Alcohol National Research Service Awards for Research Training (93.272)
Program
93.272 Alcohol National Research Service Awards for Research Training
Federal Agency
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title IV, Section 487, as amended, Public Law 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 288.
Program Number
93.272
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To assure the maintenance of an adequate supply of well-trained alcohol researchers through the provision of both individual fellowships and grants to training institutions for support of training at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels and for Senior Fellowships and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships. Special predoctoral fellowships are also available for students with disabilities and for minority students. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports awards for training in clinical research, treatment assessment research, problems of health promotion and alcoholism prevention, and basic biological and behavioral processes applicable to alcohol research.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Individual grants are made to fellows seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support for full-time research training. An institutional allowance will be provided, upon request, to the sponsoring institution for each awardee. In addition, any domestic public or nonprofit institution may apply for an institutional research training grant in a specified area of research from which a number of stipend awards will be made to individuals selected by the training program director at the institution. Support is available for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and for Senior Fellowships and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships. Special predoctoral fellowships are also available for students with disabilities and for minority students. Actual tuition and fees are allowable for trainees, and an amount for institutional expenses will be provided. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and related fees and expenditures for equipment, or actual indirect costs, whichever is less. Postdoctoral fellows and trainees in the first 12 months of postdoctoral NRSA support incur one month of payback obligation for each month of support. The 13th and subsequent months of postdoctoral NRSA support are considered payback service for prior postdoctoral support. Predoctoral fellows and trainees do not incur a service payback obligation. Stipend levels will be $16,500 for predoctoral awards and from $28,260 to $44,412 for postdoctoral awards dependent upon the number of years of relevant experience. Research training support may not be used for intern or other clinical training.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Domestic public or private nonprofit organizations may apply for institutional training grants. The sponsoring institution for a fellowship application may be a foreign or domestic, private (profit or nonprofit) or public institution. The applicant institution must have, or be able to develop, the staff and facilities to provide the proposed research training in an environment suitable for performing high quality work. An applicant for individual predoctoral support must be enrolled in a doctoral degree program by the proposed activation date of the fellowship. A postdoctoral applicant must have received a doctoral degree. All individuals to be supported under the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program must be a citizen or noncitizen national of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Individuals; public and private, profit or nonprofit organizations for fellowships. Public and private nonprofit organizations for institutional training grants.
Credentials/Documentation
Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. For other grantees, costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulation 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart C, Section 74.27.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
The standard application forms, as furnished by PHS, must be used by applicants. Application forms and information concerning current areas of science being supported are available from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Completed forms should be submitted to the Center for Scientific Review National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR, Part 92 for state and local governments and OMB Circular No. A-110 for nonprofit organizations.
Award Procedure
Applications are reviewed for scientific merit by nonfederal consultants recruited nationwide from the alcohol research field. Applications other than fellowship must also be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. If recommended for approval and a decision to make an award is made, a formal award notice will be sent to the applicant and sponsor. Students to be supported must submit required forms, including a payback agreement for postdoctoral level trainees.
Deadlines
Individual: April 5, August 5, and December 5; Institutional: May 10.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page www.nih.gov/grants/guide/1997/97.11.21/n2.html.
Renewals
By law, an individual may receive no more than 5 years of support in the aggregate at the predoctoral level and 3 years of support in the aggregate at the postdoctoral level under the NRSA program (through an individual and/or institutional award). Any exception to these limitations requires a waiver from the Director of the awarding Institute based on review of justification from the awardee and the program director for the institutional grant.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Policy limits an application for predoctoral fellowship support up to 5 years, and up to 3 years for postdoctoral support. Senior Fellowships are up to 2 years and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships are for up to 6 years. Awards for institutional grants may be made for project periods of up to 5 years.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Annual progress reports are required. Annual financial status reports are required for institutional National Research Service Awards. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are required from all postdoctoral fellows upon termination of support.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants and subject to inspections and audits by DHHS and other Federal officials.
Records
Records must be retained for at least 3 years; records shall be retained beyond the 3-year period if audit findings have not been resolved. Records relating to individual payback obligations are retained for one year after the individual has fulfilled or has been excused from fulfilling the payback obligation.
Program Accomplishments
In fiscal year 2002, 49 fellowships and 30 institutional training awards were awarded; 53 fellowships and 32 institutional training awards are estimated in fiscal year 2003; funding for 53 fellowships and 32 institutional training awards is anticipated in fiscal year 2004.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0894-0-1-552.
Obligations
(Grants and Fellowships) FY 02 $9,482,000; FY 03 est $10,492,000; and FY 04 est $10,166,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
$18,000 to $578,000; $118,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
42 CFR 66; Guidelines included in application kits. PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 90-50,000, (REV.) April 1, 1994. Specific program announcements are available electronically from the NIAAA World Wide Web Home Page on the Internet at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov or from the NIH Home Page under Institutes and Offices. Copies may also be obtained from NIAAA at P.O. Box 10686, Rockville, MD 20849-0686 or by calling 202-842-1819.
Related Programs
93.271, Alcohol Research Career Development Awards for Scientists and Clinicians; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office
Program Contracts: Dr. Laurie Foudin, Division of Basic Research. Telephone: (301) 443-0912. Dr. Robert Huebner, Acting Director, Division of Clinical and Prevention Research. Telephone: (301) 443-0787. Dr. Mary Dufour, Director, Division of Biometry and Epidemiology. Telephone: (301) 443-4897. For institutional research training grants only: Dr. Ernestine Vanderveen, Deputy Director, Office of Collaborative Research (301) 443-2531. National Institution on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6000 Executive Boulevard, M.C. 7003, Bethesda, MD 20892-7003. Grants Management Contact: Ms. Judy Fox, Grants Management Officer, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Suite 504, Willco Building, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda, MD 20892-7003. Telephone: (301) 443-4704. Use the same numbers for FTS.
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
(1) Family structure effects on personality of alcoholics: (2) neurophysiology of chronic alcohol consumption; (3) multi-disciplinary alcoholism research training; and (4) infectious and other diseases complicating alcoholism.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
The following considerations are used in determining projects to be funded: (1) Scientific and technical merit; (2) facilities and environment for the training program; (3) previous training records; (4) relevance to NIAAA priorities; and (5) potential contribution to field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
