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Vice Provost for Research > UMass Boston and Federal Stimulus Funding

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
UMass Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
orsp@umb.edu

NIH Competitive Revision Applications

Due date:  April 21, 2009

Highlights

1. Opportunity for investigators with active NIH-supported research project grants to submit revision applications to support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol of approved and funded projects for up to 2 years.
2. There is no maximum dollar limit on the budget request for a revision application.
3. Applies to RO1, RO3, R15, R25, R33, R34, R37, R21/R33, R41, R42, R43, R44, SC1, SC2, SC3 grants, and Program Project grants, Center grants, Cooperative Agreements, Training grants, and Institutional Career Development awards.
4. Funding decisions made on or prior to September 30, 2009.

Competitive Revision Applications must be for costs to support new research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved parent grant. Revision applications may only be requested for up to 2 years; therefore the scope and budget of the requested revision must reflect aims and goals that can be accomplished within that limited timeframe. Requests selected for funding in FY 2010 will be limited to 1 year for the project and budget period. There is no maximum dollar limit on the budget request for a revision application; however, the requested budget must be reasonable and appropriate for the work being proposed.

This announcement is for revision applications to active NIH research grants, including, but limited to, those listed in highlight 2 above. Funding decisions and awards will be issued on or prior to September 30, 2009, for applications submitted in response to this notice, and on or prior to September 30, 2010, for applications submitted in response to any reissuance of this notice.

Types of revisions that would be appropriate

• Hiring students, postdocs or other personnel to accomplish new scientific objectives or to generate novel resources.
• Making investments in technology essential to expand the goals of the project or to enhance energy efficiency in the expansion of the project.
• Requesting that a single PI grant be changed to a multiple PI grant or otherwise modifying the multiple PI team in order to add and pursue new scientific goals.
• Other types or revisions may be appropriate but must be consistent with the goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.