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Economic Stimulus Update

NIH Receives First Funding Opportunity:
$200 Million for "Challenge Grants"
Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 after Congress passed the bill on Friday. The Act, otherwise known as the Economic Stimulus Package, will contain $10 billion in aid to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Broad Areas Defined
NIH defined 15 broad challenge areas:

NIDCR Topics Identified
The NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices identified specific topics within those Challenge Areas that address their missions. Click here for NIDCR specific topics.

Submission, Review, and Anticipated Start Dates
• Opening Date: March 27, 2009
(Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)

• Application Due Date(s): April 27, 2009

• Peer Review Date(s): June/July 2009

• Council Review Date(s): August 2009

• Earliest Start Date(s): Semptember 30, 2009

For More Information
See links below:

HHS Web Site Helps You Keep Track
HHS.gov/Recovery is a web site that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the healthcare and human services money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There will be several ways to search for information. You will find information about the various HHS Recovery Act programs, information about grants and contracting opportunities as well as weekly reports on fund allocation.

NIDCR Funding: '09 & '10

Congress Passes FY09 Appropriations Bill;
NIH, NIDCR to Receive Increases
Congress passed the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, H.R.1105, meaning NIH can expect to be funded at $30.3 billion, which is a $938 million increase from FY08. According to a House Committee on Appropriations summary, the increased funding will allow almost 10,600 new research grants. President Barack Obama will sign it into law before the existing Continuing Resolution expires on March 11.

NIDCR to Receive $12.55 Million Increase
The bill provides NIDCR with $402,652,000, which is an increase of $12.55 million from FY08.

The FY09 funding is separate from what NIH and NIDCR will receive in stimulus aid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  FNIDCR is proud to have lent its voice in helping NIH secure $10 billion, and NIDCR $100 million, in stimulus aid.

FY10: Increases Are Anticipated
It is anticipated that medical research will receive increases in President Obama’s FY10 budget outline, which will build on the $10 billion in stimulus aid (to be appropriated over FY09 – FY10), and expected FY09 appropriations increase. For example, according to the President’s FY10 budget outline, $6 billion will be invested in cancer research at NIH.

• View the Department of Health and Human Services Budget Outline
• View the FY10 Budget Fact Sheet for HHS

FNIDCR Adds Symposium
to '09 Gala

This year, the Friends of NIDCR are adding a new element to its Annual Gala – a symposium highlighting Clinical Research Advancements & the Effects on Your Dental Practice – featuring presentations from NIDCR-funded oral health research.

Lunch & Speaker: Noon
Symposium: 1:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Gala: 6 pm

Save the date December 9, 2009 in Washington DC!

More Details coming!