The following post is from Federal Agency Weekly. It tracks federal grants policy issuances, rulemakings, guidance development and OIG reports and publications. The primary focus of Federal Agency Weekly is agency-wide grants management issues related to extramural research grants from NIH, NSF, NASA, and DOD, though broader coverage of NIH is provided with the inclusion of NIH program activities.
April 13-April 17, 2020
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National Institutes of Health
- Security of Our Virtual Peer Review Meetings
- New NIH Resource to Analyze COVID-19 Literature: The COVID-19 Portfolio Tool
- Roundup of New COVID-19 Resources for NIH Applicants and Recipients
- April 15, 2020 NIAID Funding News
- eRA Information: eRA Modules Will Be Unavailable April 17 to April 20 During Cloud Migration
- COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunitiesby Mike Lauer
- New OLAW Webinar Now Available: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Resources and FAQs for Animal Care and Use Programs
- 4/16/20 FR: Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods; Public Webcast
- General Notices
- NOT-OD-20-095: Notice of Memorandum of Understanding Between NIH and NASA Concerning Laboratory Animal Welfare
- NOT-DC-20-005: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Input and Suggestions Regarding NIDCDS Support of Human Temporal Bone Resources and Research Activities
- NOT-HD-20-013: Request for Information (RFI): Invitation to Comment on Updates to NIH Research Plans on Down Syndrome
- Changes to Funding Opportunities
- NOT-AA-20-007: Notice of Participation of NIAAA in PA-20-135 “Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional”
- NOT-AA-20-008: Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for PA-17-132 “Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Marijuana-, and Other Substance-Related Behaviors and Outcomes (R21)”
- NOT-AA-20-009: Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for PA-17-134 “Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Marijuana-, and Other Substance-Related Behaviors and Outcomes (R03)”
- NOT-AA-20-010: Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for PA-17-135 “Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Marijuana-, and Other Substance-Related Behaviors and Outcomes (R01)”
- NOT-AG-20-028: Notice of NIA Participation in PAR-20-159 “Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer’s Dementia (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-AR-20-018: Notice to Extend the Response Date for NOT-AR-20-009 “Request for Information (RFI): Input to Advance Artificial Intelligence (AI)-ready Data Generation and Scalable Computational Approaches in NIAMS Research”
- NOT-CA-20-051: Notice of Change to the First Receipt Date of RFA-CA-20-004 and RFA-CA-20-005, “Research Answers to National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Provocative Questions (R01/R21 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-DA-20-048: Notice of Change in requirements for RFA-DA-20-028 “Implementing the HIV Service Cascade for Justice-Involved Populations (U01 Clinical Trial Required)”
- NOT-DA-20-049: Notice of Change to RFA-DA-21-005, “Exploiting in vivo or in situ imaging approaches to understand HIV-relevant processes in the context of substance use disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trials Optional)”
- NOT-DA-20-050: Notice of Change to Key Dates in PAR-19-259, “NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-DE-20-019: Notice of Change Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-134 and PAR-19-135 “Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools”
- NOT-DE-20-020: Notice of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Participation in PA-18-935 Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional)
- NOT-DK-20-023: Notice of Change in Interest Areas Relevant to the NIDDK Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Disorders for PA-20-142, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
- NOT-EB-20-009: Notice of Change in Expiration Date of RFA-EB-18-003 “HEAL Initiative: Translational Development of Devices to Treat Pain (U18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)”
- NOT-HL-20-739: Notice of NHLBI Participation in PAR-20-097 Biomedical Knowledgebase (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- NOT-HL-20-740: Notice of NHLBI Participation in PAR-20-089 Biomedical Data Repository (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- NOT-MD-20-020: Notice of Correction in Expiration Date for PAR-20-150 “NIMHD Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21 – Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-NR-20-004: Notice to Extend the NINR Submission Deadline for PA-18-906 Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NOT-NS-20-047: Notice of Change in Expiration Date and Cancellation of Final Three Receipt Dates for RFA-NS-19-016 “HEAL Initiative: Translational Devices to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-NS-20-048: Notice of Change in Expiration Date and Cancellation of Final Three Receipt Dates for RFA-NS-19-017 “HEAL Initiative: Translational Devices to Treat Pain (U44 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-NS-20-049: Notice of Change in Expiration Date and Cancellation of Final Three Receipt Dates for RFA-NS-19-018 “HEAL Initiative: Clinical Devices to Treat Pain (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-RM-20-016: Notice of Common Funds Participation in PA-20-135 “Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement – Clinical Trial Optional)”
- NOT-TR-20-021: Notice of Extension of the Response Date for NOT-TR-20-010, Announcement of the NCATS Rare Diseases Are Not Rare! Challenge Prize Competition
- Notices of Intent to Publish
- NOT-DK-20-024: Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Institutional Network Award for Promoting Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Research Training (U2C/TL1 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- NOT-OD-20-099: Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for PHS 2020 Omnibus Solicitations of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant Applications
- Notices of Special Interest
- NOT-AA-20-011: Notice of Special Interest: Availability of Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within the Mission of NIAAA
- NOT-AR-21-006: Notice of Special Interest: Promoting Research on Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Atypical Femoral Fracture (AFF) and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)
- NOT-AT-20-010: Notice of Special Interest: NCCIH Administrative Supplements to NCATS CTSA Programs for Scholars Pursuing Complementary Health Research Career Development
- NOT-LM-20-010: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements for Research on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- NOT-MH-20-040: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIMH Administrative Supplement Program to Enable Continuity of Research Experiences of MD/PhDs during Clinical Training (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
- NOT-OD-20-097: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- NOT-OD-20-098: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Research (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Other HHS Agencies and Offices
National Science Foundation
- Research.gov Unavailable from 12:01 AM ET until 8:00 AM ET Saturday, April 18th
- FastLane Unavailable from 8:00 PM ET Friday, April 17th, until 8:00 AM ET Saturday, April 18th
- Merit Review Digest FY 2018
- U.S. Manufacturing Industries Had over 900,000 R&D Employees in 2016
- Dear Colleague Letter: Enabling Quantum Computing Platform Access for National Science Foundation Researchers with Amazon Web Services, IBM and Microsoft Quantum
NASA
- [none posted]
Department of Defense
- [none posted]
Office of Management and Budget
Grants.gov
- [none posted]
Miscellaneous Agencies and Offices
- NIST and OSTP Launch Effort to Improve Search Engines for COVID-19 Research
- NIST MEP Centers to Receive CARES Act Funding for Pandemic Response
- EPA Frequent Questions on Grant Issues in Response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
- “Complying with US Export Controls” — An Interactive Online Learning Conference on May 19-22, 2020 (BIS)
- Department of Energy to Provide $18 Million for Research on Critical Materials
- COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium (DOE)
- 4/17/20 FR: Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (EPA)
