National Research Services Awards (93.186)
Program
93.186 National Research Services Awards
Federal Agency
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Authorization
National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109-482, Title IV, Section 487 of the Public Health Service Act and Division G, Title II, Section 221of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, P.L. 110-161.
Program Number
93.186
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To prepare qualified individuals for careers that significantly impact the Nation’s primary care research agenda. Within the framework of the program’s longstanding commitment to excellence and projected need for investigators in particular areas of research, attention must be given to recruiting individuals with proven experience in biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Types of Assistance
TRAINING
Uses and Use Restrictions
National Research Services Awards (NRSA) in Primary Care are made to approved institutions to enable them to provide up to three years of NRSA fellowship support to qualified postdoctoral individuals undertaking research training in primary care. Each NRSA trainee is obligated to comply with Federal service and payback provisions. Trainees in the first 12 months of postdoctoral support incur one month of service payback obligation for each month of support. Postdoctoral trainees in the 13th and subsequent months of NRSA support do not incur any further service obligation. Furthermore, the 13th and subsequent months of postdoctoral training serve to discharge the NRSA payback obligation.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Domestic public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions may apply for training grants. Applicant institution must be an entity that trains primary care providers in medicine or dentistry and has received federal support as evidenced by receipt of a grant under Title VII, section 747 grant of the Public Health service Act, designed to prepare the primary care health workforce. State or local governments and U.S. Territories are eligible. For profit organizations are not eligible. All persons supported as fellows or trainees must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Individuals and public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions, including State or local governments and U.S. Territories, who have received grants or contracts under Sections 747, 748 or 749 of the Public Health Service Act, are the beneficiaries of this program.
Credentials/Documentation
Applicants should review the individual HRSA Guidance documents issued under this CFDA program for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted prior to or simultaneous with submission of an application package. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedure
OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov.
All qualified applications will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Based on the advice of the objective review committee, the HRSA program official with delegated authority is responsible for final selection and funding decisions.
Award Procedure
Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Grant Award.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 5 to 6 months from receipt of application.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Competitive continuations may be submitted during the final budget period of the approved project period.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
No individual trainee may receive more than 3 years of aggregate National Research Service Award support at the post-doctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional and individual awards. Institutional training grants may be awarded for project periods up to 3 years. Awards are made on an annual basis and it is expected that expenditures will be made within the budget period awarded. After awards are issued, funds are released in accordance with the payment procedure established by the grantee with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which may be the Electronic Transfer System or a Monthly Cash Request System. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grantee drawdown funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. A progress report must be submitted for the second or subsequent budget period within the approved project period for continuation funding. Financial status reports are required within 90 days after the end of each budget period. A final progress report and financial status report must be submitted within 90 days after the end of the project period. No expenditure reports are required. No performance monitoring is required.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the FSR. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2008: In FY 08, 24 awards were made through a competition. Fiscal Year 2009: In FY 09, 24 continuation awards are anticipated. Fiscal Year 2010: It is expected that 24 continuation awards will be made in FY10.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0350-0-1-550.
Obligations
(Training) FY 08 $7,820,000; FY 09 est $7,506,900; FY 10 est $7,506,900
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
$250,000 to $340,000; $295,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 for State, local and tribal governments and 45 CFR Part 74 for institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofit organizations and commercial organizations.
Related Programs
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Nawraz Shawir, Public Health Analyst, Geriatrics and Public Health Branch, Division of Diversity and Interdisciplinary Education, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 9-36, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-2574; E-mail address nshawir@hrsa.gov.
Headquarters Office
Nawraz Shawir 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-36, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Phone: (301) 443-2574
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
Not Applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Competing applications are reviewed by nonfederal consultant(s) for technical merit recommendations. Approval of an application will be based on an analysis of the factors set forth in the application. See the section on Application Procedure above to obtain a copy of the application.
