ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03)

Post Date

October 22nd 2007

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

Multiple Receipt Dates - See Link to Full Announcement for details.

Funding Opportunity Number

PA-08-013

CFDA Number(s)

93.113
93.172
93.173
93.209
93.279
93.361
93.399
93.865
93.866

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Health
Income Security and Social Services

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

Foreign institutions are eligible to apply. Eligible agencies of the Federal Government can apply. Faith-based or community-based organizations can apply.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

-Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This announcement is specifically designed to: 1) encourage the development of small, focused research projects by legal, historical, ethics, humanities, social sciences and behavioral scholars; 2) support exploratory studies that may provide preliminary findings or pilot data for larger research proposals; 3) support the secondary analysis of existing data; 4) support the development of new methodologies; and 5) stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into ELSI Research. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-08-012, that encourages applications under the Regular Research grant R01 mechanism. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster

• Agency Email Address:

  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-013.html