OpportunityTitle: FY14 Announcement of Availability of Funds for Embryo Donation and/or Adoption Grant Projects
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Only agencies and organizations, not individuals, are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include public agencies, non-profit organizations or for-profit organizations.  Educational institutions&#151;including academic medical centers and/or their affiliated clinics&#151;are eligible to apply for this grant. American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA)organizations are also eligible to apply. One agency must be identified as the applicant organization and this agency will have legal responsibility for the project. Additional agencies and organizations can be included as co-participants, subgrantees,  subcontractors, or collaborators if they assist in providing expertise and in helping to meet the  needs of the recipients. Applicants should note that section 45 CFR Part 74.81 of the DHHS Uniform  Administrative Requirements indicate that, except for awards under certain small business 11  programs, no grant funds may be paid as profit to any recipient even if the recipient is a  commercial organization. Profit is any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs.  Only those organizations or agencies that demonstrate the capability of providing the  proposed services and that meet the requirements of this announcement will be considered for  awards. Applications are encouraged from organizations that are currently operating programs that have the capability of providing services (including counseling) to people who are  considering embryo donation and/or adoption. Moreover, applications are encouraged from  organizations that have the capability to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the funded project.  Faith-based and community-based organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are  eligible to apply for these embryo donation and/or adoption grant projects. Please note,  however, that grant funds may not be used for inherently religious activities, such as worship,  religious instruction, and proselytization. If an organization engages in such activities, they must  be offered separately in time or location from the grant program and participation must be  voluntary for program beneficiaries. In providing services and outreach related to program  services, a funded entity may not discriminate against current or prospective program  beneficiaries on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to actively participate in a religious practice.
Description: The increasing success of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has enabled some infertile couples to create embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) that are then cryopreserved(frozen) for future use. If a couple becomes pregnant without using all of the stored embryos,they may choose to donate the remaining embryos for use by other infertile couples. Embryo4 donation is a relatively new process in which individuals with extra frozen embryos agree torelease the embryos for use by another woman who wishes to achieve pregnancy. The recipientcan be either anonymous or known to the donor(s).
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