DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL RESOURCES NIH GUIDE, Volume 21, Number 29, August 14, 1992 PA NUMBER: PA-92-97 P.T. 34 Keywords: Animal Breed. & Facil., Scientific National Center for Research Resources Application Receipt Date: October 1, 1992 PURPOSE The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) assists institutions in developing, modernizing, and improving animal resources for biomedical research and research training by awarding research and resource grants. Animal resource improvement grants (G20) are awarded for this purpose and to assist institutions in complying with the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act and Public Health Service (PHS) policies related to the care and use of laboratory animals. Requests are limited to alterations and renovations (A&R) and to purchases of major animal resource equipment (with a unit value of at least $1,000). Support for new construction, including completion of shell space, is not authorized. Projects may address improvement of animal facilities and related activities, including centralized experimental surgical facilities, diagnostic laboratories, and transgenic animal resources. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Any domestic public or private institution, organization, or association with one or more research projects supported by the PHS that involve the use of laboratory animals is eligible to apply. Institutions and commercial firms providing only services or products and without a clearly defined animal related research component are not eligible to apply. Also, this program will not support requests for equipment used for teaching purposes and for housing non-research animals. Applicants may not submit more than one application or apply for other NCRR support for developing and improving institutional animal resources in the same Federal fiscal year. There is a separate program and guidelines for animal facility improvement grant applications from small research institutions receiving less than $1,000,000 (direct costs) of PHS support for research projects during the most recently completed Federal fiscal year (refer to PA-92-10 that was published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, Vol. 20, No. 39, October 18, 1991). MECHANISM OF SUPPORT The mechanism available for the support of improvement projects is the Grant for Repair, Renovation, and Modernization of Existing Research Facilities (G20). Requests are limited to A&R to improve existing laboratory animal facilities, allowable fees associated with the A&R project, and major resource equipment related to the improvement project, such as animal cage systems and cage washers. Equipment requests must have a manufacturer's unit value of at least $1,000. Requests for basic general purpose equipment items for centralized surgeries, diagnostic laboratories, transgenic animal facilities, and other similar associated activities are allowable when well justified and integral to the proposed project. The total budget request for the improvement grant application and award is limited to a total of $700,000 (direct costs), of which not more than $500,000 may be used for alterations and renovations. Matching funds from non-Federal sources, equal to or exceeding one-half of the total award ($2 Federal to $1 non-Federal), are required. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Animal resource improvement grants are awarded to assist biomedical research institutions in upgrading animal facilities and developing administratively centralized and uniformly effective programs of animal care. Another major objective is to assist institutions in complying, and maintaining compliance, with provisions of the Animal Welfare Act and PHS policies related to the care and use of laboratory animals. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Applications are to be submitted on form PHS 398, "Application for Public Health Service Grant," (rev. 9/91) to the NIH Division of Research Grants. The single annual receipt date for applications in response to this announcement is October 1. Applications received by this deadline will receive February/March initial peer review, May/June review by the National Advisory Research Resources Council, and will have an earliest possible award date of July 1. Applications received after the October 1 deadline will be returned to the applicant without review. The completed original application (signed original including appendices, if any) and three copies must be sent or delivered to: Grant Application Receipt Office Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health Westwood Building, Room 240 Bethesda, MD 20892-4500** Simultaneously, two additional copies (with appendices, if any) must be sent under separate cover to: Scientific Review Administrator Comparative Medicine Review Committee Office of Review National Center for Research Resources Westwood Building, Room 10A16 Bethesda, MD 20892-4500** Application forms (PHS 398) may be obtained from grantee business or sponsored projects offices and from the Office of Grants Inquiries, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, Westwood Building, Room 449, 5333 Westbard Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892-4500, telephone: (301) 496-7441. REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS All applications will be reviewed for scientific and technical merit by an appropriate review committee managed by the Office of Review, NCRR. Second level review will be provided by the National Advisory Research Resources Council. Review of the applications will be based on scientific merit, technical soundness, and cost effectiveness. AWARD CRITERIA Applications will compete for available funds with all other applications assigned to the Comparative Medicine Program, NCRR. The following will be considered when making funding decisions: o Quality of the proposed project as determined by peer review o Institutional assurance of non-federal matching funds o Availability of funds INQUIRIES Inquiries about specific improvement program guidelines and detailed instructions for application and other aspects of the program are encouraged and are to be directed to the following address (requests for guidelines must include two self-addressed mailing labels): Director, Laboratory Animal Science Program Comparative Medicine Program National Center for Research Resources Westwood Building, Room 857 5333 Westbard Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892-4500 Telephone: (301) 496-5175 FAX: (301) 480-0868 Questions regarding fiscal matters are to be directed to: Mr. Paul Karadbil Supervisory Grants Management Specialist Office of Grants and Contracts Management National Center for Research Resources Westwood Building, Room 849 Bethesda, MD 20892-4500 Telephone: (301) 496-9840 AUTHORITY AND REGULATIONS This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.306, Laboratory Animal Sciences and Primate Research. Awards will be made under the authority of the Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301 (Public Law 78.410, as amended; 42 USC 241) and administered under PHS grants policies and Federal Regulations 42 CFR Part 52 and 45 CFR Part 74. This program is not subject to the intergovernmental review requirements of Executive Order 12372 or Health Systems Agency review. .
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