NIH George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30)

WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30) (NIDDK) 

WHO:  Texas A&M University faculty.  TAES, TEES and TTI personnel may wish to submit internal proposals through their own agency. 

WHY:  NIH anticipates making awards with a maximum of $750,000 dollars in direct costs per year for a maximum of five years.  

WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of May 29, 2007. 

HOW:  TAMU faculty should submit internal proposal to 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 George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30) (NIDDK) Program has four objectives:  to attract new scientific expertise into the study of the basic mechanisms of kidney diseases and disorders; to encourage multidisciplinary research focused on the causes of these diseases; to explore new basic areas with translational potential; and to generate Developmental Research (DR)/Pilot and Feasibility (F&P) studies which should lead to new and innovative approaches to study kidney disease. 

A biomedical research core is defined as a shared resource that provides essential services, techniques or instrumentation to center participants enabling them to conduct their funded individual research projects more efficiently and/or more effectively.  Each core should provide services to multiple funded research projects and can be either institutional or regional/national/international cores.  Further, each core center must have an administrative core, which will be responsible to allocation of resources within the center and distribution of resources to center participants.  

Examples of appropriate resources for the biomedical research core include:  collection, analysis, storage and distribution of data and samples; provision of specialized tools and technologies or access to specialized expertise; development, standardization and distribution of reagents and/or protocols; provision of technical assistance, training and enrichment programs; recruitment of patients and coordination of patient studies; development, beta-testing and dissemination of specialty assays, methods and services on an institutional level; increase interdisciplinary interactions at the institution through cross-project/laboratory exchange; and sharing of specialized tools, technologies and expertise between collaborating investigators. 

Further, each core center must develop a cohesive pilot and feasibility program to develop new research directions or provide an opportunity for new investigators or established investigators to enter the field of kidney research.  A pilot and feasibility project is intended to provide modest support that will allow an investigator the opportunity to develop sufficient preliminary data as a basis for an application for independent research support. 

NIH anticipates making awards with a maximum of $750,000 dollars in direct costs per year for a maximum of five years.  Between two and four pilot projects must be included in each core center, and each pilot project may request a maximum of $60,000 in direct costs per year for up to two years.

More information can be found here.

Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines

May 25, 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.  Send email.     

May 29, 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 via email 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.

June 8, 2007: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.

October 24, 2007: Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent to NIH.

November 15, 2007:  Deadline for full proposal.