National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, solicits applications for the following topic areas relevant to research on the heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Treatment and intervention, and Services research. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Clinical Exploratory/Development Research Grant (R34/Collaborative R34) award mechanisms and runs in parallel with FOAs essentially of identical scientific scope: 1) RFA-MH-09-170 and RFA-MH-09-171 that solicit applications under the NIH Research Grant (R01) and Collaborative (R01) award mechanisms which would be used for larger scale studies for which preliminary data exists, and 2) RFA-MH-09-172, that solicits applications under the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) which would be used for projects that propose research in the exploratory or preliminary phases. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The NIH intends to commit approximately $57,000,000 to fund between 40-50 grants in response to this FOA and the companion announcements, but the final number will depend upon scientific review.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

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