U19 Research Program – Cooperative Agreements
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number RFA-AI-16-002
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-16-002.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications from institutions/organizations that propose to conduct research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tropical diseases in endemic areas. The scope of the research to be supported is limited to select Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and their corresponding vectors. Research may be focused on a single pathogen or more than one pathogen causing NTDs. Multi-disciplinary research and/or study of multiple pathogens is encouraged. This program is not intended to support research which can be conducted primarily in U.S. institutions.
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) May 3, 2016
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) May 3, 2016
Application Due Date(s) June 3, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on this date.
Earliest Start Date April 2017
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD(s)/PI(s)) All PD(s)/PI(s) must have an eRA Commons account. PD(s)/PI(s) should work with their organizational officials to either create a new account or to affiliate their existing account with the applicant organization in eRA Commons.
NIAID intends to commit $3.5 million in FY 2017 to fund 6-8 TMRC awards.
The budget for each TMRC cannot exceed $500,000 in direct costs per year excluding consortia F&A costs. A maximum of 15% of the requested annual direct cost budget may be used to fund institutions in, and consultants from, economically developed countries (seehttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS).
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
