NIH Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
Please distribute this information to your faculty to determine if they have an interest in submitting a proposal to this program.
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
WHO: Texas A&M University faculty, including Agriculture, Engineering and TTI personnel.
WHY: Applicants may request up to $1.8 million dollars in direct costs for the first year. Budgets for years 2-5 may not exceed an escalation of three percent on recurring direct costs.
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of January 26, 2009.
HOW: Faculty should submit internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:
The funding agency, NIH, has limited the number of proposals to one per institution.
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The NIH Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42) is designed to develop a holistic research agenda for the protection of human health. The SBRP should include the development of: methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; advanced techniques for the detection, assessment and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; and basic biological, chemical and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
A central premise of the SBRP is that there is a link between chemical exposure and disease outcome, and that understanding and identifying this link will help to establish new or improved prevention and intervention modalities. Consequently, the ultimate purpose of the program is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes. SBRP applications should include the establishment of interdisciplinary programs from disciplines such as toxicology, molecular biology, epidemiology, geology, ecology and engineering that link and integrate biomedical research with related engineering, hydrogeologic and ecologic components within the context of unique scientific themes developed by the applicant.
SBRP applications must include each of following requirements: two approved biomedical Research Projects (e.g., mechanistic-based studies, epidemiology, human risk assessment, exposure assessment, genetic susceptibility, etc.); two approved non-biomedical Research Projects (e.g., fate and transport, hydrogeology, engineering, remediation, ecology, etc.); an approved Administrative Core that oversees organizational, budgeting and reporting functions and provides intellectual leadership to direct the scientific and programmatic activities of the program; one approved Research Support Core, which are shared facilities that enhance or provide cost effectiveness for services, techniques or instrumentation and must be used by at least two of the research projects; and an approved Research Translation Core, which must include: a plan for partnerships with government agencies; a plan for technology transfer; and a plan for communicating to broad audiences. The intent of the Research Translation Core is to provide a dedicated mechanism for identifying and acting on opportunities for the basic research findings to be used by the program’s constituencies.
In addition, NIH strongly encourages SBRP applications to include a Community Outreach Core and a Training Core. A Community Outreach Core is intended to position the SBRP to support the nation’s superfund mandate to more actively involve the community in the decision-making process by translating the scientific accomplishments into a format useful to the needs of the community. A Training Core is intended to support graduate and advanced training and should reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the overall research effort proposed within the applicants program.
Applicants may request up to $1.8 million dollars in direct costs for the first year. Budgets for years 2-5 may not exceed an escalation of three percent on recurring direct costs.
More information can be found here:
Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines
January 23, 2009: Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent.
January 26, 2009: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Research Policy and Development Support Office for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:
(1) An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH program announcement;
(2) Summary budget;
(3) Project and Management Plans (including team members);
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted electronically for review by the internal selection committee.
*Once your internal proposal has been received with all of the necessary signatures, you will receive an email indicating it will be reviewed by the internal selection committee. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please call 5-1812.*
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here.
Selection of a proposal will be based on NIH guidelines. The needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PIs.
February 6, 2009: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
March 16, 2009: Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent to NIH.
April 15, 2009: Deadline for full proposal.
