Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-071

Key Dates
Release Date: March 7, 2012

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of changes in the participation of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) in PAR-10-206 “NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25)”.

Background

On December 23, 2011, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) was dissolved and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) were established. As indicated in NOT-OD-12-026, all NCRR programs were transferred to other NIH ICOs. Additionally, the responsibility for all Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) in which NCRR participated is being transferred to other ICOs. Please visit the NCRR website for more information regarding the transfer of NCRR programs to other NIH ICOs. 

Implementation

The following sections of PAR-10-206 have been revised to reflect the changes that resulted from this reorganization of NIH ICOs.

The “Components of Participating Organizations” section has been revised to remove NCRR and include ORIP:

Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)

The “Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs.

The NCRR CFDA number has been removed: 93.389
The following CFDA number for ORIP has been added: 93.351

The “Agency Contacts” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs.

Scientific/Research Contact(s)
L. Tony Beck, PhD
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
National Institutes of Health
6701 Democracy Blvd, Room 206
Bethesda, MD 20892-4874
Telephone: (301) 435-0805
Fax: (301) 480-3661
Email: beckl@mail.nih.gov

Peer Review Contact(s)
Bonnie B. Dunn, PhD
Office of Review
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
6701 Democracy Blvd, Room 1066
Bethesda, MD 20892-4874
Telephone: (301) 435-0824
Email: dunnbo@mail.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
Leslie Le
Office of Grants Management
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
6701 Democracy Blvd, Room 1058
Bethesda, MD 20892-4874
Telephone: (301) 435-0856
Email: leleslie@mail.nih.gov

Letters of Intent should be sent to the Scientific/Research Contact listed above. For more information, please view Section IV. Application and Submission Information.

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to the relevant Agency Contact listed in this Guide Notice.

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