NIH Obstetrical Pharmacology Research Network-Data Coordination and Analyses Center (OPRU-DCAC) (U10)

WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH Obstetrical Pharmacology Research Network-Data Coordination and Analyses Center (OPRU-DCAC) (U10) 

WHO:  Texas A&M University faculty, including TAES, TEES and TTI personnel. 

WHY:  Applicants may request a project period of up to five years and up to $500,000 in direct costs per year. 

WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of March 19, 2007. 

HOW:  Faculty should submit internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.    

THE FINE PRINT:

The funding agency, NIH, has limited the number of proposals to one per institution. 

BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:  The NIH Obstetrical Pharmacology Research Network-Data Coordination and Analyses Center (OPRU-DCAC) (U10) Program is designed to provide coordination and organizational, informational, logistic and analytical support to the Obstetric Pharmacology Research Unit Network (OPRU), which consists of four clinical research sites funded by NICHD to carry out pharmacology research to enhance understanding of obstetrical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and improve appropriate therapeutics during pregnancy. 

The DCAC will need to work closely with the OPRU steering committee, subcommittees and biological specimen repository site.  Specific activities include:  cooperating with the clinical sites; arranging meetings; designing and implementing computer-assisted personal interviews; coordinate activities related to collection of biological specimens; provide reports based on statistical analyses; develop and maintain a public and private OPRU web page; and develop and implement plans to create a database that is accessible to the public within a year of study completion. 

The PI and other staff must have appropriate biostatistical, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, computational, data management and data coordination expertise and capability.  Further, the applicant must have demonstrated prior experience as a coordinating and statistical center in multi-center preclinical and clinical pharmacology studies.   

Applicants may request a project period of up to five years and up to $500,000 in direct costs per year.  

More information can be found here:    

Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines

March 9, 2007:  Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project.   

March 19, 2007: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Sponsored Projects for review by the internal selection committee.  The internal proposal should include:

1. An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH program announcement;
2. Summary budget;
3. Project and Management Plans (including team members);

The form for completing the internal proposal is here.

This completed form should be submitted electronically  for review by the internal selection committee.

Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here.

Selection of a proposal will be based on NIH guidelines.  The needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account. 

During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments.  They may also request additional information from PIs.

March 30, 2007: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.

April 17, 2007:  Deadline for full proposal.