OpportunityTitle: 2009 NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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.
Description: -Purpose. The NIH Directors New Innovator (DP2) Award program was created in 2007 to support a small number of new investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund new investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for new investigators. The competition for the New Innovator Award in fiscal year 2009 will proceed in two phases. The first phase is a pre-application phase in response to PAR-09-013. Pre-applications will be evaluated by a group of external reviewers, and those investigators whose submissions are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified of the opportunity to submit full applications under this FOA. The 2009 New Innovator Awardees will be selected from this group of applicants. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the DP2 grant mechanism. Pre-applications for 2009 New Innovator Awards were solicited under PAR-09-013. Applicants should read both FOAs. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Total funding available is approximately $55.7 million for the five-year period. It is anticipated that up to 24 awards will be made in 2009.
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