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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Total Recovery Act funding

HHS was appropriated approximately $59 billion, including $10.4 billion for the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the act “increase(s) FMAP payments by a flat 6.2 percentage points for all states on a temporary basis to help states during the current recession. Funding increases will be in effect from FY 2009 until the first quarter of FY 2011.” Extensive information on the funding for HHS is available at http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/

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National Institutes of Health

Total Recovery Act funding

$10.4 billion was appropriated for the NIH.

Funding opportunities

  • Close Date: May 12, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Research on the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders [R34 and Collaborative R34]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-MH-09-173
    Description: Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (, 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: 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.
  • Close Date: May 12, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Research on the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders [Collaborative R01]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-MH-09-171
    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): Measurement development, Biomarkers/biological signatures, Immune and central nervous systems interactions, Genetics/genomics, Environmental Risk Factors, Model development, Treatment and intervention, and Services research. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Collaborative Research Project Grant (Collaborative R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with the following FOAs of essentially identical scientific scope: 1) RFA-MH-09-170, which solicits applications under the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism; 2) RFA-MH-09-172, which solicits applications under the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) award mechanism; and 3) RFA-MH-09-173, which solicits applications under the NIH Clinical Exploratory/Developmental Research (R34/Collaborative R34) award mechanism. The R21 mechanism would be used for projects that propose research in the exploratory or preliminary phases. The R34 mechanism would be used for early phases of treatment development. 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.
  • Close Date: May 12, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Research on the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders [R21]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: Description: RFA-MH-09-172
    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): Measurement development, Biomarkers/biological signatures, Immune and central nervous systems interactions, Genetics/genomics, Environmental Risk Factors, Model development, Treatment and intervention, and Services research. This FOA provides support for the R21 grant mechanism which supports initial technical development and proof-of-principle and research in exploratory or preliminary phases. The R21 mechanism is intended to encourage new exploratory and developmental research projects where preliminary data are not required. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) award mechanism and runs essentially in parallel with: 1) an FOA of identical scientific scope, RFA-MH-09-173, that solicits applications under the NIH Clinical Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R34/Collaborative R34) award mechanism, and would be used for early phases of treatment development, and 2) RFA-MH-09-170 and RFA-MH-09-171 that solicit applications under the NIH Research Project Grant Program (R01) and the Collaborative (R01) which would be used for larger scale studies for which preliminary data exists. 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, pending the number and quality of applications and availability of funds.
  • Close Date: May 12, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Research on the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders [R01]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-MH-09-170
    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): Measurement development, Biomarkers/biological signatures, Immune and central nervous systems interactions, Genetics/genomics, Environmental Risk Factors, Model development, Treatment and intervention, and Services research. This FOA provides support for the R01 grant mechanism which supports larger scale studies for which preliminary data exists and proof-of-principle has been established. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with the following FOAs of essentially identical scientific scope: 1) RFA-MH-09-171, which solicits applications under the NIH Collaborative Research Grant (R01) award mechanism; 2) RFA-MH-09-172, which solicits applications under the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) award mechanism; and 3) RFA-MH-09-173, which solicits applications under the NIH Clinical Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R34/Collaborative R34) award mechanism. The R21 mechanism would be used for projects that propose research in the exploratory or preliminary phases. The R34 mechanism would be used for early phases of treatment development.
  • Close Date: May 27, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Research and Research Infrastructure Grand Opportunities [RC2]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-OD-09-004
    Description: The NIH has received new funds for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2009 and 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA). This is one of a number of NIH initiatives related to the Recovery Act. These are listed at the following site: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/. Under the Recovery Act, the NIH has established a new program entitled Research and Research Infrastructure Grand Opportunities hereafter called the GO grants program. This new program will support projects that address large, specific biomedical and biobehavioral research endeavors that will benefit from significant 2-year funds without the expectation of continued NIH funding beyond two years. The research supported by the GO grants program should have high short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health, and health care delivery.
  • Close Date: May 29, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through Biomedical Research Core Centers (P30)
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-OD-09-005
    Description: Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S academic institutions/organizations to support the hiring of newly-recruited faculty to develop research projects within the context of Biomedical Core Centers. For this announcement, a Biomedical Core Center is defined as a community of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research relevant to NIH, such as centers, departments, programs, and/or trans-departmental collaborations or consortia. . These awards are designed to enhance innovative programs of excellence by providing scientific and programmatic support for promising research faculty and their areas of research. Specifically for the purposes of this announcement, Core Center Grants are institutional awards that provide funding to hire, provide appropriate start-up packages, and develop research projects for newly independent investigators, with the goal of augmenting and expanding the institutions community of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research relevant to NIH.
  • Close Date: June 15, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24)
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-RR-09-009
    Description: Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement, supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, 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.
  • Close Date: July 17, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06)
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-RR-09-008
    Description: Purpose. This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from institutions that propose to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective of this FOA is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of Public Health Service-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of improving non-Federal basic research, clinical research, and animal facilities to meet the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution. Since the funds for this FOA come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5, it is expected that all awards will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider green/sustainable technologies and design approaches. Awards are expected to create and/or maintain American jobs. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the C06 grant mechanism.
  • Close Date: Sept. 17, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20)
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-RR-09-007
    Description: Purpose. This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve core facilities. For the purpose of this FOA, a core facility is defined as a centralized shared resource that provides access to instruments or technologies or services, as well as expert consultation to investigators supported by the core. The major objective of this FOA is to upgrade core facilities to support the conduct of PHS supported biomedical and/or behavioral research. Support can be requested to alter and renovate (A&R) the core facility as well as to improve the general equipment in the core facility or to purchase general equipment for specialized groups of researchers. Specialized equipment over $100,000 in cost cannot be requested as part of this FOA. In situations when similar core facilities exist in different departments at an institution, funding can be requested in support of centralizing these core facilities. This FOA is issued under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5. It is expected that all awards will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider the use of green technologies and design approaches. Awards are expected to create and/or maintain American jobs. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the G20 grant mechanism.
  • Close Date: Sept. 24, 2009
    Opportunity Title: Academic Research Enhancement Award [R15]
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: RFA-OD-09-007
    Description: Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5. The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. These AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale health-related research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) R15 award mechanism. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. It is estimated that up to 50 awards will be made in FY 2010.The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. Budget and Project Period. Applicants may request up to a total of $300,000 direct costs plus applicable Facilities and Administrative (F&A)/ indirect costs. Use the modular budget for direct cost amounts up to $250,000 and the detailed budget for direct costs amounts above $250,000. The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may be up to three (3) years.
  • Close Date: Multiple
    Opportunity Title: Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: NOT-OD-09-060
    Description: The National Institutes of Health announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose of promoting job creation, economic development, and accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. These supplements will also encourage students to seriously pursue research careers in the health related sciences, as well as provide elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, community college faculty, and faculty from non-research intensive institutions with short term research experiences in NIH-funded laboratories. Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5. In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support supplements. Projects receiving these funds will need to meet this definition of CER: “a rigorous evaluation of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such a study may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or it may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy.” Such research may include the development and use of clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data as they apply to CER. This announcement is one of three ARRA administrative supplement/competitive revision notices issued by NIH. Approximately $1 billion of ARRA funds will be obligated by September 30, 2010 to support requests submitted in response to these three notices or any reissuance of these notices. This administrative supplement solicitation encourages submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH. Support may be requested for up to 2 years for qualified grants (see eligibility section in the full announcement).
  • Close Date: Multiple
    Opportunity Title: Administrative Supplements
    Agency: NIH
    Funding Number: NOT-OD-09-056
    Description: The National Institutes of Health announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants. Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5. Consistent with the intent of the Recovery Act, the purpose of this program is to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support supplements. Projects receiving these funds will need to meet this definition of CER: “a rigorous evaluation of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such a study may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or it may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy.” Such research may include the development and use of clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data as they apply to CER. This announcement is one of three ARRA administrative supplement/competitive revision notices issued by NIH. Approximately $1 billion of ARRA funds will be obligated by September 30, 2010 to support requests submitted in response to these three notices or any reissuance of these notices. This administrative supplement solicitation requests submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH. Support may be requested for up to 2 years for qualified grants (see eligibility section in full announcement).

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