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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-DA-08-003
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 09, 2007
Creation Date:
Nov 09, 2007
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 26, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 26, 2008
Archive Date:
Apr 26, 2008
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$500,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
93.279
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Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Small businesses
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Special district governments
State governments
County governments
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Independent school districts
City or township governments
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. Eligible agencies of the Federal Government can apply. Faith-based or community-based organizations can apply.
Agency Name
National Institutes of Health
Description
-Purpose. This program is intended to fund scientists engaged in basic, clinical, or translational research on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS. The term avant-garde is used to describe highly innovative approaches that have the potential to produce an unusually high impact.The proposed research should reflect ideas substantially different from those already being pursued by the investigator or others. The research proposed must be in an area described in the Trans NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research (http://www.oar.nih.gov/updates/updates.htm) and be drug abuse relevant but need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH DP1 grant mechanism. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Approximately 2 to 3 awards of $500,000 in direct costs are anticipated for a total of up to $2 million per year for five years.
