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NIH/NIDCR Funding from
Economic Stimulus Package
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:
- Health Disparities
- Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data
- Regenerative Medicine
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM)
- Smart Biomaterials – Theranostics
- Stem Cells
- Translational Science
- Behavior, Behavioral Change, and Prevention
- Bioethics
- Biomarker Discovery and Validation
- Clinical Research
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
- Enabling Technologies
- Enhancing Clinical Trials
- Genomics
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.
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