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PA-20-272 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

Issued by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to highlight NIAID’s interest in accepting administrative supplement applications from current NIAID awardees focused on Lyme disease or other tickborne illnesses, including the alpha-gal syndrome. Applications designed to develop preliminary discoveries or to initiate translation of basic science discoveries into new tools for preventing, diagnosing or treating tick-borne diseases are encouraged.

Research Objectives

To catalyze and accelerate the pace and achievement of scientific research related to Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses, NIAID is encouraging the submission of applications for administrative supplements to active NIAID awards to enable advancement of discoveries made as part of the current award. Supplements should address 1) novel discoveries made during the current funding period that would require additional preliminary data before a competitive grant application could be prepared to fully investigate those discoveries, or 2) early studies to initiate translation of basic science discoveries into vaccines, diagnostics, or therapeutics.

Eligibility

• Only existing NIAID-funded awardees are eligible to apply.
• Parent grant must address a tick-borne infectious disease or alpha-gal syndrome.
• Proposed project period of the supplement cannot extend beyond the project period of the parent award.
• Parent grant may not be in its first or last 12 months of award at the time the supplement is requested.
• Awards in a No Cost Extension (NCE) by the time the supplement would be made are ineligible.
• Supplement may not request funds to add vertebrate animals or human subjects that are not already part of the parent grant.
• Supplements requesting new foreign components are not allowed.

Application and Submission Information

Applications for this initiative must be submitted using the following opportunity or its subsequent reissued equivalent.

• PA-20-272- Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-20-272 must be followed, with the following additions:

• Application Due Date(s) – May 23, 2022 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
• For funding consideration, applicants must include “NOT-AI-22-048” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4B) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4B will not be considered for this initiative.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Program Official listed on the current Notice of Grant Award of the parent grant that a request has been submitted in response to this NOSI to facilitate efficient processing of the request.

Budget

• Application budgets are limited to 150K + applicable F&A or the amount of the current award whichever is lower, and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
• For parent awards with large unobligated balances, applicants must explain why that balance cannot be used in lieu of an administrative supplement. An explanation and plans for drawdown of large unobligated balances must be provided.
• The project and budget periods are limited to one year and must be within the currently approved project period for the existing parent award.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to the contacts in Section VII of the listed funding opportunity announcements with the following additions/substitutions:

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Sam Perdue, Ph.D.
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240.627.3341
Email: sperdue@niaid.nih.gov

Michael Minnicozzi, Ph.D.
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240-627-3532
Email: minnicozzim@niaid.nih.gov
 

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Dhana Khurana
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240-669-2966
Email: khuranav@mail.nih.gov