National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications designed to develop, enhance, or extend infrastructure for connecting people and resources to facilitate national discovery of individuals and of scientific resources by scientists and students to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and scientific exchange. Implementation and evaluation at all participating institutions of a national prototype in research networking and implementation and evaluation at all participating institutions of a national prototype for resource discovery are the key deliverables at the end of the two-year project period. A diversity of institutions must be included to ensure broad applicability and national impact. These could include institutions of varying sizes and levels of existing infrastructure; urban, suburban, and rural settings; and racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Resource-Related Research Projects Cooperative Agreement (U24) grant mechanism.

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Contact

NIH OER Webmaster<br/>FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV<br/>
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