NIH Limited Submissions

National Institutes of Health - Alcoholic Hepatitis Clinical and Translational Network Clinical Pilot Trials – U01 (RFA-AA-18-005)

Purpose: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to continue support of the previously funded program on “Translational Research in Alcoholic Hepatitis” to accelerate the discovery and validation of new diagnostic and treatment options for patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH). Through this FOA, applications are sought to conduct investigator-initiated single-center feasibility and pilot studies aimed to optimize critical elements for full-scale clinical trial in patients with AH under the U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreement funding mechanism. NIAAA will consider clinical research grant applications that focus on already established patient cohorts within the NIAAA-supported Alcoholic Hepatitis Translational and Clinical Network in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. NIAAA does not intend to expand the cohort beyond these locations. Because the pilot studies are expected to involve a small number of patients and have a shorter duration, applicants must propose two pilot trial designs to be conducted sequentially over the funding period.

Funding Amount: $675,000 in FY 2018 to fund up to 9 awards

Link to funding opportunity

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by September 15, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadlines: Letter of intent, September 23, 2017; full proposal, October 23, 2017

National Institutes of Health - Alcoholic Hepatitis Clinical and Translational Network Data Coordinating Center (U24) (RFA-AA-18-004)

Purpose: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to continue support of the previously funded program on “Translational Research in Alcoholic Hepatitis” to accelerate the discovery and validation of new diagnostic and treatment options for patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH). Through this FOA, applications are sought for a Data Coordinating Center to provide expert assistance to support the AH Network on data management, Statistical analysis, biospecimen collection, and logistical support under the U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreements funding mechanism.

Funding Amount: Estimated $1,750,000 for up to 2 awards for up to 5 years

Link to funding opportunity

Institutional Limit: 1 application

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by September 15, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadlines: Letter of intent, September 23, 2017; full proposal, October 23, 2017

National Institutes of Health - Alcoholic Hepatitis Clinical and Translational Network Late Phase Clinical Trials and Observational Studies - Collaborative U01 (RFA-AA-18-002)

Purpose: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to continue support of the previously funded program on “Translational Research in Alcoholic Hepatitis” to accelerate the discovery and validation of new diagnostic and treatment options for patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH). Through this FOA, applications are sought to conduct investigator-initiated collaborative late phase clinical trials and observational studies in patients with AH under the U01 Collaborative Cooperative Agreements funding mechanism. The Alcoholic Hepatitis Network clinical trials/observational studies must focus on already established patient cohorts and populations supported by NIAAA in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. NIAAA does not intend to expand the studies outside these states.

Funding Amount: $4,000,000 for up to 9 awards in 2018

Link to funding opportunity

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by September 15, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadlines: Letter of intent, September 23, 2017; full proposal, October 23, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIGMS - Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25)(PAR-17-210)

Purpose:  The overarching goal of this Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program of research education is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce.  The primary focus is on Courses for Skills Development, Research Experiences, and Curriculum or Methods Development. A proposed program must include each activity and describe how the two emphases will be integrated. The Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program is intended to provide these activities to community college students to increase transition to and completion of a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences. This program requires partnerships between community colleges or other two-year post-secondary educational institutions granting the associate degree with baccalaureate degree-granting institutions. 

Funding Amount:  $300,000 direct costs per year

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by June 6, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: September 25, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIGMS - Bridges to the Doctorate (R25) (PAR-17-209)

Purpose: The overarching goal of the Bridges to Doctorate program (R25) is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce. To accomplish this goal, the program will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development and Research Experiences. The Bridges to Doctorate Program is intended to provide these activities to Master’s level students to increase transition and completion of PhDs in biomedical sciences. A program application must include each educational activity and describe how they synergize

Project Period/Funding Amount:  $300,000 direct costs per year

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by August 22, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: September 25, 2017.

National Institutes of Health - NIA - Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (P30) (RFA-AG-18-007)

Purpose:  The National Institute on Aging invites applications for Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers as centers of excellence in geriatrics research and research education to increase scientific knowledge leading to better ways to maintain or restore independence in older person. Applicants should identify an area of focus in which progress could contribute to greater independence for substantial populations of older person and offer opportunities for education in aging research.

Funding Amount/Project Period:  $825,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years

Link to Funding Announcement 

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by July 18, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline:  October 19, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NEI – Center Core Grant (P30) (PAR-17-322)

Purpose: The National Eye Institute (NEI) Centers Core Grant combines three or more Resource and/or Service Cores for a group of R01 investigators to enhance their research, consolidate resources, avoid duplication of efforts, and/or contribute to cost effectiveness by providing a service with lower costs or higher quality than could be attempted for independent projects by several individual program directors/principal investigators. This program is designed to enhance an institution’s environment and capability to conduct vision research and to facilitate collaborative studies of the visual system and its disorders.

Project Period/Funding Amount: up to $2 million direct costs over five years to institutions having 18 to 19 eligible grants.

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by August 8, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline:  September 28, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIGMS - NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) (P20) PAR-16-415

Purpose: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites applications for Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) from investigators at biomedical research institutions that award doctoral degree in the health sciences. The objectives of the COBRE initiative are to strengthen an institution’s biomedical research infrastructure and enhance the ability of investigators to compete independently for NIH individual research grant or other external peer-reviewed support. Each COBRE application must include three to five individual research projects directed by junior investigators that stand alone but share a common thematic scientific focus, at least one mentor for each junior investigator, a plan for the development and transition of junior investigators to independent research status, and a formative and summative evaluation strategy with specific milestones. The COBRE PI must be an established biomedical or behavioral research scientist with an active research laboratory and peer-reviewed funding relevant to the scientific theme of the proposed COBRE. For information on currently funded COBRE awards, see: https://www.nigms.nih.gov/research/crcb/IDeA/pages/COBRE.aspx

Project Period/Funding Amount: up to $1.5 million direct costs per year for five years

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit: 1

Note: This internal competition is for an application for the January 24, 2019 deadline, as an application is under development currently for the upcoming January 24, 2018 deadline. 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by September 26, 2017:

• A title and brief indication of the multidisciplinary thematic focus of the proposed center
• PI name, department, and list of active peer-reviewed research grants
• Names and departments of potential mentors
• Brief project description, including the nature of three to five junior investigator projects that are thematically related and plans to develop supporting research cores (2 pages)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline:  January 24, 2019

National Institutes of Health - NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5) – RFA-RM-16-006

Purpose:  The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Program supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby foregoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career.

Eligibility: The date of receipt of the terminal doctoral degree or completion of clinical residency of the PD/PI must be between June 1, 2016 and September 30, 2018. In addition, at the time of application, the PD/PI must not have served as a post-doctoral fellow following a previous doctoral degree for more than one year. 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  2

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by June 13, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)
• Letter of support from the investigator’s department chair or center director – describe the position into which the Early Independence Investigator will be appointed, the laboratory space to be provided, the plans for integrating the investigator into scientific and administrative activities, and the expectations and opportunities for the investigator to establish a record of independent funding.

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency deadline:  September 22, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIDDK - George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30) (RFA-DK-17-005)

Purpose: The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites applications for George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Centers to support both basic and clinical research on kidney disease.  The goal is to make state-of-the-art technologies and resources readily accessible to a broad spectrum of investigators pursuing studies in relevant topic areas. The emphases for this program are fourfold: (1) to attract new scientific expertise to and develop new tools for the study of human kidney physiology and disorders in humans and in animal and other models; (2) to encourage multidisciplinary research in these areas; (3) to explore new areas with translational potential; and (4) to generate Developmental Research/Pilot and Feasibility studies which could lead to new and innovative approaches to studying kidney disease.

Project Period/Funding Amount: up to $750,000 direct costs per year.

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by June 27, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline:  November 1, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25) (PAR-17-312)

Purpose:  The overarching goal of this NINDS research education program (R25) is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce by (1) increasing the pool of current and future PhD-level research scientists from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical neuroscience research: and (2) facilitating the career advancement/transition of the participants to the next step of their neuroscience careers. Programs that target transitions and/or more than one career stage for neuroscience career advancement and progression are strongly encouraged. 

Funding Amount:  $250,000 direct costs per year for up to five years

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by July 18, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: September 25, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIAMS Rheumatic Diseases Research Resource-based Centers (P30) (RFA-AR-18-004)

Purpose:  The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skills Diseases (NIAMS) requests applications for the NIAMS Resource-based Center Program (P30) to provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services, and resources to groups of investigators conducting research on rheumatic diseases, with the broad overall goal of accelerating, enriching, and enhancing the effectiveness of ongoing basic, translational, and clinical research and promoting new research within the NIAMS mission.  Each Center must include one or more Resource Cores and an Administrative Core with an Enrichment Program designed to expand the research community and/or promote innovative research on the topic of focus of the Center.

Funding Amount/Project Period:  $500,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years

Link to Funding Announcement 

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by June 27, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadlines:  October 3, 2017

National Institutes of Health – NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) - R25 (PAR-17-339)

Purpose:  The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The goal of this National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To this end, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages the development of innovative educational activities for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12), pre-service and in-service teachers (Teachers) and students from underserved communities with a focus on Courses for Skills Development, Research Experiences, Mentoring Activities, Curriculum or Methods Development and Outreach. 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: $250,000 annual direct costs for up to 5 years

Link to funding opportunity

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please upload the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by October 16, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: November 20, 2017

National Institutes of Health - NIH StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Stroke Centers (U24)  – PAR-17-276

Purpose: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is to invite currently awarded NIH StrokeNet centers and potential new stroke centers to participate as a Regional Coordinating Stroke Center in the NIH StrokeNet clinical trials network. The goal is to maximize efficiencies to develop, promote and conduct high-quality, multi-site clinical trials focused on key interventions in stroke prevention, treatment, and recovery with the objective to have a balanced portfolio between all three approaches. Exploratory Phase 1/2 and confirmatory Phase 3 clinical trials as well as biomarker-validation studies that are immediately preparatory to trials will be coordinated through separate National Clinical Coordinating (NCC) and National Data Management Centers (NDMC).Funded regional coordinating stroke centers in the network will have both clinical science excellence and specialized expertise in stroke management, a strong background in stroke research, and a proven ability to recruit stroke patients. Each regional stroke center will also have strong collaborative relationships between vascular neurology, emergency medicine, interventional neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurointensive care, neuroimaging, stroke rehabilitation, and pediatric neurology, indicating a commitment to offer every eligible patient the opportunity to participate in a trial conducted through the network.

Funding Amount/ Project Period: up to $200,000 direct costs per year up to 5 years

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

Institutional Limit:  1

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by July 11, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline:  September 25, 2017

National Institutes of Health - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38) (RFA-HL-18-023)

Purpose: The purpose of the NIH’s Stimulating Access to Research in Residency program is to recruit and retain outstanding, postdoctoral-level health professionals who have demonstrated potential and interest in pursuing careers as clinician-investigators. To address the growing need for this critical component of the research workforce, this funding opportunity seeks applications from institutional programs that can provide outstanding mentored research opportunities for Resident-Investigators and foster their ability to transition to individual career development research awards (K38). The program will support institutions to provide support for up to two years of research conducted by Resident-Investigators in structured programs for clinician-investigators with defined program milestones.

Funding Amount/ Project Period:  $221,000 annual direct costs for up to four years

Link to funding opportunity

Institutional Limit: 3 applications

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by September 19, 2017:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description(2 pages maximum)

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu) or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadlines: October 24, 2017