To
provide long-term support for a concerted and multi-disciplinary
research effort into the problems of alcohol use and alcoholism
by coordinating the activities of investigators from biomedical,
behavioral, and social science disciplines around a basic research
theme. An alcohol research center is expected to realize its greater
potential for contributing to the basic store of knowledge about
alcohol and alcoholism and to become a significant regional and
national resource.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Alcohol
research center grant funds may be used for support of core resources
including, for example, salaries of center personnel, services and
facilities shared by center personnel, and program enrichment activities
such as symposia. Support for individual components may include
staff salaries, supplies, publication, travel and equipment. Funds
may not be used for training, although the applicant is required
to demonstrate an institutional training capacity related to alcohol.
Funds may not be used for purchase of any land or the purchase,
construction, preservation or repair of any building, and grantees
must have sufficient laboratory facilities and reference services
to carry out the grant. Support will be provided for up to 5 years
(renewable for subsequent periods) to qualifying centers selected
for funding. No annual grant may exceed $1,700,000 in total costs.
The actual amount of support awarded will depend upon the appropriateness
of the proposed center budget to the approved Center program, as
well as the availability of funds.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: State and local governments, any
domestic (nonfederal) public or private nonprofit and for-profit
institution may apply for a center grant. However, the proposed
center must be affiliated with an institution, such as a university,
medical center, or research center, that has the resources to sustain
a long-term coordinated research program around a central theme
related to problems of alcohol use and alcoholism. An applicant
institution must demonstrate the ability to attract high quality
scientists, from biomedical, behavioral, and social science disciplines,
who are willing to make a long-term commitment to alcohol research.
In addition, the applicant must assure that alcoholism related research
and clinical training opportunities will be available.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit
and for-profit organizations.
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 Regulations 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 grant applicants. An application
kit is available on request from the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). This program is subject to 45 CFR,
Part 92 for State and local governments and Circular No. A-110
for nonprofit organizations.
Award
Procedure: Grants in support of approved applications
are awarded directly to the applicant institution by the NIAAA.
Deadlines:
Deadlines will be announced in specific Requests for Applications
(RFA) to be published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
Contact Headquarters Office listed below for deadline dates.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: The time from
receipt of application to final action is approximately 9 months.
Appeals:
A principal investigator (P.I.) may appeal the substantive or
procedural aspects of the review of his/her application to 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:
Support is recommended for a specified project period of up to
5 years. Prior to termination of a project period, the grantee
may apply for renewal of support for a new project period. An
application for renewal is processed as a competing request.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: The normal
project period for an alcohol research center grant is 5 years.
Grantees may apply for renewal of support on a competing basis.
Within the project period, continuation applications must be submitted
on a non-competing basis for each year of approved support. Payments
will be made either on a Monthly Cash Request System or under
an Electronic Transfer System. Necessary instructions for the
appropriate type of payment will be issued shortly after an award
is made.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Centers will be required to submit detailed annual progress reports
(including substantive information about research results to date,
status of ongoing research, research plans for the next year and
any modifications in long-term research plans). Also, inventions
reporting, financial status reports, final progress reports, and
other reports are required to be filed in accordance with PHS policy.
Audits:
Audits are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions
set forth in 45 CFR Part 74, Subpart C, Section 74.26 and in OMB
Circular No. A-133, as appropriate. In addition, grants and cooperative
agreements are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other
Federal officials. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular
No. A-133, (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local
Governments, and Nonprofit 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 the year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
Records must be retained at least 3 years; records shall be retained
beyond the 3-year period if audit findings have not been received.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 75-0894-0-1-552.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 01 est $24,946,000; FY 02 est $26,150,000; and FY
03 est $27,535,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
From $1,200,000 to $1,750,000. Average: $1,663,000.
During fiscal year 2001, 15 alcohol research center grants were
awarded. In fiscal years 2002 and 2003, the estimate is for 15 grants
to be awarded.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
42 CFR, Part 54a, Subpart E. Guidelines are included in application
kits. PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000,
(Rev.) April 1, 1994. Specific RFAs are published in the NIH Guide
for Grants and Contracts.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: The Headquarters Office (National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) is responsible for the
administration of this program.
Headquarters
Office: Program Contact: Dr. Ernestine Vanderveen,
Office of Collaborative Research, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7003. Telephone: (301) 443-2351. 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.niaaa.nih.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
Genetic approaches to neuropharmacology of ethanol, effects of alcohol
on the central nervous system, the etiology and treatment of alcoholism,
metabolism of alcohol and pathological effects, epidemiology of
alcohol problems, environmental approaches to prevention, and neurobehavioral
effects of fetal alcohol exposure.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Scientific/technical merit, the feasibility of the research, alcoholism
implications and relevance to NIAAA priorities and public health
issues are all considerations in determining what projects will
be funded.
