NIH ARRA Information
This information updated May 15, 2009
- NIH is well positioned to fund the best science in pursuit of improving the length and the quality of the lives of our citizens, while at the same time stimulating the economy.
- NIH conducts and supports outstanding biomedical and behavioral research, through more than 3,000 institutions across the country—institutions that have a direct impact upon the local economies in their towns, cities, and states.
- The Recovery Act provides a total of $10.4 billion, all available for two years—through September 2010. We expect to spend as much as possible in FY 2009.
New NIH ARRA Solicitations
Recovery Act of 2009: Revised NIH Award Terms Available (July 9)
ARRA Reporting Deadline Pushed Back (July 1)
The Office of Management and Budget has delayed the first deadline for NIH grantees to report their use of ARRA funds. Instead of July 10, the quarterly reports are now due on October 10, 2009, reflecting spending through the end of September.
Recovery Act Limited Competition: (June 3)
Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3)
Letters of Intent Due Date: August 3, 2009
Application Due Date(s): September 1, 2009
Recovery Act Limited Competition: (May 13)
NCMHD Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): May 29, 2009
Application Due Date(s): June 30, 2009
Recovery Act Limited Competition: (May 13)
NCMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: June 1, 2009
Application Receipt Date: July 1, 2009
Recovery Act Limited Competition: (May 13)
NCMHD Community Participation in Health Disparities Intervention Research Planning Phase (R24)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: May 29, 2009
Application Receipt Date: June 30, 2009
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) (April 21)
Application Due Date(s): September 24, 2009
Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: (April 21)
Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: May 18, 2009
Application Receipt Date: June 15, 2009
Peer Review and the Challenge Grants (April 21)
NIH Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through Biomedical Research Core Centers (P30)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 29, 2009
Application Receipt Date: May 29, 2009
Competitive Revision Applications Enabling Selected Individual Investigator Awards (March 26)
to Leverage NCRR Center and Center-like Programs
Application Due Date: April 21, 2009; July 10, 2009
Recovery Act Limited Competition (March 25)
Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources (P30)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 18, 2009
Application Receipt Date: May 18, 2009
Developing And Improving Institutional Animal Resources (G20), PAR-07-342 (March 24)
Due May 28
NCRR Competitive Revision Applications (March 24)
NCRR Competitive Revision Application Information Now Available
Application Due Date: April 21, 2009 or July 10, 2009
Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21) (March 23)
Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01) (March 23)
Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R34/Collaborative R34) (March 23)
NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements (March 18)
NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (March 18; Application Due Date: April 21, 2009)
NIAID Supplements Through the Economic Recovery Act (March 16)
Administrative Supplements to Grants and Cooperative Agreements (March 16)
PAR-09-118, Recovery Act Limited Competition: High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (March 5)
PAR-09-028, Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (March 5)
NIH ARRA Program Information
NIH Updated FAQs (May 15)
Delays in Grant Application Submission Due to Closure of Institutions (May 1)
because of 2009 H1N1 Flu Concerns
NIH ARRA FAQ Update (May 1)
Recovery Act Grand Opportunities GO Grant Submission Deadline Moved to May 29, 2009 (April 30)
NIH New Web: Research Means Hope (April 29)
Update: Administrative Supplements for NCRR Awards (April 22)
Tentative Review Timeline for Challenge Grant Applications (April 22)
Peer Review and the Challenge Grants (April 20)
New NIH Recovery Act Opportunity Seeks to Fund High Impact, Large-Scale, Accelerated Research (April 14)
Notice Regarding Competitive Revisions Using Recovery Act Funds (April 14)
for Applications Still Requiring Paper Submission
NCRR Administrative Supplement Applicant Help - Last updated April 9, 2009.
Recent Changes to the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act Section (April 8)
NIH Frequently Asked Questions , Reposting: April 6, 2009 (April 6)
Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Award Terms and Additional Information for Recipients Receiving Recovery Act Grant Funding (April 6)
ARRA Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revisions: Clarifications on Programmatic Limitations and use of Modular Budgets (April 6)
Updated Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (April 6)
Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Award Terms and Additional Information for Recipients Receiving Recovery Act Grant Funding (April 6)
Recovery Act Notice: NIH ARRA Funding Considerations for Applications with Meritorious Scores that Fall Beyond the Pay-line (April 6)
Announcement of Participation of NINR on RFA-OD-09-004, Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” (RC2) (April 6)
Congress probes NIH stimulus funds (April 3)
Published online 1 April 2009 | Nature 458, 556 (2009) |
Updated: Frequently Asked Questions - NIH Challenge Grants - Recovery Act (April 2)
NIH Acting Director Raynard S. Kington, M.D, PhD on the Implementation of ARRA (April 2)
Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21) (March 23)
Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01) (March 23)
NCRR Administrative Supplements for Science Education and Dissemination (March 20)
NCRR Administrative Supplements for Research Workforce Development and Dissemination (March 20)
Administrative Supplements for Collaborative Community Engagement Research (March 20)
NCRR Administrative Supplements for Enhancing NCRR Pilot Project Mechanism (March 20)
NCRR Administrative Supplements for The CTSA Consortium Strategic Goals (March 20)
NCRR Administrative Supplements to Advance Translational (T1 & T2) Research (March 20)
NIH Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites for Supplements and Revisions to Active NIH Grants with Recovery Act Funds
Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement (G20) Questions and Answers
Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) Questions and Answers
See Challenge Topics for NIAID: (March 5)
NIH ARRA Resource Links
Notice Regarding RFA-OD-09-005, "Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources (P30)" (March 31)
The purpose of this Notice is to inform the extramural research community that the recently released Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), “Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources (P30)” [RFA-OD-09-005] has been removed temporarily from the NIH Guide and also from Grants.gov.
What You Need to Do if You Get Stimulus Funds (March 13)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/recovery/ifget.htm
NIH Seeks Applications for Dental Research Funding (March 11)
http://www.ada.org:80/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=3485
Dennis Williams Selected to be HHS’ Deputy Assistant Secretary for Recovery Act Coordination (March 11)
http://www.hhs.gov:80/recovery/contacts/
Web Seminar regarding application process for RFA-RR-09-007 (Core facilities improvement projects) and RFA-RR-09-008 (Construction, renovation and repair improvement projects) (March 10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RR-09-009.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html
Recent Changes to the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act Site (March 10)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/recovery/changes.htm
On the pages listed below, you can read how NIH and NIAID are meeting the President's challenge and find important information for investigators (March 10):
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NIAID's Introduction to Recovery.gov -- learn about Recovery.gov
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Recovery Plans at NIH -- get an overview of how NIH will use the stimulus money
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Don't Confuse Stimulus Money With Our FY 2009 Budget -- learn what's different about using stimulus money and what investigators need to do now
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How NIAID Will Use the Stimulus Money -- read about NIAID's plans to use the stimulus funds and how these plans affect different types of investigators
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NIAID Supplements Through the Economic Recovery Act -- learn how NIAID is supplementing some existing grants
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Opportunities for NIAID Applicants -- find NIH and NIAID opportunities relevant to this Institute's extramural research community
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What You Need to Do if You Get Stimulus Funds -- be sure to read this critical information if you receive stimulus funds
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What Happens After the Stimulus Ends -- learn what you can do to help mitigate the effects of the end of the stimulus in two years
The information on this page is specific to NIAID. For NIH-level or other institute information, see NIH and the ARRA, which includes NIH-wide Grant Funding Opportunities Supported by ARRA.
We will be posting additional information during the next few months. To keep up with news, visit our log of Recent Changes to the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act site.
Don't Confuse Stimulus Money With Our FY 2009 Budget (March 6)
Investigators Who Want to Apply for Stimulus Funds (March 6)
NCRR 2009 Recovery Act Information (March 5)
High Priority Challenge Topics (March 5)
Omnibus of Broad Challenge Areas and Specific Topics (March 5)
NIH Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (March 6)
NIH HHS ARRA Award Terms (March 2)
NIH Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites, ARRA Links (March 2)
Funding Focus
$8.2 billion in support of scientific research priorities
- $7.4 billion is transferred to the Institutes and Centers and Common Fund (CF), based on a percentage-based formula
- $800 million to the Office of the Director (OD) (not including CF)
- For example, support for Challenge Grants), a program designed to focus on health and science problems where progress can be expected in two years.
- To support additional scientific research-related activities that also align with the overall purposes of the Act
$1 billion to support Extramural Construction, Repairs, and Alterations
- Allocated to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) in support of all NIH funded research institutions
$300 million
Shared Instrumentation and other capital equipment
- Allocated to NCRR to support all NIH activities
$500 million for NIH buildings and facilities
- To fund high priority repair, construction and improvement projects on NIH campuses that also align with the overall purpose of the Act
$400 million for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
Award Process
Many types of funding mechanisms will be supported, but, in general, NIH will focus scientific activities in several areas:
1. We will choose among recently peer reviewed, highly meritorious R01 and similar mechanisms capable of making significant advances with a two-year grant. R01 are projects proposed directly from scientists across the country. We will also fund new R01 applications that have a reasonable expectation of making progress in a two-year grant.
2. We will accelerate the tempo of ongoing science through targeted supplements to current grants. For example, we may competitively expand the scope of current research awards or supplement an existing award with additional support for infrastructure (e.g., equipment) that will be used in the two-year availability of these funds.
3. NIH anticipates supporting new types of activities that fit into the structure of the Recovery Act. It will support a reasonable number of awards to jump start the new NIH Challenge Grant program. This program is designed to focus on health and science problems where progress can be expected in two years. The number of awards and amount of funds will be determined, based on the scientific merit and the quality of applications.
4.NIH will also use other funding mechanisms, as appropriate.
Competitive Process
- Basic research; peer/merit review process.
- The NIH will also consider the geographic distribution of the grants it gives in order to target regions where the economy is especially faltering, the NIH's acting director Raynard Kington said at a news conference, according to ScienceInsider.
- NIH is working closely with the HHS Recovery Act Implementation team to ensure transparency and accountability for their Recovery Act funds. As NIH Spend Plans are approved through this process, NIH will post information about these critical projects and their impact on the economy on www.hhs.gov/recovery.
The impact is expected to extend beyond the immediate scientists who will receive funds, to allied health workers, technicians, students, trade workers and others who will receive the leveraged benefits. We understand to accomplish the goals of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it will take the help of the entire scientific community. Beyond the immediate economic stimulus, the long-term impact from the science funded by the Recovery Act will have a positive impact upon the health of the nation for years to come.
