To
assure the maintenance of an adequate supply of well-trained alcohol
researchers through the provision of both individual fellowships
and grants to training institutions for support of training at both
the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels and for Senior Fellowships
and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships. Special predoctoral fellowships are
also available for students with disabilities and for minority students.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports
awards for training in clinical research, treatment assessment research,
problems of health promotion and alcoholism prevention, and basic
biological and behavioral processes applicable to alcohol research.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Individual
grants are made to fellows seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support
for full-time research training. An institutional allowance will
be provided, upon request, to the sponsoring institution for each
awardee. In addition, any domestic public or nonprofit institution
may apply for an institutional research training grant in a specified
area of research from which a number of stipend awards will be made
to individuals selected by the training program director at the
institution. Support is available for both predoctoral and postdoctoral
trainees and for Senior Fellowships and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships.
Special predoctoral fellowships are also available for students
with disabilities and for minority students. Actual tuition and
fees are allowable for trainees, and an amount for institutional
expenses will be provided. Indirect costs may be requested at 8
percent of total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and related
fees and expenditures for equipment, or actual indirect costs, whichever
is less. Postdoctoral fellows and trainees in the first 12 months
of postdoctoral NRSA support incur one month of payback obligation
for each month of support. The 13th and subsequent months of postdoctoral
NRSA support are considered payback service for prior postdoctoral
support. Predoctoral fellows and trainees do not incur a service
payback obligation. Stipend levels will be $16,500 for predoctoral
awards and from $28,260 to $44,412 for postdoctoral awards dependent
upon the number of years of relevant experience. Research training
support may not be used for intern or other clinical training.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Domestic public or private nonprofit
organizations may apply for institutional training grants. The sponsoring
institution for a fellowship application may be a foreign or domestic,
private (profit or nonprofit) or public institution. The applicant
institution must have, or be able to develop, the staff and facilities
to provide the proposed research training in an environment suitable
for performing high quality work. An applicant for individual predoctoral
support must be enrolled in a doctoral degree program by the proposed
activation date of the fellowship. A postdoctoral applicant must
have received a doctoral degree. All individuals to be supported
under the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program must be
a citizen or noncitizen national of the United States, or have been
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Individuals; public and private,
profit or nonprofit organizations for fellowships. Public and
private nonprofit organizations for institutional training grants.
Credentials/Documentation:
Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87
for State and local governments. For other grantees, costs will
be determined in accordance with HHS Regulation 45 CFR, Part 74,
Subpart C, Section 74.27.
Pre-application
Coordination: Not applicable. This program is
excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application
Procedure: The standard application forms,
as furnished by PHS, must be used by applicants. Application forms
and information concerning current areas of science being supported
are available from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism. Completed forms should be submitted to the Center
for Scientific Review National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD 20892. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR,
Part 92 for state and local governments and OMB Circular No. A-110
for nonprofit organizations.
Award
Procedure: Applications are reviewed for scientific
merit by nonfederal consultants recruited nationwide from the
alcohol research field. Applications other than fellowship must
also be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism. If recommended for approval and a decision to
make an award is made, a formal award notice will be sent to the
applicant and sponsor. Students to be supported must submit required
forms, including a payback agreement for postdoctoral level trainees.
Deadlines:
Individual: April 5, August 5, and December 5; Institutional:
May 10.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 7
months.
Appeals:
A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or
procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating
with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer
Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page www.nih.gov/grants/guide/1997/97.11.21/n2.html.
Renewals:
By law, an individual may receive no more than 5 years of support
in the aggregate at the predoctoral level and 3 years of support
in the aggregate at the postdoctoral level under the NRSA program
(through an individual and/or institutional award). Any exception
to these limitations requires a waiver from the Director of the
awarding Institute based on review of justification from the awardee
and the program director for the institutional grant.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Policy limits
an application for predoctoral fellowship support up to 5 years,
and up to 3 years for postdoctoral support. Senior Fellowships
are up to 2 years and M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships are for up to 6 years.
Awards for institutional grants may be made for project periods
of up to 5 years.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Annual progress reports are required. Annual financial status reports
are required for institutional National Research Service Awards.
Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are
required from all postdoctoral fellows upon termination of support.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants and subject to inspections
and audits by DHHS and other Federal officials.
Records:
Records must be retained for at least 3 years; records shall be
retained beyond the 3-year period if audit findings have not been
resolved. Records relating to individual payback obligations are
retained for one year after the individual has fulfilled or has
been excused from fulfilling the payback obligation.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 75-0894-0-1-552.
Obligations:
(Grants and Fellowships) FY 01 $8,861,000; FY 02 est $9,547,000;
and FY 03 est $9,842,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance: The range is from $10,000 to $520,000; Average: $91,000.
In fiscal year 2001, 65 fellowships and 32 institutional training
awards were awarded; 65 fellowships and 32 institutional training
awards are estimated in fiscal year 2002; funding for 65 fellowships
and 32 institutional training awards is anticipated in fiscal year
2003.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
42 CFR 66; Guidelines included in application kits. PHS Grants Policy
Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 90-50,000, (REV.) April 1,
1994. Specific program announcements are available electronically
from the NIAAA World Wide Web Home Page on the Internet at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
or from the NIH Home Page under Institutes and Offices. Copies may
also be obtained from NIAAA at P.O. Box 10686, Rockville, MD 20849-0686
or by calling 202-842-1819.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters
Office: Program Contracts: Dr. Laurie Foudin,
Division of Basic Research. Telephone: (301) 443-0912. Dr. Richard
Fuller, Director, Division of Clinical and Prevention Research.
Telephone: (301) 443-1206. Dr. Mary Dufour, Director, Division
of Biometry and Epidemiology. Telephone: (301) 443-4897. For institutional
research training grants only: Dr. Ernestine Vanderveen, Deputy
Director, Office of Collaborative Research (301) 443-2531. National
Institution on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes
of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6000 Executive
Boulevard, M.C. 7003, Bethesda, MD 20892-7003. Grants Management
Contact: Ms. Judy Simons, Grants Management Officer, National
Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes
of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Suite 504,
Willco Building, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda,
MD 20892-7003. Telephone: (301) 443-4704. Use the same numbers
for FTS.
Web
Site Address: http://www.nih.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Family structure effects on personality of alcoholics: (2) neurophysiology
of chronic alcohol consumption; (3) multi-disciplinary alcoholism
research training; and (4) infectious and other diseases complicating
alcoholism.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
The following considerations are used in determining projects to
be funded: (1) Scientific and technical merit; (2) facilities and
environment for the training program; (3) previous training records;
(4) relevance to NIAAA priorities; and (5) potential contribution
to field of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
