Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2)

The summary for the Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2): The SCORE Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty and research base of institutions with a historical mission and/or demonstrated track record of training and graduating students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research. In addition, eligible institutions must award science degrees to undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D.) and have received on average less than 6 million dollars per year of NIH R01 support (total cost) in the last 2 fiscal years.

Federal Grant Title:	Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project Award (SC2)
Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	PAR-14-017
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.859
CFDA Descriptions:	Biomedical Research and Research Training
Current Application Deadline:	Sep 7, 2016
Original Application Deadline:	Sep 7, 2016
Posted Date:	Dec 9, 2013
Creation Date:	Dec 9, 2013
Archive Date:	Oct 8, 2016
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$100,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	none
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; This funding opportunity announcement is open to all institutions of higher learning that:

1) award science degrees to undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate students (M.S./Ph.D.);

2) have an historical mission statement that explicitly states that it was founded to educate students from any of the populations that have been identified as underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research as defined by the National Science Foundation NSF, see http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/) (i.e., African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, U.S. Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities) or a documented track record of recruiting, retaining, training, and graduating underrepresented students as defined by NSF (see above) which has resulted in the demonstrable outcome of increasing the institution's contribution to the national pool of graduates from underrepresented backgrounds who pursue biomedical and behavioral research careers; and

3) have received on average less than $6 million dollars per year from R01 support (total cost) in the last two fiscal years.

Applicant institutions must be located in the United States of America or its territories including Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, Guam, America Samoa, or the successor States of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Institutions that have active NIGMS Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) awards are not eligible to apply to SCORE.
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