Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (U54)

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Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (U54): o The Interdisciplinary Research Implementation Group (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/) will invite applications for Interdisciplinary Research Consortia from among those that submit a pre-application in response to PAR-06-122. This RFA with Limited Eligibility for a full consortium is released early to aid those who are writing a pre-application. Only those selected through a peer review of their pre-application are eligible to apply for a full Interdisciplinary Research Consortium. o The purpose of this program is to support interdisciplinary approaches to solving significant and complex biomedical problems, particularly those that have been resistant to traditional approaches. These applications must hold the promise of leading to new research approaches to improving human health. Interdisciplinary consortia are expected to identify an important biomedically relevant problem, evaluate why previous approaches have not worked,! justify why the proposed interdisciplinary approach will work, identify the methods that will keep the interdisciplinary team focused and coordinated, and propose a timeline. The review criteria will involve both the significance of the problem as well as the interdisciplinary nature of the approach to solving the problem. Applications will have to be strong in both of these areas. A successful interdisciplinary approach is defined as combining aspects of individual disciplines to provide a new conceptual approach to solving a problem that is likely to yield insights that could not have been achieved by an isolated laboratory or using a multi-disciplinary approach. o The NIH Roadmap expects to award $40 million to Consortia in the first year of this program to fund eight consortia. Each Consortium application can request direct costs of up to $2.8M in the first year and up to $3.0M in years 2-5. Each Consortium will be awarded for five years although the compon! ents that make up Consortium need not all be five years in length with the exception of the Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (IRC) Coordinating Center U54 component. Depending on the availability of funds and the priorities of the NIH Roadmap funds may be available to extend the program in FY2012. o All Consortium applications must include a U54 component. In addition, applicants can use any or all of the following mechanisms: R01, R21, competitive supplements, T90/R90, K01, R25, and P30. Multiple components using the same mechanism can be included in the application. o Eligible organizations include for-profit institutions (not for the T component), non-profit institutions, public and private institutions, eligible agencies of the Federal government, domestic institutions. Only those selected through a peer review of a pre-application are eligible to apply under this announcement. o Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research is invited to work with their in! stitution to develop an application