Grants & Funding

National Institutes of Health/NIH

Published Date: January 25, 2010

Program Information

Program Name:

Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) [U01]

Program URL:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-10-015.html

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty, Administrator, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications from investigators willing to participate with NICHD, NIDA, and NIMH under a cooperative agreement to support the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN).

The primary mission of the ATN will be to conduct research, both independently and in collaboration with existing research networks and individual investigators, in HIV-infected and HIV-at-risk pre-adolescents, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 25 years. This network will have the capacity for developing and conducting selected behavioral, community-based translational, prophylactic, therapeutic, microbicide and vaccine trials.

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will utilize the National Institutes of Health Cooperative Research Project Grant (U01) grant mechanism.

NICHD intends to commit an approximate minimum of $22.5 million, NIDA intends to commit $1 million, and NIMH intends to commit $1 million in total costs [direct plus facilities and administrative costs] in fiscal year 2011 to support 17 to 19 new and/or competing continuation grants in response to this FOA.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term     
• Maximum Term     
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Institution
• Is there a training component to this grant?   
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  03/14/2010
• Deadline Comments   
  Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): March 14, 2010 Application Receipt Dates(s): April 14, 2010

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Disease-Specific Research: HIV/AIDS, Instrumentation, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Other (specify): Microbicide

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

The following organizations/institutions are eligible to apply:(1)Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education (2)Private Institutions of Higher Education (3)Hispanic-serving Institutions (4)Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) (5)Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)(5)Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) (6)For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)(7)State Governments (8)County Governments (9)City or Township Governments (10)Special District Governments (11)Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  Individuals are eligible to submit an application for one or more structural components of the ATN: the ATN Coordinating Center (ACC), the ATN Data and Operations Center, or the ATN Trials Units. Given the scope of responsibilities for the principal investigator of the ACC in generating a cutting edge basic science and clinical biomedical, behavioral and community prevention research agenda for the network, the applicant must be a physician (M.D., D.O. or equivalent) with subspecialty training in either infectious diseases or immunology, and having expertise and experience in providing comprehensive care for HIV infected adolescents and young adults.
  
  Applicant institutions for ATUs must be providing multidisciplinary, youth-friendly, primary health care to HIV-infected young people grounded in the principles and practice of adolescent medicine. Applications for ATUs should include a primary site only; consortium or sub-site arrangements will not be accepted and such applications will be considered non-responsive to the FOA. Multiple practice sites for the research staff at the primary site are acceptable; future direct funding of these secondary sites is possible and will follow evidence of accrual to ATN studies.
  
  Applicants may submit more than one application, provided they are scientifically distinct. Resubmission applications are not permitted in response to this FOA. Renewal applications are permitted in response to this FOA.

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year