Notice of Change of Participation of NIH Institutes and Centers in PA-10-122 SHIFT Award: Small Businesses Helping Investigators to Fuel the Translation of Scientific Discoveries [SBIR: R43/R44]

Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-047

Key Dates
Release Date: February 10, 2012

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of changes in the participation of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) in PA-10-122 “SHIFT Award: Small Businesses Helping Investigators to Fuel the Translation of Scientific Discoveries [SBIR: R43/R44]”.

Background
On December 23, 2011, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) was dissolved and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) were established. As indicated in NOT-OD-12-026, all NCRR programs were transferred to other NIH ICOs. Additionally, the responsibility for all Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) in which NCRR participated is being transferred to other ICOs. Please visit the NCRR website for more information regarding the transfer of NCRR programs to other NIH ICOs. 

Implementation
The following sections of PA-10-122 have been revised to reflect the changes that resulted from this reorganization of NIH ICOs.

The “Components of Participating Organizations” section has been revised to remove NCRR and include NCATS:

National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), (http://www.nia.nih.gov/)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA/NIH), (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID/NIH), (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS/NIH), (http://www.niams.nih.gov/
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK/NIH), (http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA/NIH), (http://www.nida.nih.gov/
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS/NIH), (http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI/NIH), (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), (http://ncats.nih.gov/)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM/NIH), (http://nccam.nih.gov/

The “Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs.

The NCRR CFDA number has been removed: 93.389
The following CFDA number for NCATS has been added: 93.350

The “Agency Contacts” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs. All NCRR contacts have been removed, and the following contacts have been added.

Scientific/Research Contact(s):
Dr. Jody Sachs
Division of Clinical Innovation
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
6701 Democracy Blvd., Room 904A
Bethesda, MD 20892 (20817 for courier delivery)
Phone: 301-435-0802
Fax: 301-451-5377
Email: sachsjg@mail.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s):
Tiffany M. Walker
Grants Management Specialist
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
National Institutes of Health
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 1053
Bethesda, MD  20892 (20817 for express delivery)
Phone: 301-435-0839
Fax: 301-480-3777
Email: Walkerti@mail.nih.gov

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to the appropriate Scientific/Research Contact listed in the FOA or in this Guide Notice.


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