OpportunityTitle: Autism Centers of Excellence: Networks (R01)
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; Foreign institutions may not serve as the applicant organization.  However, they may participate as part of the network consortium.  For example, a site within an ACE Network may be located at a foreign institution and supported through a subaward.  Funding requests for foreign subawardss must be made in U.S. dollars.  Facilities and administrative costs on foreign consortia will be awarded at 8 percent of the total direct costs less equipment.
Description: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invite new (type 1) and renewal (type 2) applications for the Autism Centers of Excellence: Networks Program, hereafter termed ACE Networks. Each ACE Network will consist of a multi-site project focusing on a specific topic of research for R01 support through this FOA. The ACE Networks will focus on supporting the broad research goals of the Interagency Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for ASD Research (http://iacc.hhs.gov/strategic-plan/2011/index.shtml). Each ACE Network will submit one R01 application that includes subawardss to the collaborating sites. A companion FOA (RFA-HD-12-195) invites applications for ACE Centers supported by the P50 mechanism.
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