2010 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (DP1)

The summary for the 2010 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (DP1) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	2010 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (DP1)
	CFDA Number:	93.279
	CFDA Description:	Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-DA-10-012
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Dec 18, 2009
	Creation Date:	Dec 18, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 02, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 02, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jul 03, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.
Grant Description: Purpose. The NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research is meant to complement NIDAs traditional investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose high-impact research that will open new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. The term avant-garde is used to describe highly innovative approaches that have the potential to be transformative open new areas of research or lead to new avenues of treatment and prevention for HIV/AIDS among drug abusers.The proposed research should reflect ideas substantially different from those already being pursued by the investigator or others. The research proposed must be in an area described in the Trans NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research (http://www.oar.nih.gov/strategicplan/fy2010/index.asp). The 2010 Avant-Garde Award competition will proceed in two phases. The first phase is a pre-application phase in response to PAR-10-068. Pre-applications will be evaluated by a group of external reviewers.Those investigators whose submissions are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified of the opportunity to submit full applications under this FOA (DP1). The 2010 Avant-Garde awardees will be selected from this group of applicants. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the the DP1 grant mechanism. Pre-applications for 2010 Avant-Garde Awards were solicited under PAR-10-068. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications, NIDA intends to commit approximately $2 million for 2-3 awards in fiscal year 2010.
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