Change of Receipt Date for RFA-NS-13-003, "NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Grand Challenge: Discovering Novel Drugs for Disorders of the Nervous System (U01)"

Notice Number: NOT-NS-12-014

Release Date: April 19, 2012

NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research

National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience Research wishes to give notice of a change of receipt date for applications submitted in response to RFA-NS-13-003, NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Grand Challenge: Discovering Novel Drugs for Disorders of the Nervous System (U01). This Request for Applications (RFA) was published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts on February 21, 2012. The previous receipt date of June 8, 2012 has been changed to October 8, 2012.

The Key Dates section of RFA-NS-13-003 has been revised as follows to reflect the change described above:

Key Dates

Old Key Dates

Posted Date	February 21, 2012
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)	May 8, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date	May 8, 2012
Application Due Date(s)	June 8, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)	Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review	September 2012
Advisory Council Review	January 2013
Earliest Start Date(s)	April 1, 2013
Expiration Date	June 9, 2012
Due Dates for E.O. 12372	Not Applicable

New Key Dates

Posted Date	February 21, 2012
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)	September 8, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date	September 8, 2012
Application Due Date(s)	October 8, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)	Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review	December 2012
Advisory Council Review	January 2013
Earliest Start Date(s)	April 1, 2013
Expiration Date	October 9, 2012
Due Dates for E.O. 12372	Not Applicable

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Rebecca Farkas, PhD
Office of Translational Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
6001 Executive Boulevard
Neuroscience Center/Room 2109
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: (301) 496-1779
FAX: 301-402-1501
Email: farkasr@ninds.nih.gov