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Limited Submission RFA: NIH NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research

May 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm

Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals
National Institute of Health

 

NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research

(P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Internal deadline: Friday, May 29, 2020 by 5:00PM

 

ORD Internal Deadline: Friday, May 29, 2020 by 5:00PM

NIH Full Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2020

Important Information

 

  • Number of Applications per Institution: 1. Only one application per institution is allowed.

To Apply

 

Submit the following as ONE .pdf to the Office of Research Development limited submissions inbox Limited_Submissions@unc.edu by 5:00PM, Friday, May 29, 2020.

  1. PI/Proposed team member’s CV/NIH Biosketch (five-page maximum)
  2. Project Summary (two-page maximum)
  3. List of potential/committed collaborators (internal and external to UNC)
  4. Names of three internal (to UNC) experts who could speak knowledgeably about the candidate’s research and who could potentially serve on an internal review panel.
    • Please do not include the names of faculty named on the project, chairs, deans, directors, direct reports, or others who have a conflict of interest. 
    • Please notify all potential internal reviewers before submitting the pre-proposal packet to ORD.

Program Overview

 

The NEI Center 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 (PD(s)/PI(s)). Shared resources and facilities that are accessible to a group of independently funded investigators lead to greater productivity for the separate projects and can provide instrumentation and facilities that are too costly to be maintained by an individual investigator. The design and purpose of each Center Core may vary in how it serves its users. 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.

Specific Areas/Review Criteria

NEI-supported Center Cores should consist of discrete units or Cores, each devoted to a specific activity that would be impractical or less efficient to support on an individual research project grant.  The purpose of each Core is to support a resource or service that enhances or facilitates the research efforts of a group of independent investigators, each having NEI funding. Cores may involve the purchase and maintenance of shared instruments. Sharing of NEI Center Core Grant resources and services with other NIH-funded collaborators and with investigators new to vision research is encouraged.

  1. The Administrative Core: Supports the overall management of the Center Core which includes an organizational structure sufficient to coordinate and integrate the activities of the Resource and Service Cores, and to determine the distribution and utilization of funds.
  2. Resource Cores:  Facilitate the production of materials for research, or support the purchase, maintenance, and technical support of shared equipment. Examples may include, but are not limited to: confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, tissue and cell culture services, genotyping, microarray analysis, mass spectrometry, high throughput sequencing, database management, hybridoma production, laboratory animal resources, image analysis, and brain and eye imaging. Resource Cores may also help support computer experts, biostatisticians, and other individuals who can assist or collaborate with participating investigators in conducting vision research.
  3. Service Cores: Support essential laboratory or technical services provided by one or more highly skilled persons. Examples of this type of core include, but are not limited to an electronics shop, a machine shop, and photography services.

 

Studies involving human subjects are not allowed. However, Core resources and services can be accessed for secondary studies that use human specimens, cell lines, or data provided that these have been stripped of identifiers and appropriate approvals have been obtained through the individual research grants that support collection of human subject material.

Eligibility

  • Only one application per institution is allowed.
  • The applicant institution must have 8 or more eligible grants. Eligible grants are defined as active NEI-supported R01s. Grant applications in administrative extensions, with or without additional funds, are not eligible. Administrative supplements, revisions, and sub-contracts cannot be counted toward eligibility.

Award Information

  • Award Amount: $2,500,000
  • Award Budget: Institutions may request direct costs of up to $2,000,000 over a five-year period in support of a Core Grant to institutions having 8 to 19 eligible grants. Institutions having 20 or more eligible grants may request direct costs of up to $2,500,000 over a five-year period.
  • Award Project Period: The maximum project period is 5 years.

 

Additional Information

 

Full Solicitation: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-051.html

 

For additional information, please contact the Limited Submissions Team with questions at Limited_Submissions@unc.edu.

 

 

 

 

Limited Submissions Team

Office of Research Development

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

308 Bynum Hall

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

(919) 962-7503

 

Details

Date:
May 29, 2020
Time:
5:00 pm