Recovery Memos

Please see the link below to the new NIH announcement on "Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" (RC2), funded through Recovery Act. Letters of intent are due April 27th, with proposals due May 27th. Approximately $200M has been identified for this program by the NIH Institutes. Only applications for projects that require $500,000 or more in total costs per year for a period of two years, are expected to be funded.

Under the Recovery Act, the NIH has established a new program entitled Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" hereafter called the "GO" grants program.This new program will support projects that address large, specific biomedical and biobehavioral research endeavors that will benefit from significant 2-year funds without the expectation of continued NIH funding beyond two years. The research supported by the "GO" grants program should have high short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health, and health care delivery.

This and other Recovery Act announcements are posted on our Recovery Act web site. www.umresearch.umd.edu/recovery

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-004.html

Regards,
Ken Gertz, Associate Vice President for Research Development