strongly focuses on increasing the number of operations served by controllers and decreasing costs at 16 airports where ROMATSA provides services. Additional pressure to reach these goals is exerted by the airlines, as they have expressed a concern regarding operation cost. Accordingly, ROMATSA is inthe process of working with stakeholders to assess potential charge modifications in the near future. This TA will support the implementation of modern airspace technologies to meet SES requirements, its recent entrance in the Danube FAB, and its 2012 National Performance Plan. Portions of a background Definitional Mission Romania: Aviation Projects is provided for reference in Annex 2. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $513,170 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and portions of a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFPmaterials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in therequest for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve theRFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling apick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid onthis USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirementsthroughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM, LOCAL TIME, on JUNE 15, 2012, at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6d897d6685b9ec9a4d8e9745f0e3797d&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 05/08/12 (W-SN02741681). (0129) --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10365 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/15/2012 Sponsor: Veterans' Employment and Training Service/Department of Labor Title: Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) Contact: Cassandra Mitchell, Grants Management Specialist Tel: 202-693-4570 Email: mitchell.cassandra@dol.gov Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-09/pdf/2012-11116.pdf Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=168798&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is offering a grant program to assist eligible veterans by providing employment, training, and support services with an emphasis on implementing innovative approaches that increase the number of veteran participants who complete industry-recognized training programs and who receive occupational credentials and certifications to improve their overall competitiveness in the civilian workforce. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 11334 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS Title: AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03) Contact: Lia Hotchkiss, M.P.H. Tel: 301-427-1620 Email: Lia.Hotchkiss@ahrq.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-168.html Deadline Note: This FOA will expire on March 17, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and, development of new research technology. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04214 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R21) Contact: Sharon A. Ross, PH.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-594-7547 Email: rosssha@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-235.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development. Another important aim of this FOA is to encourage collaborations between nutrition and epigenetic experts to study bioactive food components with cancer-preventative properties and to examine key epigenetic events in cancer processes (e.g., carcinogen metabolism, cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis) in order to begin to establish linkages between epigenetics, methylation patterns, and tumor incidences/behaviors. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05827 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Meaures (R21) Contact: Robin McKinnon, Ph.D., MPA Tel: 301-594-3599 Email: mckinnonr@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-028.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related “natural experiments” (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05832 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Meaures (R03) Contact: Robin McKinnon, Ph.D., MPA Tel: 301-594-3599 Email: mckinnonr@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-029.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related “natural experiments” (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05914 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R21) Contact: Mukesh Verma, Ph.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-594-7344 Email: vermam@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-032.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites research applications that propose to evaluate profiles of methylation, histone modifications and micro RNA (miRNA) and their association with risk of developing cancer in different populations. The overarching goal of this FOA is to provide support for population based studies to define the role of epigenetic markers (methylation, histone and micro RNA profiles) changes to understand cancer etiology. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 12299 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03) Contact: Vickie L. Shavers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-1725 Email: shaversv@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-164.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research to: improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21407 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21) Contact: Vickie L. Shavers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-1725 Email: shaversv@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-163.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research to: improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23225 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication (R21) Contact: Li Zhu, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-6546 Email: li.zhu@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-239.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications for innovative research that identifies sources of spatial uncertainty (i.e., inaccuracy or instability of spatial or geographic information) in public health data, incorporates the inaccuracy or instability into statistical methods, and develops novel tools to visualize the nature and consequences of spatial uncertainty. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23226 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication (R03) Contact: Li Zhu, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-6546 Email: li.zhu@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-240.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications for innovative research that identifies sources of spatial uncertainty (i.e., inaccuracy or instability of spatial or geographic information) in public health data, incorporates the inaccuracy or instability into statistical methods, and develops novel tools to visualize the nature and consequences of spatial uncertainty. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87574 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/NIH/DHHS Title: Biology of Manual Therapies (R21) Contact: Partap Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D., D.A.B.C.O., Program Officer Tel: 301-594-3462 Email: khalsap@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-210.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications that propose to investigate the basic science and mechanisms of action underlying the biomechanical, immunological, endocrinological and/or neurophysiological consequences of manual therapies, such as spinal manipulation, mobilization and massage therapy. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04736 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Nutrition and Physical Activity Research to Promote Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Health (R21) Contact: Catherine Loria, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-0702 Email: loriac@nhlbi.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-244.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 08320 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in Obesity and Diabetes (R21) Contact: Abby G. Ershow, Sc. D., FAHA Tel: 301-435-0550 Email: ershowa@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-212.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites exploratory/developmental research applications that capitalize on the unique capabilities of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to visualize outcomes, teach, motivate, and to extend the health care and learning environments, in order to foster desirable eating, physical activity, self-care, and other health-related behaviors necessary for prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. Of highest interest are well-designed multidisciplinary projects drawing on expertise in VR technologies and biomedical behavioral, and pedagogical sciences. The overall goal is to develop the potential of VR technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and obesity, and as practical tools for clinical and public health-level prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23663 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomic Research Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) Contact: Dr. Jean E. McEwen Tel: 301-402-4997 Email: jean.mcewen@nih.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-251.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should propose exploratory or novel studies that break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications. Of particular interest are studies that explore the implications of new or emerging genomic technologies or novel uses of genomic information. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 58251 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genomic Research Small Research Grant Program (R03) Contact: Dr. Jean E. McEwen Tel: 301-402-4997 Email: jean.mcewen@nih.hhs.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-249.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects. Of particular interest are projects that propose focused legal, economic, philosophical or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This FOA will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 77653 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/CDC/DHHS Title: NIOSH Exploratory and/or Developmental Grant Program (R21) Contact: Maryann Monroe Tel: 412-386-4453 Email: MPMonroe@cdc.gov Website:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=46756&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-139.html Deadline Note: This program expires September 8, 2012 SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for research related to occupational safety and health. Eligible applicants are domestic and foreign for-profit or non-profit organizations, public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories, units of state and local governments, eligible agencies of the federal government, faith-based or community based organizations, and Indian Tribes, Tribal Government, and/or Organizations. The R21 award mechanism will be used. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 88007 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/CDC/DHHS Title: NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03) Contact: Susan B. Board, M.S., Scientific Program Officer Tel: 404-498-2530 Email: sboard@cdc.gov Website:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-138.html Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=46753&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: This FOA will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for projects designed to develop an understanding of the risks and conditions that are associated with occupational diseases and injuries, to explore methods for reducing risks and for preventing or minimizing exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace, and to translate significant scientific findings into prevention practices and products that will effectively reduce work-related illnesses and injuries. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This FOA will utilize the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism, --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25971 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R01) Contact: Barbara Mulach, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-1884 Email: bmulach@niaid.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-038.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4) creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies to improve knowledge of vaccine safety. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20458 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Understanding and Treating Co-Morbid Conditions in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R03) Contact: Mary Lou Oster-Granite, Ph.D.. Tel: 301-435-6866 Email: mo96o@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-040.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to focus investigator-initiated research upon the factors that impact functioning and quality of life in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during adolescence. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20462 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Understanding and Treating Co-Morbid Conditions in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R21) Contact: Mary Lou Oster-Granite, Ph.D.. Tel: 301-435-6866 Email: mo96o@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-041.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to focus investigator-initiated research upon the factors that impact functioning and quality of life in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during adolescence. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20685 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research Opportunities in Obstetric Fistula (R03) Contact: Susan F. Meikle, M.D., M.S.P.H. Tel: 301- 273-8541 Email: meikles@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-142.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to investigate epidemiologic, clinical, social, and behavioral interventions to improve the identification, prevention, treatment, and social circumstances of women at risk for or with obstetric fistula. The purpose of this FOA is not to address service delivery issues that have been outlined in the obstetric fistula program development materials distributed by WHO although it is recognized that improving financial access to care, transportation of women in labor, and obstetric service coverage is critical for reducing and eliminating the obstetric fistula rate. Rather, this FOA requests research applications that complement the programmatic efforts to deliver better and more timely health care during labor, delivery, and post partum. Obstetric fistula is a critical maternal and child health issue in developing countries. Multiple approaches including both improving emergency obstetric care and improved clinical, social and behavioral care are needed to reduce its toll on women and children. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20693 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research Opportunities in Obstetric Fistula (R21) Contact: Susan F. Meikle, M.D., M.S.P.H. Tel: 301- 273-8541 Email: meikles@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-143.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to investigate epidemiologic, clinical, social, and behavioral interventions to improve the identification, prevention, treatment, and social circumstances of women at risk for or with obstetric fistula. The purpose of this FOA is not to address service delivery issues that have been outlined in the obstetric fistula program development materials distributed by WHO although it is recognized that improving financial access to care, transportation of women in labor, and obstetric service coverage is critical for reducing and eliminating the obstetric fistula rate. Rather, this FOA requests research applications that complement the programmatic efforts to deliver better and more timely health care during labor, delivery, and post partum. Obstetric fistula is a critical maternal and child health issue in developing countries. Multiple approaches including both improving emergency obstetric care and improved clinical, social and behavioral care are needed to reduce its toll on women and children. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22027 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Children in Military Families: The Impact of Parental Military Deployment and Reintegration on Child and Family Functioning (R21) Contact: Valerie Maholmes, PhD., CAS Tel: 301-496-1514 Email: maholmev@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-202.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite developmental and exploratory studies on the impact of parental military deployment, combat-related stress, and reintegration with the family on child social and affective development as well as family functioning. Intervention studies targeting the particular concerns of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence are also encouraged, as are the development and testing of measures to assess family functioning and child development outcomes. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23906 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R21) Contact: Ralph Nitkin, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-402-4206 Email: rn21e@hin.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-284.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The sponsor will accept optional letters of intent thirty days prior to the applicable receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that will improve our understanding of how patterns of physical activity and dietary choice affect the health and fitness of children with physical disabilities. Proposed research should account for the functional limitations of children with disabilities and their nutritional needs, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and environmental factors that play a role in determining the health of this population. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27339 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations [R03] Contact: Susan Newcomer, PhD Tel: 301-435-6981 Email: newcomes@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-112.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of various population groups and improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. High priority is placed on research on populations that appear to have distinctive health risk profiles but have received insufficient attention from investigators. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) highlights a particular community: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and related populations (designated here as LGBTI populations). Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27340 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations (R21) Contact: Susan Newcomer, PhD Tel: 301-435-6981 Email: newcomes@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-113.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of various population groups and improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. High priority is placed on research on populations that appear to have distinctive health risk profiles but have received insufficient attention from investigators. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) highlights a particular community: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and related populations (designated here as LGBTI populations). Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27982 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) [R21] Contact: Lynne Haverkos, M.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-435-6881 Email: lh179r@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-142.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 98036 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Developmental Pharmacology (R03) Contact: George P. Giacoia, M.D. Tel: 301-496-5589 Email: gg65m@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-058.html Deadline Note: The sponsor requests that optional letters of intent be submitted 30 days before application receipt date. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite grant applications for research related to developmental pharmacology. A major aim of this FOIA is to encourage multidisciplinary, investigator-initiated basic and translational research in developmental pharmacology with particular emphasis on the role of ontogeny on drug metabolizing enzymes, transporters, receptors and signaling pathways activity across developmental periods from fetal life to adolescence. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 98448 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms of Adverse Drug Effects in Children (R03) Contact: George P. Giacoia, M.D. Tel: 301-496-5589 Email: gg65m@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-052.html Deadline Note: The sponsor requests that optional letters of intent be submitted thirty days prior to the application due date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study the molecular, cellular and genetic mechanisms involved in the production of adverse drug reactions in children. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 79254 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCR Small Research Grants for Oral Health Data Analysis and Statistical Methodology Development (R03) Contact: Dena Fischer, DDS, MSD, MS Tel: 301-594-4876 Email: dena.fischer@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-120.html Deadline Note: This program will expire on May 8, 2012, unless reissued. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) provides support for meritorious research projects that involve secondary data analyses using existing dental or craniofacial database resources. This program will use the Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09642 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS Title: Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R21) Contact: Robert J. Kuczmarski, Dr.P.H. Tel: 301-451-8354 Email: Robert.Kuczmarski@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-128.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing novel home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood. Tested interventions can use behavioral (including dietary and physical activity), environmental, or other relevant approaches. Applications should focus on infants and young children (to age six years) and emphasize the role of home environment and the influence of family/extended family members and parents (including guardians/substantial care-providers) within the child’s home environment. The direct goal of this initiative is to fund research that will advance knowledge for innovative approaches to the prevention or management of overweight in children less than 6 years of age, with potential for future translation to applications either in the home or linked to a community setting. Research should consider the familial mechanisms of behavior such as the role of families in the initiation, support, and reinforcement of fundamental food and beverage consumption, physical activity practices, and sedentary behaviors. In addition it is of interest to elucidate various underlying behavioral determinants that are crucial to initiate or sustain changes in behaviors that impact energy balance. Research designs may include linkages with other settings (e.g., daycare, pre-school, or other community venues) or other care providers (e.g., health care providers or teachers) but must include infants or children less than age six years as the primary study participant along with parents, and/or other family members residing with the child. The overarching goal is to identify interventions that influence parent and child behaviors that contribute to inappropriate weight gain, and thereby improve subsequent health status in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood for which overweight is a known risk factor. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04682 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS Title: Exploratory Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R21) Contact: Peter Lyster, Ph.D. Tel: 301-451-6446 Email: lysterp@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-219.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications for research and developments in computational science and technology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical computing or biomedical information science and technology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01088 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Pilot Intervention and Services Research Grants (R34) Contact: Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2477 Email: jsherril@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-173.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to encourage research on: the development and/or pilot testing of new or adapted interventions; the adaptation and/or pilot testing of interventions with demonstrated efficacy for use in broader scale effectiveness trials; or innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development. NIMH intervention and services research is aimed at preventing or ameliorating mental disorders, emotional or behavioral problems, the co-occurrence of mental, physical and substance abuse problems, HIV infections, and the functional consequences of these problems across the life span. This FOA will utilize the NIMH R34 award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01328 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Collaborative R34s for Pilot Studies of Innovative Treatments in Mental Disorders (Collaborative R34) Contact: Mi Hillefors, M.D., Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-1692 Email: mi.hillefors@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-071.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for collaborative preliminary intervention studies to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel mechanism drug candidates, promising investigational new drugs (INDs), or novel psychosocial strategies for the treatment of mental disorders and for obtaining the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to larger-scale (efficacy or effectiveness) intervention or services studies. This FOA should be used when at least two but no more than three sites from different Institutions/Organizations are needed to complete the study. The collaborating studies should be organized in order to increase sample size, accelerate recruitment, and/or increase sample diversity and representation. For a linked set of collaborative R34s, each site shall have its own Program Director/Principal Investigator and provide for a mechanism for cross-site coordination, quality control, database management, statistical analysis, and reporting. This FOA will utilize the NIMH Collaborative R34 award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20289 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Translational Research for the Development of Novel Interventions for Mental Disorders (R21/R33) Contact: Ann Wagner, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-5944 Email: awagner@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-177.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications o speed the translation of emerging findings on the neuroscience of mental disorders into novel intervention approaches that will ultimately reduce symptoms and/or restore function. This FOA provides support for up to two years (R21 phase) for preliminary, proof-of-principle studies in human participants, followed by up to 3 years of support (R33 phase) for pilot studies to assess the implementation of the intervention, and evaluate the feasibility of conducting a larger trial to assess the efficacy of the intervention. A range of non-pharmacologic treatment approaches will be accepted, including those based on neurophysiological, cognitive, affective, and/or social neuroscience models, basic behavioral science, and neurodevelopmental models. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must involve novel treatment targets, and/or novel and highly innovative approaches to engage and modify known targets. This FOA will utilize the NIH R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23776 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Discovery, Development, and Testing of Novel Interventions to Advance HIV Prevention and Care (R03) Contact: Pim Brouwers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-433-6000 Email: ebrouwer@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-276.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after August 7, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for innovative intervention development research to advance HIV prevention and care. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct tests of the efficacy of novel behavioral and/or integrated behavioral and biomedical interventions, (b) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of innovative interventions, and (c) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23777 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Discovery, Development, and Testing of Novel Interventions to Advance HIV Prevention and Care (R21) Contact: Pim Brouwers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-433-6000 Email: ebrouwer@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-277.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after August 7, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for innovative intervention development research to advance HIV prevention and care. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct tests of the efficacy of novel behavioral and/or integrated behavioral and biomedical interventions, (b) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of innovative interventions, and (c) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23779 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Discovery, Development, and Testing of Novel Interventions to Advance HIV Prevention and Care (R34) Contact: Pim Brouwers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-433-6000 Email: ebrouwer@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-278.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after August 7, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for innovative intervention development research to advance HIV prevention and care. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct tests of the efficacy of novel behavioral and/or integrated behavioral and biomedical interventions, (b) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of innovative interventions, and (c) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility. This program will use the NIH R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26149 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening (HTS) to Discover Chemical Probes (R21) Contact: Yong Yao, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-6102 Email: yyao@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-059.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. Optional letters of intent may be submitted thirty days prior to the relevant application deadline. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: NIH invites applications to form collaborations with an established academic, nonprofit, or commercial high throughput screening (HTS) facility that has the requisite expertise and experience to implement HTS-ready assays for the discovery and development of small molecule chemical probes. Through this FOA, NIH wishes to stimulate research in 1) discovery and development of novel, small molecules for their potential use in studying disease treatment relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes, and 2) discovery and/or validation of novel, biological targets that will inform studies of disease mechanisms. Emphasis will be placed on assays that provide new insight into important disease targets and processes. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 85999 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03) Contact: David A. Chambers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-3747 Email: dchamber@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-039.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. Optional letter of intent may be submitted 30 days prior to the anticipated receipt date. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 86002 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21) Contact: David A. Chambers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-3747 Email: dchamber@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-040.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. Optional letters of intent may be submitted 30 days prior to the anticipated receipt date. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 88016 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21) Contact: Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-3825 Email: gilottyl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-160.html Deadline Note: This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: >The sponsor invites applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged. This FOA is intended to support the broad research goals of the Strategic Plan for ASD Research (http://iacc.hhs.gov/reports/2009/iacc-strategic-plan-for-autism-spectrum-disorder-research-jan26.shtml). This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05219 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement and Management in Pain Research (R21) Contact: Dr. Susan Marden, Ph.D., Program Director Tel: 301-496-9623 Email: mardens@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-007.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute insult is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05221 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement and Management in Pain Research (R03) Contact: Dr. Susan Marden, Ph.D., Program Director Tel: 301-496-9623 Email: mardens@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-008.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute insult is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24462 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03) Contact: Linda S. Weglicki, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.N. Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-328.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include: developing healthy sleep patterns, developing effective self-regulation strategies, adaptive decision-making in risk situations, practicing proper dental hygiene, eating a balanced and nutritious diet, engaging in age-appropriate physical activity and/or participating in healthy relationships. Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24463 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R21) Contact: Linda S. Weglicki, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.N. Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-329.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include: developing healthy sleep patterns, developing effective self-regulation strategies, adaptive decision-making in risk situations, practicing proper dental hygiene, eating a balanced and nutritious diet, engaging in age-appropriate physical activity and/or participating in healthy relationships. Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27872 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Environmental Exposures and Health: Exploration of Non-Traditional Settings, (R21) Contact: Karen Huss, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAAAAI Tel: 301-594-5970 Email: hussk@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-134.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after April 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R21 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2016. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invite applications for interdisciplinary research aimed at promoting health, limiting symptoms and disease, and reducing health disparities in children and older adults living or spending time in non-traditional settings. These settings result in exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins that result in health risks, symptoms, and other health conditions/diseases including lower respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Risk identification and symptom management include prevention and behavior changes and actions to maintain health and prevent disease with an emphasis on the individual, family, and community which will advance nursing science. For purposes of this FOA, non-traditional settings, for children and older adults, include, but are not limited to places such as community centers, pre-school and non-traditional school environments (e.g., churches, daycare, home-based schools, dormitories, and alternative schools), child and older adult foster care facilities, older adult day care facilities, half-way homes, assisted living and long-term care facilities. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 76031 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R03) Contact: Dr. Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN, MSN Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-071.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses. Children diagnosed with a chronic illness and their families have a life-long responsibility for self-management, to maintain and promote health and prevent complications. Biobehavioral studies of children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. Research related to biological/technological factors, as well as, sociocultural, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to successful and ongoing self-management of chronic illnesses in children is also encouraged. This FOA is restricted to studies of chronic illnesses in children and adolescents ages 8 to 21 grouped by developmental stages according to the discretion of the investigator. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 90826 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Focal Cognitive Deficits in CNS Disorders (R03) Contact: Lois A. Tully, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-5968 Email: tullyla@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-068.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2010. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to expand basic and translational research, including intervention research, on the types, nature, and functional consequences of focal or specific cognitive deficits experienced by persons with central nervous system disorders. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its efforts to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. However, only participating ICs will provide direct grant support under this FOA. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 90827 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Focal Cognitive Deficits in CNS Disorders (R21) Contact: Lois A. Tully, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-5968 Email: tullyla@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-069.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2010. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to expand basic and translational research, including intervention research, on the types, nature, and functional consequences of focal or specific cognitive deficits experienced by persons with central nervous system disorders. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its efforts to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. However, only participating ICs will provide direct grant support under this FOA. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91009 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R21) Contact: Dr. Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN, MSN Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-072.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses. Children diagnosed with a chronic illness and their families have a life-long responsibility for self-management, to maintain and promote health and prevent complications. Biobehavioral studies of children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. Research related to biological/technological factors, as well as, sociocultural, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to successful and ongoing self-management of chronic illnesses in children is also encouraged. This FOA is restricted to studies of chronic illnesses in children and adolescents ages 8 to 21 grouped by developmental stages according to the discretion of the investigator. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93596 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R21) Contact: Dr. Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN, MSN Tel: 301-594-6908 Email: weglickils@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-105.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invites applications to conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved children. Specifically, this initiative focuses on ethnic and racial minority children and underserved populations of children such as: children from low literacy, rural and low-income populations, geographically isolated children, hearing and visually impaired children, physically or mentally disabled children, children of migrant workers, children from immigrant and refugee families, and language minority children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (physical and family environments), social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02509 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management of Pain in Aging: from Molecular to Clinical (R21) Contact: Wen G. Chen, Ph.D. Tel: 301496-9350 Email: chenw@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-194.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02510 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management of Pain in Aging: from Molecular to Clinical (R03) Contact: Wen G. Chen, Ph.D. Tel: 301496-9350 Email: chenw@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-195.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02635 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R21) Contact: Basil Eldadah, M.D., Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-6761 Email: eldadahb@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-191.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications proposing to study bioenergetic factors underlying increased fatigability and activity limitations in aging. Increased fatigability is a significant cause of restricted physical and cognitive activity in older adults. Alterations in bioenergetics—the production and utilization of energy, and the regulation of these processes—may contribute significantly to increased fatigability. This FOA encourages applications that propose to 1) elucidate specific alterations in bioenergetics related to increased fatigability and activity limitations; 2) develop and evaluate improved measures of fatigability related to bioenergetics; 3) evaluate interventions for increased fatigability and activity limitations that target alterations in bioenergetics and lead to improved quality of life. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02643 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Bioenergetics, Fatigability, and Activity Limitations in Aging (R03) Contact: Basil Eldadah, M.D., Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-6761 Email: eldadahb@nia.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-192.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications proposing to study bioenergetic factors underlying increased fatigability and activity limitations in aging. Increased fatigability is a significant cause of restricted physical and cognitive activity in older adults. Alterations in bioenergetics—the production and utilization of energy, and the regulation of these processes—may contribute significantly to increased fatigability. This FOA encourages applications that propose to 1) elucidate specific alterations in bioenergetics related to increased fatigability and activity limitations; 2) develop and evaluate improved measures of fatigability related to bioenergetics; 3) evaluate interventions for increased fatigability and activity limitations that target alterations in bioenergetics and lead to improved quality of life. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 15595 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Economics of Retirement (R03) Contact: John W. R. Phillips, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3138 Email: John.Phillips@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-139.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research on the economic and health-related factors that influence older persons’ choices on labor force participation as they near typical retirement age and throughout the later stages of life. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 15679 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Economics of Retirement (R21) Contact: John W. R. Phillips, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3138 Email: John.Phillips@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-140.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for research on the economic and health-related factors that influence older persons’ choices on labor force participation as they near typical retirement age and throughout the later stages of life. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20823 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community (R21) Contact: Dr. Sidney Stahl Tel: 301-402-4156 Email: StahlS@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-124.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for translational research that moves evidence-based research findings towards the development of new interventions, programs, policies, practices, and tools that can be used by community-based organizations to help elderly individuals remain healthy and independent, and living in their own homes and communities. The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23706 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters (R03) Contact: John G. Haaga, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3131 Email: HaagaJ@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-264.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to conduct research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health and well-being of the elderly, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Disasters include weather-related events, earthquakes, tsunamis, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes, and pandemics. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23707 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters (R21) Contact: John G. Haaga, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-3131 Email: HaagaJ@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-265.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to conduct research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health and well-being of the elderly, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Disasters include weather-related events, earthquakes, tsunamis, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes, and pandemics. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23741 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: T2 Translational Research: Research Leading to New Health Care Practices, Community Programs and Policies Affecting Older Persons (R21) Contact: Chhanda Dutta, PhD Tel: 301-435-3048 Email: DuttaC@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-11-281.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for projectson translational research (T2) directed towards development of health care practices, community programs and policies, including monitoring and quality improvement for pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for preventing and treating key health issues affecting the elderly. For the purposes of this FOA, T2 translational research on aging is defined as research to gather information needed to develop or evaluate methods of translating results from clinical studies into everyday clinical practice and health decision making (e.g., adapting an efficacious intervention for application in clinical practice and evaluating its effectiveness in different clinical settings). Methods for T2 translational research include but are not limited to intervention studies, systematic reviews, meta analysis, outcomes research and implementation research. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 46809 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery (R21) Contact: Suzana S. Petanceska, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-9350 Email: petanceskas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-151.html Deadline Note: This FOA will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to advance the discovery of new, efficacious therapies for the treatment, delay of progression, or prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and age-related cognitive decline. This FOA encourages the early stages of drug discovery necessary to identify promising disease-modifying therapies as well as treatments aimed at ameliorating the cognitive and neuropsychiatric/behavioral symptoms characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies aimed at the discovery and testing of therapies directed at a variety of established as well as novel therapeutic targets are encouraged. The goal is not to duplicate or compete with pharmaceutical companies but to encourage the process of discovering new, innovative, and effective therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of the cognitive impairment and behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 82577 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS Title: Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36) Contact: Michael-David AAR Kerns, M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-7713 Email: kernsmd@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-291.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after October 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for dissertation awards in all areas of research within NIA’s strategic priorities to increase diversity of the scientific research workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions. This FOA will use the NIH R36 dissertation award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 03539 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanistic Studies of Pain and Alcohol Dependence (R21) Contact: Mark Egli, Ph.D. Tel: 301-594-6382 Email: megli@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-268.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct mechanistic studies on the relationship between alcohol drinking, alcohol dependence and pain. An association between chronic pain conditions and alcohol dependence has been revealed in numerous studies with episodes of alcohol abuse antedating chronic pain in some people and alcohol dependence emerging after the onset of chronic pain in others. Pain transmission and alcohol’s reinforcing effects share overlapping neural substrates giving rise to the possibility that chronic pain states significantly affect alcohol use patterns and promote the development of dependence and addiction. In addition, long term alcohol intoxication and alcohol dependence induce pain symptoms and may exacerbate chronic pain arising from other sources. The objective of this FOA is to understand genetic, pharmacological and learning mechanisms underlying the association between the propensity to drink alcohol and pain responses. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09874 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: The Role of Cellular Organelles in Alcohol-Induced Tissue Injury (R21) Contact: Max Guo, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0639 Email: Max.Guo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-086.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2010. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study biological processes involving the cellular organelles in alcohol-induced tissue injury. Excessive alcohol consumption can damage many organ systems including the liver, heart, pancreas, brain, and lung. However, the mechanisms for these injuries are currently not fully understood. Cellular organelles play an important role in cellular functions and are significantly involved in alcohol-induced tissue injury. Thus, studies of alcohol’s effects on the structure and function of cellular organelles are critical to better understand the mechanisms of alcohol-induced injuries and to develop new strategies for their diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this FOA is to: (1) better understand how acute or chronic alcohol consumption affects the structure and function of cellular organelles, and in turn, how these changes contribute to alcohol-induced injury; (2) investigate how variations of proteins in cellular organelles, or their regulation and function, including cellular signaling pathways, contribute to an individual’s response to acute or chronic alcohol intake and alcohol-induced tissue injury; (3) develop potential biomarkers for prognosis and diagnosis of tissue injury, or identify new targets for therapeutic interventions. This FOA aims to foster the utilization of innovative experimental design and emerging technologies, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, as well as novel microscopic imaging techniques that illuminate functions in intact cells and tissues, to generate new mechanistic and clinical insights into alcohol-induced tissue injuries. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09878 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Stress Pathways in Alcohol Induced Organ Injury and Protection (R21) Contact: Andras Orosz, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2193 Email: orosza@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-094.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose studying the role of cellular stress responses, the cytoplasmic classical stress response or heat shock response (HSR) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, in alcohol-induced tissue injury and tissue protection. While excessive alcohol use causes organ damage, moderate alcohol consumption may be beneficial. The underlying molecular mechanisms for this apparent dichotomy of alcohol’s harmful and salutary effects are currently not fully understood. Alcohol induces cellular stress pathways in the cytoplasm and in the endoplasmic reticulum that may significantly be involved in alcohol-induced tissue injury or mediate tissue protection depending on the quantity, frequency, duration, and temporal pattern of drinking. Hence, studies of the effects of alcohol on cellular stress pathways are critical to understand the mechanisms of alcohol-induced injuries or protection to develop new strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this FOA is to: (1) acquire insight into how acute or chronic alcohol consumption affects cellular stress pathways and in turn, how these changes contribute to alcohol-induced injury/protection; (2) investigate how alcohol induced stress responses mediate cell survival and death signaling pathways at macromolecular, organelle, cellular and organism level contributing to alcohol-induced tissue injury/protection; (3) develop potential stress related biomarkers for prognosis, diagnosis of tissue injury/protection, furthermore identify new targets for their therapeutic interventions. Utilizing innovative experimental design and emerging technologies, such as deep sequencing, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, and novel imaging techniques these investigations are expected to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how alcohol affects the evolutionally conserved stress pathways and elucidate their roles in tissue injuries and repair. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16835 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Endocannabinoid Signaling in Alcohol Consumption, Intoxication and Alcohol Use Disorders (R21) Contact: Qi-Ying Liu, M.D. Tel: 301-443-2678 Email: liuqiy@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-250.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 5 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to study the roles and underlying mechanisms of endocannabinoid signaling in alcohol preference, consumption, intoxication and alcohol use disorders, and to explore endocannabinoid signaling system as potential targets for alcohol pharmacotherapy. With increasing knowledge of the function of eCBs in the developing and adult brain and recent behavioral and pharmacological evidence linking alcohol and eCB signaling system, there is now great potential to explore the role of eCB signaling system in alcohol-related behaviors and alcohol use disorders. Studies supported with this FOA will help to gain knowledge about the role and underlying mechanisms of eCB signaling in alcohol preference and consumption; the interactions of acute and chronic alcohol exposure with eCBs at synapses; the effects of such interactions on short- and long-term synaptic plasticity; the role of eCB signaling in the development and maturation of the central nervous system; and the eCB signaling system in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16843 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Treatment of Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorders and Depression/Anxiety Disorders (R21) Contact: Deidra Roach, M.D. Tel: 301-443-5820 Email: droach@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-252.html Deadline Note: The sponsor encourages optional letters of intent no more than thirty days before the application due date. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioral treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioral, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. In addition, this FOA accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This FOA is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16994 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral Regulation Mechanisms of Alcohol Dependence and Related Phenotypes (R21) Contact: Ivana Grakalic, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-7600 Email: igrakalic@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-256.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to examine the mechanisms of behavioral regulation contributing to the behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 19985 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology and Prevention in Alcohol Research (R03) Contact: Marcia Scott, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-6328 Email: mscott@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-017.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research investigating the epidemiology of alcohol use, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders and the prevention of underage drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20129 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology and Prevention in Alcohol Research (R21) Contact: Marcia Scott, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-6328 Email: mscott@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-018.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research investigating the epidemiology of alcohol use, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders and the prevention of underage drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20841 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Research Into The Impact Of Economic Fluctuations On Alcohol Consumption, Drinking Patterns, And Prevention And Treatment Of Problem Drinking And Related Problems (R21) Contact: Robert C. Freeman, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8820 Email: rfreeman@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-062.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the impact of national or local economic fluctuations on alcohol consumption, alcohol drinking patterns, and the prevention and treatment of problem drinking. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 20845 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Neuroimmune Mechanisms Of Alcohol Related Disorders (R21) Contact: Changhai Cui, PhD Tel: 301-443-1678 Email: changhai.cui@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-065.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose study the neuroimmune mechanisms of alcohol related disorders. Studies supported by this FOA will provide fundamental insights of neuroimmune mechanisms underlying brain functional and behavioral changes induced by alcohol. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24088 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R03) Contact: Wenxing Zha, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-0633 Email: zhaw@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-309.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25816 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Impairment of Immune Function, Host Defense and Tissue Homeostasis (R21) Contact: M. Katherine Jung, PhD Tel: 301-443-8744 Email: jungma@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-026.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015 . SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications from researchers with broad ranges of expertise to study the consequences of alcohol consumption on immune function with the ultimate goal of alleviating infection and reversing alcohol-induced organ damage. Susceptibility to infection and organ damage are the two most common causes of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. These consequences of alcohol abuse are closely associated with profound impairment of the host innate and adaptive immune systems. The mechanisms of these immune alterations and their link with alcohol-related medical problems are, in most cases, poorly understood. The goal of this FOA is to attract applications on basic and translational research: 1) to identify how alcohol alters immune function; 2) to establish functional links between immune alterations and alcohol related infections and organ damage; and 3) to develop means for mitigating immune impairment with the goal of alleviating alcohol-induced pathology. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25822 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Effects of Adolescent Binge Drinking on Brain Development (R21) Contact: Dr. Lawrence Baizer Tel: 301-443-9334 Email: baizerl@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-028.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies on the effects of adolescent binge alcohol consumption on synaptic maturation and myelin formation in the developing brain. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28362 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Abuse, Sleep Disorders and Circadian Rhythms (R21) Contact: Dr. Lindsey Grandison Tel: 301-443-0606 Email: lindsey.grandison@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-178.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SNYOPSIS: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies in humans and animal models on the relationships between alcohol abuse, circadian rhythms and sleep disorders. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87411 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Mechanisms of Alcohol-associated Cancers (R21) Contact: M. Katherine Jung, PhD Tel: 301-443-8744 Email: jungma@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-147.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) invite applications from researchers with broad ranges of expertise to study the mechanisms by which alcohol increases cancer risk. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 90413 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (R21) Contact: Robert C. Freeman, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8820 Email: rfreeman@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-243.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91852 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services Research, and Recovery (R03) Contact: Angela Martinelli, Ph.D. Tel: 301-451-8507 Email: martinellia@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-101.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to support research on behavioral and pharmacological treatment for alcohol use disorders; organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of services for alcohol use disorders; and phenomenon of recovery from alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93777 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R03) Contact: Rosalind Breslow, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. Tel: 301-594-6231 Email: rbreslow@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-240.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol dependence and psychiatric co-morbidities, chronic and acute diseases, and organ function and damage. Study designs may include biomedical research, epidemiologic approaches, and intervention studies. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93778 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R21) Contact: Rosalind Breslow, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. Tel: 301-594-6231 Email: rbreslow@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-241.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for applications from institutions/organizations that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol dependence and psychiatric co-morbidities, chronic and acute diseases, and organ function and damage. Study designs may include biomedical research, epidemiologic approaches, and intervention studies. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93814 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R21) Contact: Mariela C. Shirley, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-9787 Email: shirleym@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-030.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications for research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93815 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R03) Contact: Mariela C. Shirley, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-9787 Email: shirleym@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-029.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications for research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94057 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R21) Contact: Gregory Bloss, M.A. Tel: 301-443-3865 Email: gbloss@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-089.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to conduct research on the effects of alcohol-related public policies on health, economic, and social behaviors and outcomes. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94058 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R03) Contact: Gregory Bloss, M.A. Tel: 301-443-3865 Email: gbloss@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-088.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2014 . SYNOPSIS: TThe sponsor invites applications to conduct research on the effects of alcohol-related public policies on health, economic, and social behaviors and outcomes. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94841 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS Title: Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services Research, and Recovery (R21) Contact: Angela Martinelli, Ph.D. Tel: 301-451-8507 Email: martinellia@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-102.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to support research on behavioral and pharmacological treatment for alcohol use disorders; organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of services for alcohol use disorders; and phenomenon of recovery from alcohol use disorders. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16986 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research on Hearing Health Care (R21) Contact: Amy Donahue, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-3458 Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-254.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R21 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations to support research leading to accessible and affordable hearing health care (HHC). The overarching emphasis is on the acquisition of knowledge that can be rapidly translated into new or enhanced approaches for access, assessment or interventions with a goal to delivering better hearing health care outcomes. Applications should seek quality approaches that are effective, affordable and deliverable to those who need them as well as implementable and sustainable in settings beyond the research environment. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04293 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in the US (R21) Contact: Albert Avila, Ph.D. Tel: 301-496-8804 Email: aavila@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-237.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R21 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: This announcement encourages research to identify the role(s) that drug abuse plays in fueling the epidemic in vulnerable groups and to develop effective interventions to prevent new infections and to improve the health and well-being of those living with HIV/AIDS. To do this, it is essential that research be directed toward understanding the factors (biological, behavioral, psychosocial, environmental, institutional, etc.) responsible for the profoundly disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among vulnerable groups (racial/ethnic minorities, men who have sex with men, youth) in the United States. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04580 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Optimization of Small Molecule Probes for the Nervous System (R21) Contact: Hari Singh, Ph.D., Program Director Tel: 301-435-1310 Email: hs87j@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-251.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard R21 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to develop new small molecule probes for investigating biological function in the nervous system via the application of advanced medicinal chemistry and the biological testing of compounds. Eligible investigators will have identified probe candidates via screening of small molecule collections, using in vitro assays of biological activity developed to interrogate these collections, and be able to show that the structural features of these small molecules are related to their biological activity. Proposals should nominate small molecule probe candidates from distinct structural series for the further, iterative design and testing of analogues in structure-activity relationship studies, using in vitro assays of biological function adapted to the medium throughput screening requirements of this work. These studies should have the goal of developing a small molecule probe possessing the attributes (eg: affinity, selectivity, activity) required for its use in future pharmacological studies proposed by the investigator. Applicants are strongly encouraged to utilize publicly available cheminformatic capabilities for the acquisition of compounds, and semi-custom synthesis of analogues. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05472 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R34) Contact: Lisa Onken, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2235 Email: Lisa_Onken@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-013.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for evidence-based treatment research through 1) the development, manualization, standardization, early-stage efficacy and/or pilot testing of novel or adapted treatments and/or interventions (i.e. Stage 1 treatment research, see below), 2) the refinement, modification, adaptation and/or pilot testing of interventions with demonstrated efficacy for use in broader scale efficacy or effectiveness trials, or 3) novel treatment research that requires preliminary testing or development. It is expected that research conducted via this R34 mechanism will primarily consist of Stage I treatment development research that will provide feasibility, tolerability, and acceptability information and/or pilot data for larger scale Stage II or Stage III behavioral and integrative treatment studies. This FOA seeks to support research, as described above, within the domains of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated behavioral and pharmacological (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in diverse settings; (2) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (3) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (4) interventions to treat chronic pain. This FOA will use the R34 mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 07869 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Technology-Based Interventions to Promote Engagement in Care and Treatment Adherence and For Substance Abusing Populations with HIV (R34) Contact: Shoshana Y. Kahana, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2261 Email: kahanas@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-118.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after April 7, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R21 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applications to test the utility and implementation of technological tools, including mobile devices, to promote engagement in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care among substance abusing populations with HIV. Research projects may focus on (a) the use of technology to directly improve patient-level outcomes (i.e., adherence); (b) the capacity of HIV treatment providers and related service delivery organizations to adopt and integrate such technologies to promote HIV treatment outcomes; or (c) the use of technology to improve the organization and delivery of HIV treatment and services. This FOA will utilize the R34 grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09040 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Gene-Environment Interplay in Substance Use Disorders (R21) Contact: Naimah Weinberg, M.D. Tel: 301-402-1908 Email: nw46w@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-236.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support to stimulate and expand research on the interplay of genetic and environmental factors in the genesis, course, and outcomes of substance and alcohol use disorders (SUDs). Previous work in genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics has established that SUDs are highly heritable, developmental disorders with important genetic substrates. Building on these findings, new studies using genetically informative approaches are needed to elucidate the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors in developmental trajectories of SUDs and comorbid conditions, deepen and refine phenotypic definitions of SUDs, and meet the methodologic challenges of the field. Such studies hold great potential to promote understanding of the true contributions of both genetic and environmental factors to initiation, progression, comorbidity, adverse outcomes, and desistance of SUDs; to elucidate mechanisms of risk; and to enhance opportunities for translation to treatment, prevention, gene-finding and molecular studies. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23177 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R21) Contact: Marsha F. Lopez, Ph.D., M.H.S. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: lopezmar@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-231.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This Program strongly encourages applications that address multiple levels of causation, reflecting the breadth of epidemiology research, that are transdisciplinary in nature and apply novel methods that allow for the advancement of science (e.g., those that investigate interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors, or those that examine how aspects of social environments affect health outcomes), as well as those that take advantage of the investments made by NIH and other funders by using existing data to inform our understanding of drug abuse epidemiology and etiology in a creative and cost efficient manner. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23178 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R03) Contact: Marsha F. Lopez, Ph.D., M.H.S. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: lopezmar@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-232.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This Program strongly encourages applications that address multiple levels of causation, reflecting the breadth of epidemiology research, that are transdisciplinary in nature and apply novel methods that allow for the advancement of science (e.g., those that investigate interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors, or those that examine how aspects of social environments affect health outcomes), as well as those that take advantage of the investments made by NIH and other funders by using existing data to inform our understanding of drug abuse epidemiology and etiology in a creative and cost efficient manner. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24140 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R21) Contact: Kevin P. Conway, Ph.D., Acting Branch Chief Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: kconway@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-312.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as mental health, interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug-related disorders (e.g., comorbid drug and psychiatric disorders; infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24141 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R03) Contact: Kevin P. Conway, Ph.D., Acting Branch Chief Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: kconway@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-313.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that propose to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as mental health, interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug-related disorders (e.g., comorbid drug and psychiatric disorders; infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25975 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R21) Contact: Steven Gust, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-443-6480 Email: ipdirector@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-041.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This FOA will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY12 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, and prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders). This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25977 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R03) Contact: Steven Gust, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-443-6480 Email: ipdirector@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-042.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This FOA will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY12 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, and prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders). This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26300 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition (I/START) [R03] Contact: Steven Grant, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-4877 Email: sgrant@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-066.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applications to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27771 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R34) Contact: Lori Ducharme, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-6504 Email: Lori.Ducharme@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-130.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. SYNOPSIS: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications for pilot and preliminary research on (1) organizational and/or systems-level interventions that may optimize access, utilization, delivery, quality, and/or cost of treatment services for drug, tobacco, or alcohol abuse or dependence through the use of evidence-based practices; (2) organizational and/or systems-specific adaptations to existing evidence-based practices necessary to facilitate their implementation in these new contexts; and (3) novel service delivery models to be pilot tested in preparation for larger-scale effectiveness trials. This R34 award mechanism provides resources for assessing the feasibility, acceptability, utility, and sustainability of novel approaches to service delivery for drug, tobacco, or alcohol abuse or dependence, with the ultimate goal of facilitating the uptake of scientifically-supported clinical practices. This FOA supports pilot and preliminary research on service delivery models, and organizational or systems-level interventions. This FOA will not support developmental or efficacy studies for novel preventive interventions or clinical therapies, nor will it support efficacy studies on the adaptation of existing interventions for new client populations. This FOA will utilize the NIH R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28320 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Pilot and Feasibility Studies in Preparation for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Trials (R34) Contact: Jacqueline Lloyd, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8892 Email: lloydj2@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-171.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2015. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications for (a) pilot and/or feasibility testing of new, revised, or adapted preventive intervention approaches targeting the initiation of drug and alcohol use, the progression to abuse or dependence, and the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among diverse populations and settings; and (b) pre-trial feasibility testing for prevention services and systems research. This R34 mechanism does not support the development of intervention protocols, manuals, or the standardization of protocols. It is expected that research conducted via this R34 mechanism will consist of early stage efficacy, effectiveness or services research that will provide intervention pilot and/or feasibility data that is a pre-requisite for submitting larger drug or alcohol abuse and/or drug- or alcohol-related HIV prevention intervention studies. This FOA will utilize the NIH Planning Grant (R34) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 32445 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B/START) (R03) Contact: Paul Schnur, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-1887 Email: pschnur@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-239.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to facilitate the entry of beginning investigators into the field of behavioral science research. To be appropriate for a B/START award, research must be primarily focused on behavioral processes and research questions. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87529 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R21) Contact: Redonna Chandler, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8768 Email: rchandle@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-128.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for health services and economic research to improve the quality of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) organization and delivery of services; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; or (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87531 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R03) Contact: Redonna Chandler, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-8768 Email: rchandle@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-129.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after May 16, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for health services and economic research to improve the quality of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) organization and delivery of services; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; or (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87632 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Women and Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (R21) Contact: Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1319 Email: cwetheri@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-048.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 87634 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Women and Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (R03) Contact: Cora Lee Wetherington, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1319 Email: cwetheri@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-049.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 89222 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36) Contact: Jessica Chambers, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2237 Email: jessica_chambers@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-020.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for support of drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services and/or women and sex/gender differences. This FOA will use the NIH Dissertation (R36) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 89265 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R03) Contact: Lisa Onken, Ph.D. Tel: 301-443-2235 Email: Lisa_Onken@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-011.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for discrete, well-defined projects that can be completed within two years with limited resources. Projects of interest fall within the research domain of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated (behavioral/pharmacological) (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in diverse settings; (2) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (3) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (4) interventions to treat chronic pain. Specific examples include: 1) Stage I pilot or feasibility studies; 2) secondary analysis of existing data; 3) small, self-contained research projects; 4) development of research assessments or methodology; and 5) development of new research technology. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91124 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Functional Genetics, Epigenetics, and Non-coding RNAs in Drug Addiction (R03) Contact: John Satterlee, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1020 Email: satterleej@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-035.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for basic functional genomic research in two areas: 1. functional validation to determine which candidate genes/variants/epigenetic/non-coding RNA features have an authentic role in addictive processes, and 2. detailed elucidation of the molecular pathways and processes modulated by candidate genes/variants, particularly for those genes with an unanticipated role in addiction. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91126 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Functional Genetics, Epigenetics, and Non-coding RNAs in Drug Addiction (R21) Contact: John Satterlee, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1020 Email: satterleej@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-034.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on January 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for basic functional genomic research in two areas: 1. functional validation to determine which candidate genes/variants/epigenetic/non-coding RNA features have an authentic role in addictive processes, and 2. detailed elucidation of the molecular pathways and processes modulated by candidate genes/variants, particularly for those genes with an unanticipated role in addiction. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91696 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Early Career Award in Chemistry of Drug Abuse and Addiction (ECHEM) – NIDA (R21/R33) Contact: Rao S. Rapaka, Ph.D. Tel: 301-435-1304 Email: rr82u@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-274.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for basic chemistry research applied to drug abuse and addiction. This FOA will utilize the Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation (R21/R33) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 92005 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Neuroscience Research on Drug Abuse (R21) Contact: Nancy S. Pilotte, Ph.D., Chief Tel: 301-435-1317 Email: npilotte@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-269.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that are relevant to the understanding of the process(es) and mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction, including use, dependence, addiction, withdrawal, and treatment, and may be conducted using model systems, animals, and/or humans. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 92008 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Neuroscience Research on Drug Abuse(R03) Contact: Nancy S. Pilotte, Ph.D., Chief Tel: 301-435-1317 Email: npilotte@nida.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-270.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on May 8, 2010. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications that are relevant to the understanding of the process(es) and mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction, including use, dependence, addiction, withdrawal, and treatment, and may be conducted using model systems, animals, and/or humans. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 93879 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Gene-Environment Interplay in Substance Use Disorders (R03) Contact: Naimah Weinberg, M.D. Tel: 301-402-1908 Email: nw46w@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-237.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support to stimulate and expand research on the interplay of genetic and environmental factors in the genesis, course, and outcomes of substance and alcohol use disorders (SUDs). Previous work in genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics has established that SUDs are highly heritable, developmental disorders with important genetic substrates. Building on these findings, new studies using genetically informative approaches are needed to elucidate the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors in developmental trajectories of SUDs and comorbid conditions, deepen and refine phenotypic definitions of SUDs, and meet the methodologic challenges of the field. Such studies hold great potential to promote understanding of the true contributions of both genetic and environmental factors to initiation, progression, comorbidity, adverse outcomes, and desistance of SUDs; to elucidate mechanisms of risk; and to enhance opportunities for translation to treatment, prevention, gene-finding and molecular studies. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23723 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/DHHS Title: NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) Contact: Tel: Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-261.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of standard applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research. This PA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24152 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/16/2012 Sponsor: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS Title: Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21) Contact: Patricia L. Mabry, PhD Tel: 301-402-1753 Email: mabryp@od.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-315.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 16, 2011. Letters of intent may be submitted thirty days prior to application receipt dates. The deadlines for receipt of standard R01 applications under this announcement are: February 16, June 16, and October 16 annually. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on September 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications for that propose to develop basic and applied projects utilizing systems science methodologies relevant to human behavioral and social sciences and health. This FOA is intended to encourage a broader scope of topics to be addressed with systems science methodologies, beyond those encouraged by existing open FOAs. Research projects applicable to this FOA are those that are either applied or basic in nature (including methodological development), have a human behavioral and/or social science focus, and feature systems science methodologies. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 00738 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/17/2012 Sponsor: Rural Utilities Service/Department of Agriculture Title: Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program Contact: Petra Schultze, Financial Analyst Tel: 202-690-4493 Email: petra.schultze@wdc.usda.gov Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-18/html/2012-12024.htm Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=171574 Deadline Note: Paper copies must carry proof of shipping no later than July 17, 2012 to be eligible for FY 2012 grant funding. Electronic copies must be received by July 17, 2012 to be eligible for FY 2012 grant funding. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor announces the Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program application window for fiscal year FY 2012. The FY 2012 funding for the Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program is $3,000,000. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 27619 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/18/2012 Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration Title: ROA 2011: System-Wide Safety Assurance Technologies Project (SSAT2) Contact: Ashok N. Srivastava Tel: Email: Ashok.N.Srivastava@nasa.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=wvKrPv2phP5Ljh1yWnLdxj0ycWGGxQtb5Z2cl3xzLXn1ZPGBffhX!-1021879135?oppId=168833&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/solicitationAmmendments.do?method=init&solId={2344F7C4-8CF5-D17B-DB86-018B0B184C63}&path=open Deadline Note: Notices of intent are due May 14. 2012. Full proposals will be due June 18, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The System-Wide Safety and Assurance Technologies Project (SSAT) project will identify risks and provide knowledge required to safely manage increasing complexity in the design and operation of vehicles and the air transportation systems, including advanced approaches to enable improved and cost-effective verification and validation of flight-critical systems. SSAT is focused on methods to assess and ensure system-wide safety of complex aviation systems. The project will emphasize proactive methods and technologies, and utilize a systems analysis approach to identify key issues and maintain a portfolio of research leading to potential solutions. A proactive approach to managing system safety requires (1) the ability to monitor the system continuously and to extract and fuse information from diverse data sources to identify emergent anomalous behaviors after new technologies, procedures, and training are introduced; and (2) the ability to reliably predict probabilities of the occurrence of hazardous events and of their safety risks. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28725 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/18/2012 Sponsor: National Council on Disability Title: Reforming Social Security's Disability Benefits System Contact: Julie Carroll, Senior Attorney Advisor Tel: 202-272-2008 Email: jcarroll@ncd.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=XxTfP0GHlXtXCGxCy0h7p2xBH7pRgpKJTv8MMfSzLwfPVmysnl6M!-253887325?oppId=170733&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/research/051212_Notice SYNOPSIS: The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency charged with making recommendations to Congress and the Administration on issues, policies, and laws affecting people with disabilities. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provide a vital safety net for a growing number of people with disabilities. SSDI cash benefits are payable to eligible disabled workers and their families after a five month waiting period. These benefits currently average $1,070 per month. According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), almost half of families receiving SSDI benefits rely on Social Security for the majority of their family income. Some SSDI beneficiaries who meet asset and income limitations or have extraordinary medical expenses also receive Supplemental Security Income. After a two year waiting period, most SSDI beneficiaries are also eligible for Medicare. On average, each disability benefit award is valued at $250,000 in SSDI and Medicare benefits over a beneficiary's lifetime. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), between 1970 and 2009, the number of people receiving disability benefits more than tripled from 2.7 million to 9.7 million. Despite the growth in these programs and several demonstration initiatives to make it easier for people receiving these benefits to transition back to work, the research shows that these programs continue to create work disincentives for applicants and beneficiaries, erode work capacity, foster long-term dependence, and increase poverty among the very people they are intended to help. Additionally, the programs, as they now exist, are not fiscally sustainable. In their 2012 Annual Report, the Social Security Trustees projected that the Disability Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2016. The failings of current policy and the need for major structural reforms have been documented and discussed extensively. Despite repeated calls for reform of these Social Security Programs by scholars, policymakers, and government researchers, no appreciable modernization has occurred in these programs. For example, the criteria for SSI/SSDI eligibility have not changed since the early 1960s—50 years ago. Additionally, though advances in technology, workplace accommodations, and legal protections against discrimination have made it possible for many people with disabilities to work, complete inability to work remains a criterion for receiving social security benefits. In light of the importance of the Social Security Disability programs for people with disabilities, and the impending threat to the fiscal soundness of the Social Security Trust Fund, responsible reforms are needed that will ensure the fiscal integrity of these programs while preserving vital benefits for people with disabilities. NCD would like to update and build on previous work on these issues and develop recommendations to modernize and preserve the Social Security Disability Programs in ways that will optimize work opportunities for the people with disabilities who are able to work and preserve the safety net for those who will not be able to work. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10579 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/18/2012 Sponsor: Office of Refugee Resettlement/ACF/DHHS Title: Refugee School Impact Contact: Goran Debelnogich Tel: 202-260-7143 Email: Goran.Debelnogich@ACF.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=165453&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-ZE-0317 Deadline Note: Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify ACF of their intention to submit an application under this announcement. Letters of Intent are due on May 18, 2012. Applications are due on June 18, 2012. SYNOPSIS: This program announcement governs the award procedures for grants to States or Wilson/Fish agencies or their designees to assist local school systems impacted by significant numbers of newly arrived refugee children. ORR intends to award grants to a) those agencies of State governments that are responsible for the refugee program under 45 CFR 400.5 or such agencies' designees, and b) agencies that have statewide responsibility for an alternative to the State-administered program in lieu of the State under a Wilson/Fish grant authorized by Section 412(e)(7) of the INA, or c) such agencies' designees. The State or Wilson/Fish agency or its designee shall submit a single application for all the schools in the State considered in the proposal. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 13432 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/18/2012 Sponsor: Office of Refugee Resettlement/ACF/DHHS Title: Discretionary Funds for Projects to Establish Individual Development Account (IDA) Programs for Refugees Contact: Yimeem Vu Tel: 202-401-4825 Email: yimeem.vu@acf.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=165253&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-ZI-0288 SYNOPSIS: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites eligible entities to submit competitive grant applications for projects to establish and manage Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for low-income refugee participants. Eligible refugee participants who enroll in these projects will open and contribute systematically to IDAs for specified Savings Goals, including home ownership, business capitalization, vehicles for education or work purposes, professional recertification, and post secondary education. Grantees may use ORR funds to provide matches for the savings in the IDAs up to $2,000 per individual refugee and $4,000 per refugee household. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 99701 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/19/2012 Sponsor: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS Title: Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) Contact: Gina Tesauro, MSW, Public Health Adviso Tel: 301-435-2836 Email: gina.tesauro@nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-035.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 17, 2012. Letters of intent are not required for this FOA. The final deadlines for receipt of full applications are: February 17, 2012; June 19, 2012; October 18, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. This program will expire on October 19, 2012. SYNOPSIS: National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources in behavioral research in cancer prevention and control. This FOA is designed to enhance basic and applied behavioral sciences research in the context of cancer control, with a secondary goal of attracting new investigators to the field from a variety of biomedical, behavioral and public health disciplines. Proposed research projects would include pilot or feasibility studies, secondary analyses of existing data, and meta-analyses particularly in the areas of: (1) basic biobehavioral and psychological services, (2) behavioral genetics, (3) cancer survivorship and bereavement, (4) health behaviors, (5) health communication and informatics, (6) health disparities, (7) processes of cancer care including delivery and utilization, and (8) tobacco control. To be appropriate for this FOA, proposed research must be significantly applicable to cancer control research and address specific gaps in knowledge or methodologies. Although the specific study proposed may attempt only to obtain preliminary data and/or conduct pilot studies in support of a future, more detailed study, it is important that a long-term human cancer control hypothesis and supporting scientific justification be presented. Investigators new to the field of behavioral cancer control research, including early-stage and established investigators looking to refocus or apply their expertise to cancer control, are encouraged to apply for this small grants announcement. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 83456 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/20/2012 Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/DHHS Title: Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program Contact: Richard Bragg, Ph.D. Tel: 410-786-7250 Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Tmh2P2GG2mJ1vh4H9zLxy2GQhbn2T4rL6bJl5v1C3hj2LnRzsjhV!109354571?oppId=171233&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14404 Deadline Note: Prospective applicants choosing to submit an LOI are asked to submit by May 25, 2012. Letters of Intent are not required. The Grants.gov application due date is June 20, 2012. Applicants must also mail a copy, which is due on June 20, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is announcing the availability of funds under its grant program to assist researchers in conducting health services research for 2011. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 78366 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/20/2012 Sponsor: Food and Nutrition Service/Department of Agriculture Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Grants Contact: Gregory Walton, Grant Officer Tel: 703-305-2848 Email: greg.walton@fns.usda.gov Website:          http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/government/grants/Grant_Announcement-2012.pdf Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Sgt2PskSMhw5v1hQT9nYT7F2jJX20X7vRyDj1TJH4f0dtMGPLnpq!-677433669?oppId=157073&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Applicants must send an email to Gregory Walton at Greg.Walton@fns.usda.gov that the application was submitted through the grants.gov portal. This e-mail must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the application due date. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from State agencies; public health or educational entities; or private nonprofit entities such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations, for projects aimed at simplifying the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application and eligibility determination systems or improving access to SNAP benefits by eligible households. A total of approximately $5.0 million is available. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28771 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/20/2012 Sponsor: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Title: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress - Category I Contact: Malcolm Gordon, Ph.D. Tel: 240-276-1856 Email: malcolm.gordon@samhsa.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2012/sm_12_005.aspx Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=171455&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2012 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI), National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) grant. This program is designed to improve the quality of trauma treatment and services in communities for children, adolescents, and their families who experience or witness traumatic events and to increase access to effective trauma-focused treatment and services for children and adolescents throughout the nation. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 96133 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/21/2012 Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences/Department of Education Title: Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research on Statistical and Research Methodology in Education Contact: Emily Doolittle Tel: 202-219-1412 Email: Phil.Gagne@ed.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=149633 SYNOPSIS: The sponsor announces the availability of funds for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Research on Statistical and Research Methodology in Education program. The central purpose of the Institute's research grant programs is to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23251 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/21/2012 Sponsor: U.S. Agency for International Development Title: Career Development Centers Support Contact: Tel: 20-2-2522-7000 Email: CDCquestions@USAID.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=s4tTTQLDws0LkJyTm97gGwPhJhJstLcp2pJSmJHHmBllrn5bFML2!-370087949?oppId=100513&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: This APS will be open until June 21, 2012. SYNOPSIS: USAID’s Office of Education and Training proposes to support the establishment and management of state-of-the-art university-based Career Development Centers (CDCs) through a three-year award utilizing Cairo Initiative Workforce Development funding. This APS outlines ideas and possible activities aimed at improving the long-term capacity of Egyptian universities and NGOs to assist students and recent graduates in their transition from education to employment.This APS will be open until June 21, 2012. Activities for the establishment and management of Career Development Centers (CDCs) may include, but are not limited to, training, technical assistance, subgrants, the provision of equipment and supplies, and operating costs. In addition to programmatic activities, applicants may include activities to strengthen the internal organizational, management, and financial capacity of local Egyptian organizations if needed to support the CDCs. Such activities include acquisition of equipment, software, communications technology, and skills training in areas including grant management, communication, strategic planning, participatory assessment, advocacy, financial management, file management, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22255 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: National Cooperative Drug Discovery/ Development Groups (NCDDG) for the Treatment of Mental Disorders, Drug or Alcohol Addiction (U19) Contact: Linda Brady, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-443-3563 Email: lbrady@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-207.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: September 26, 2011; January 24, 2012; May 22, 2012; September 24, 2012; January 22, 2013. The corresponding deadlines for receipt of full applications are: October 24, 2011; February 24, 2012; June 22, 2012; October 22, 2012; February 22, 2013 . This program will expire on February 23, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for multidisciplinary research groups or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction. The objectives of this program are to: accelerate innovative drug discovery; develop pharmacologic tools for basic and clinical research on mental disorders, or drug or alcohol addiction; develop and validate models for evaluating novel therapeutics for mental disorders; and support early phase human clinical testing to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of promising drug candidates and new indications for IND-ready drugs for the treatment of mental disorders or alcohol addiction. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of concept testing of new, rationally based candidate medications to treat mental disorders or drug or alcohol addiction, and to develop novel ligands as tools to further characterize existing or to validate new drug targets. Partnerships between academia and industry are strongly encouraged. This FOA will utilize the NIH U19 Research Program – Cooperative Agreements award mechanisms. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 77083 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS Title: National Cooperative Drug Discovery/ Development Groups (NCDDG) for the Treatment of Mental Disorders, Drug or Alcohol Addiction (UM1) Contact: Linda Brady, Ph.D., Director Tel: 301-443-3563 Email: lbrady@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-206.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: September 26, 2011; January 24, 2012; May 22, 2012; September 24, 2012; January 22, 2013. The corresponding deadlines for receipt of full applications are: October 24, 2011; February 24, 2012; June 22, 2012; October 22, 2012; February 22, 2013 . This program will expire on February 23, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors provide support for multidisciplinary research groups or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction. The objectives of this program are to: accelerate innovative drug discovery; develop pharmacologic tools for basic and clinical research on mental disorders, or drug or alcohol addiction; develop and validate models for evaluating novel therapeutics for mental disorders; and support early phase human clinical testing to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of promising drug candidates and new indications for IND-ready drugs for the treatment of mental disorders or alcohol addiction. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of concept testing of new, rationally based candidate medications to treat mental disorders or drug or alcohol addiction, and to develop novel ligands as tools to further characterize existing or to validate new drug targets. Partnerships between academia and industry are strongly encouraged. This FOA will utilize the NIH UM1 Multi-Component Research Project Cooperative Agreements award mechanisms. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 81498 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R21) Contact: Amy M. Donahue, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-3458 Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-004.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: May 22, 2012, January 22, 2013 and September 22, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: June 22, 2012, February 22, 2013 and October 22, 2013. This program will expire on October 23, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for applications which translate basic research findings into clinical tools for better human health in the NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists, clinicians and clinical scientists to jointly initiate and conduct translational research projects. The scope of this FOA includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings which will impact the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communication disorders. Multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, and academic-industrial collaborations studies are encouraged. This FOA is not intended for outcome studies, the extension of ongoing clinical research studies, the optimization of current clinical protocols, or pre-translational studies. Connection to the clinical condition must be clearly established and the outcomes of the grant must have practical clinical impact. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 91083 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R01) Contact: Amy M. Donahue, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-3458 Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-003.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: May 22, 2012, January 22, 2013 and September 22, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: June 22, 2012, February 22, 2013 and October 22, 2013. This program will expire on October 23, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for applications which translate basic research findings into clinical tools for better human health in the NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists, clinicians and clinical scientists to jointly initiate and conduct translational research projects. The scope of this FOA includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings which will impact the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communication disorders. Multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, and academic-industrial collaborations studies are encouraged. This FOA is not intended for outcome studies, the extension of ongoing clinical research studies, the optimization of current clinical protocols, or pre-translational studies. Connection to the clinical condition must be clearly established and the outcomes of the grant must have practical clinical impact. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25833 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: Office of Research on Women's Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Etiology, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (R01) Contact: Charles Wells, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-1770 Email: wells1@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-032.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 24, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 24, 2012 (passed); May 22, 2012; September 24, 2012; January 22, 2013; May 24, 2013; September 24, 2013; January 24, 2014; May 26, 2014; September 24, 2014. The deadlines for receipt of full applications under this announcement are: February 24, 2012; June 22, 2012; October 24, 2012; February 22, 2013; June 24, 2013; October 24, 2013; February 24, 2014; June 24, 2014; October 24, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on October 25, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to examine the etiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), in diverse groups and across the lifespan. Applications that address gaps in the understanding of the environmental and biological risk factors, the determinants of heterogeneity among patient populations, the common mechanisms influencing the multiple body systems that are affected in ME/CFS are encouraged. The NIH is particularly interested in funding interdisciplinary research that will enhance our knowledge of the disease process and provide evidence based solutions to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of all persons with ME/CFS. This interdisciplinary research may include the building of scientific teams to study and develop biomarkers, innovative treatment modalities, and/or the modifiable risk and protective processes specifically targeted by preventive and/or treatment interventions. This program will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25834 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/22/2012 Sponsor: Office of Research on Women's Health/NIH/DHHS Title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Etiology, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (R21) Contact: Charles Wells, Ph.D. Tel: 301-402-1770 Email: wells1@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-033.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after January 24, 2012. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: January 24, 2012 (passed); May 22, 2012; September 24, 2012; January 22, 2013; May 24, 2013; September 24, 2013; January 24, 2014; May 26, 2014; September 24, 2014. The deadlines for receipt of full applications under this announcement are: February 24, 2012; June 22, 2012; October 24, 2012; February 22, 2013; June 24, 2013; October 24, 2013; February 24, 2014; June 24, 2014; October 24, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. The deadlines for receipt of AIDS-related applications are: January 7, May 7, and September 7 annually. This program will expire on October 25, 2014. SYNOPSIS: The sponsors invite applications that propose to examine the etiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), in diverse groups and across the lifespan. Applications that address gaps in the understanding of the environmental and biological risk factors, the determinants of heterogeneity among patient populations, the common mechanisms influencing the multiple body systems that are affected in ME/CFS are encouraged. The NIH is particularly interested in funding interdisciplinary research that will enhance our knowledge of the disease process and provide evidence based solutions to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of all persons with ME/CFS. This interdisciplinary research may include the building of scientific teams to study and develop biomarkers, innovative treatment modalities, and/or the modifiable risk and protective processes specifically targeted by preventive and/or treatment interventions. This program will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22088 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/25/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Statistics/Department of Justice Title: Visiting Fellow: Criminal Justice Statistics Program Contact: Gerard F. Ramker, Deputy Director Tel: 202-307-0765 Email: askbjs@usdoj.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=95ZHPthGGchjR8x2yb1wWmcJCSplpDVGXWvCL0Lh0mFCQyy5yTQJ!64499778?oppId=170194&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/vfcjsp12_sol.pdf Deadline Note: Registration is required prior to submission. OJP strongly encourages registering with Grants.gov several weeks before the deadline for application submission. The deadline for applying for funding is June 25, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor is seeking applications for funding for one or more BJS Visiting Fellows to work in its Criminal Justice Statistics Programs with existing BJS data. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 15165 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/26/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Primary Health Care/HRSA/DHHS Title: Affordable Care Act - Grants for School-Based Health Center Capital (SBHCC) Program Contact: Tel: 301-594-4300 Email: sbhc@hrsa.gov Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=169778&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/instructions/oppHRSA-13-140-cfda93.501-cid5377-instructions.pdf Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of applications in Grants.gov is June 26, 2012. The deadline for submission of supplemental information in the EHB is July 24, 2012. SYNOPSIS: For FY 2013, the SBHCC awards will address significant and pressing capital needs to improve service delivery and support the expansion of services at school-based health centers (SBHCs) through the alteration/renovation of an existing facility(ies), construction of a new site(s) or expansion of an existing site(s), and/or the purchase of moveable equipment. Applicants must demonstrate how their proposal will support the SBHC in providing more effective, efficient and quality health care and will lead to improvements in access to health services for children at a SBHC. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02914 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/26/2012 Sponsor: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Title: National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (TSA) - Category II Contact: Ken Curl, M.S.W. Tel: 240-276-0401 Email: Kenneth.curl@samhsa.hhs.gov Website:          http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2012/sm_12_006.aspx Full Program:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=171457&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Service is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2012 National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI), Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers, Category II Cooperative Agreements. The purpose of this initiative is to improve treatment and services for children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events and to increase access to these treatments and services throughout the nation. The purpose of the Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (TSA), Category-II cooperative agreements is to provide national expertise on specific types of traumatic events, population groups and service systems, and support the specialized adaptation of effective treatment and service approaches for communities across the nation. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04152 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)--Translational Research Partnership Award Contact: Tel: 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Nzt8PzGDgCJPJ4jkyF6GJt2JjMdfD5lPVqTrc1LpN3wb5G82t0sS!-253887325?oppId=170736&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), June 27, 2012. Invited applications are due 11:59 p.m. ET, September 25, 2012. SYNOPSIS: Applications for the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) are being solicited by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program. The PRORP was established in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) to support research focused on optimizing recovery and restoration of function for military personnel with orthopaedic injuries sustained in combat or combat-related duties. Appropriations for the PRORP from FY09 through FY11 totaled $158.5 million (M). The FY12 appropriation is $30M. The FY11 PRORP challenges the scientific community to address the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and loss of fitness for military duty by funding innovative, high-impact, clinically relevant research to advance optimal treatment and rehabilitation from musculoskeletal injuries sustained during combat or combat-related activities. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04157 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)--Idea Development Award Contact: Tel: 301-619-2192 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Nzt8PzGDgCJPJ4jkyF6GJt2JjMdfD5lPVqTrc1LpN3wb5G82t0sS!-253887325?oppId=170735&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: The deadline for the preproposal submission is 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, June 27, 2012. The deadline for full proposal submission is 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, September 25, 2012. SYNOPSIS: Applications for the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) are being solicited by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program. The PRORP was established in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) to support research focused on optimizing recovery and restoration of function for military personnel with orthopaedic injuries sustained in combat or combat-related duties. Appropriations for the PRORP from FY09 through FY11 totaled $158.5 million (M). The FY12 appropriation is $30M. The FY12 PRORP challenges the scientific community to address the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and loss of fitness for military duty by funding innovative, high-impact, clinically relevant research to advance optimal treatment and rehabilitation from musculoskeletal injuries sustained during combat or combat-related activities. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04161 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: Department of the Army Title: Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)--Clinical Trial Award Contact: Tel: 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Nzt8PzGDgCJPJ4jkyF6GJt2JjMdfD5lPVqTrc1LpN3wb5G82t0sS!-253887325?oppId=170734&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: The deadline for the preproposal submission is 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, June 27, 2012. Preproposal submission is a required first step. An invitation letter is required to proceed to the second step of submitting a full proposal. The deadline for full proposal submission is 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, September 25, 2012. SYNOPSIS: Applications for the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) are being solicited by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program. The PRORP was established in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) to support research focused on optimizing recovery and restoration of function for military personnel with orthopaedic injuries sustained in combat or combat-related duties. Appropriations for the PRORP from FY09 through FY11 totaled $158.5 million (M). The FY12 appropriation is $30M. The FY12 PRORP challenges the scientific community to address the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and loss of fitness for military duty by funding innovative, high-impact, clinically relevant research to advance optimal treatment and rehabilitation from musculoskeletal injuries sustained during combat or combat-related activities. Applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other Federal Government agencies are highly encouraged. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21688 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities Title: Bridging Cultures Through Film:International Topics Program Contact: Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics Tel: 202-606-8269 Email: publicpgms@neh.gov Website:          http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/bridging-cultures-through-film-international-topics Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=LklbPGTfYCylbqsj1m7c67fGLSJpznZwkNXZTvRxPqG631kLNV0T!1471941753?oppId=161913&mode=VIEW Deadline Note: Applicants are encouraged to contact NEH program officers who will answer questions about the review process, supply samples of funded applications relevant to this grant program, and review preliminary drafts. SYNOPSIS: The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. Projects are strongly encouraged to demonstrate international collaboration by enlisting scholars based both in the United States and abroad, and/or by working with an international media team. Such collaborations should bring broader cross-cultural perspectives to the proposed topics. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28123 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities Title: Humanities Initiatives: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Contact: Tel: 202-606-8471 Email: hi@neh.gov Website:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;?oppId=161916&mode=VIEW Full Program:          http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-initiatives-hispanic-serving-institutions SYNOPSIS: NEH Humanities Initiatives are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future.. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 83718 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities Title: Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities Contact: Tel: 202-606-8471 Email: hi@neh.gov Website:          http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/humanities-initiatives-tribal-jun-27-2012.pdf Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Tc5LNt8dDLhfvj8DvhtcMxsZPdYwPGpqWxD0nl6j1hFVPDGCPqGh!-1702297235?oppId=87473&mode=VIEW SYNOPSIS: Humanities Initiatives for Faculty are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at tribal colleges and universities. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 26420 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS Title: RFA-HD-13-005--Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research (U54) Contact: Stuart B. Moss, PhD Tel: 301-435-6979 Email: mossstua@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-13-005.html Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of optional letters of intent is May 27, 2012. The deadline for receipt of full applications is June 27, 2012. SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for the re-competition of the Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research (SCCPIR). The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) provides funding for a limited number of research centers in the reproductive sciences. These centers provide an arena for multidisciplinary interactions between basic and clinical scientists interested in establishing high quality translational research programs in the area of reproductive health and infertility. The centers also serve as a national resource for the training and career development of new scientists electing to pursue careers conducting translational research in high priority areas of reproduction and infertility. Finally, center investigators are expected to participate in important community outreach and education efforts to increase awareness and convey the importance and implications of their research activities to the general public.. This FOA will utilize the NIH U54 Specialized Center- Cooperative Agreements award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05829 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/27/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS Title: Grand Opportunity in Medications Development for Substance-Related Disorders (U01) Contact: Ivan D. Montoya, M.D., M.P.H. Tel: 301-443-8639 Email: imontoya@mail.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-109.html Deadline Note: The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: April 26, 2011 (passed), July 26, 2011, February 27, 2012, June 27, 2012, February 27, 2013, June 26, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: May 26, 2011, August 26, 2011, March 27, 2012, July 27, 2012, March 27, 2013, July 26, 2013. This FOA will expire on August 15, 2013. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support a diverse array of preclinical and/or clinical research projects. The goal is to fund medication studies that will have high impact and quickly yield the necessary results to advance medications closer to FDA approval. It is expected that these U01s will be short-term (funded for up to 3 years) and large (up to $5 million per year) cooperative agreements with close monitoring and significant scientific involvement of NIDA staff. This funding mechanism will enable critical medications development studies that would not be feasible using the traditional R01 mechanism. This FOA will utilize the NIH U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreements award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28767 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/28/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance/Department of Justice Title: Visiting Fellows Program Contact: Tel: 877-927-5657 Email: JIC@telesishq.com Website:          http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=1VXLP2PQKmG2ChDPwpJLS80nnTzyF1TGTph066ZG7HsgnpQnFyQp!1694693328?oppId=170799&mode=VIEW Full Program:          https://www.bja.gov/Funding/12VisitingFellowsSol.pdf SYNOPSIS: To address emerging issues and build capacity to improve the administration of criminal justice, BJA is launching a new BJA Visiting Fellows Program. The purpose of this program is to leverage state, local, or tribal subject-matter expertise to assess areas of need and to develop strategies, tools, and policies in collaboration with BJA staff for the benefit of the criminal justice field. By hosting up to five Fellows, BJA will collaborate with practitioners and researchers to build capacity to address gaps in priority and emerging issues in the criminal justice field. Fellowships will last 12–18 months, with a required residency at BJA of at least 6–12 months. These Fellows will be expected to produce specific deliverables that can address these priority issues, such as outreach to BJA stakeholders, applied research tools, training curricula or toolkits, articles or publications, and provision of technical subject-matter assistance. Through this process, the Fellows will assist BJA in enhancing strategies and building capacity and then bring their Fellowship experience back into the field. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23184 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/28/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Reclamation/Department of the Interior Title: WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative Contact: Michelle Maher Tel: 303-445-2025 Email: mmaher@usbr.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=171515 SYNOPSIS: The sponsor announces the availability of funds for the WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative program. Resource managers concerned with conservation of natural and cultural resources are faced with increasing challenges. Such challenges may include changing water availability, changing land use, preserving traditional or historical sites, areas, landscapes, and/or resources, sensitive species protection and recovery, invasive species, and a range of other complex issues — all of which are further complicated as the impacts of climate change are realized. In response, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is participating in the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 23192 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/28/2012 Sponsor: Bureau of Reclamation/Department of the Interior Title: WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative Contact: Michelle Maher Tel: 303-445-2025 Email: mmaher@usbr.gov Full Program:          http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=171516 SYNOPSIS: The sponsor announces the availability of funds for the WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative program. Cooperative Resource managers concerned with conservation of natural and cultural resources are faced with increasing management challenges. Such challenges may include water scarcity, land-use conversion, impacts to traditional or historical resources, sensitive species protection and recovery, invasive species, and a range of other complex issues —all of which are amplified by climate change. In response, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is participating in the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC). --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22712 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/29/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: RFA-DC-12-003--NIDCD Research On Hearing Health Care (R21/R33) Contact: Amy Donahue, Ph.D. Tel: 402-3458 Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-12-003.html Deadline Note: Applications may be submitted to Grants.gov in response to this announcement on or after September 30, 2011. The deadlines for receipt of optional letters of intent are: September 30, 2011, May 29, 2012, January 28, 2013. The deadlines for receipt of full applications are: October 31, 2011, June 29, 2012, February 28, 2013, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications to support research and/or infrastructure needs leading to more accessible and affordable hearing health care (HHC). For the purposes of the working group and this FOA, “hearing health care” includes assessment (including screening) and nonmedical treatment and rehabilitation of HL, including hearing aid selection and fitting and aural rehabilitation (counseling, auditory training). The proposed research aims should lead to the delivery of better healthcare access and outcomes and be directed to solutions that are effective, affordable and deliverable to those who need them. Outcomes research and health services research related to accessible and affordable hearing health care are also responsive to this FOA. This FOA will utilize the NIH R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 56600 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/29/2012 Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS Title: NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03) Contact: Dr. Bracie Watson, Jr. Tel: 301-402-3458 Email: watsonb@nidcd.nih.gov Full Program:          http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-055.html Deadline Note: This FOA will expire on November 1, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for basic and clinical research of scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent research career. It cannot be used for thesis or dissertation research. The research must be focused on one or more of the areas within the biomedical and behavioral scientific mission of the NIDCD: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01197 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/29/2012 Sponsor: Rural Business - Cooperative Service/Department of Agriculture Title: Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/html/2012-5043.htm Deadline Note: The deadline for receipt of applications in the USDA Rural Development State Office is no later than 4:30 p.m. (local time) on the last business day of each month in FY 2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications for loans and grants under the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 28814 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 6/29/2012 Sponsor: U.S. Trade and Development Agency Title: RFP -- El Salvador - Port of La Unión Vessel Traffic Program Technical Assistance Contact: Anthony O'Tapi Tel: 703-875-4357 Email: aotapi@ustda.gov Full Program:          https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c94bb3ed24074c1298313b987365b5fc&tab=core&_cview=0 SYNOPSIS: B -- EL SALVADOR - PORT OF LA UNIÓN VESSEL TRAFFIC PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOL 2012-51012A POC Anthony O'Tapi, Phone: 703-875-4357 WEB: FBO.govPermalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TDA/TDA1/TDA1/2012-51012A/listing.html E-MAIL: aotapi@ustda.gov aotapi@ustda.gov NAICS: 541690 POC Anthony O'Tapi, USTDA 1000Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Tel: (703) 875-4357 Fax: (703) 875-4009 ***Please do not contact contracts office*** Proposal Submission Place: Milton Lacayo Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma Bulevarde Los Héroes, Colonia Miramonte Centro Comercial Metrocentro, Edificio Torre Roble San Salvador, El Salvador Phone: + (503) 2218-1300, (503) 2620-9010,(503) 7070-8014 The Grantee (the Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma de El Salvador, CEPA) invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to conduct a Technical Assistance for the Port of La Unión Vessel Traffic Program. The objective of this Technical Assistance is to assess vessel traffic improvement programs that would support the concession of the Port of La Unión in El Salvador. The Technical Assistance will allow the Grantee to support expanded operations atthe Port of La Unión by facilitating the safe passage of shipping vessels through the port's approach channel. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $216,582 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency ("USTDA"). A detailed Request for Proposals ("RFP"), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and portions of a background Definitional Mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxingthe request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephonerequests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond torequests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source, and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English and Spanish directly to the Grantee by 12:00 PM (local time in El Salvador), June 29, 2012, at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in Contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related tothe project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c94bb3ed24074c1298313b987365b5fc&tab=core&_cview=0 Posted 05/17/12 (W-SN02751047). (0138)