NIH/NIDCR Funding from
Economic Stimulus Package

9,000+ Reviewers Waiting for Application Onslaught
“The Stimulus funds (ARRA) have provided a tremendous opportunity for research,” says Dr. Larry Tabak, Acting Deputy Director of NIH and Director of NIDCR , “but the applications will need to be reviewed quickly to allow time for implementation in a two-year timeframe.” In the short time since NIH has received news of the funding, it has coordinated a team of over 9,000 people to review applications, which are expected to be in excess of 10,000!

Additional Funding Opportunities
NIH has announced several additional funding opportunities that will be supported with funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):

Grand Opportunities ("GO") Grants:
NIH has established a new program, Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" (known as the "GO" program), to support projects that address large, specific biomedical and bio-behavioral research endeavors that will benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds. The research should have high, short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health and health care delivery. Applications are due May 27, 2009. See NIDCR's areas of scientific priority for the "GO" initiative.

Administrative Supplements:
NIH recently announced that Recovery Act funds for administrative supplements will be made available to investigators and U.S. institutions/organizations with active NIH research grants for the purpose of accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants. Applications are due June 1, 2009. See NIDCR Guidelines for Administrative Supplements.