# Presentation: 719075

## Budget ConsiderationsRegional Centers of Excellence

- Pamela Fleming
- Deputy Chief, Grants Management Officer
- NIAID

## Regional Centers of Excellence(RCE)

- Plan to fund up to 2 RCEs
- $21 Million available for the entire program in FY 2005
- Letter of Intent due:  August 9, 2004
- Application Receipt Date: September 9, 2004
- Earliest Possible Award Date: April 2005

## Regional Centers of Excellence

- Application must Include:
-  Administrative Core
-  Research Program – min 5 Research Projects
-  Scientific Facility Cores
-  Developmental Research Plan
-  Career Development & Training Program – min 2

## Page 4

- 398 Kit

## Page 5

- 398 Kit

## Research Projects

- “A project may be similar in scope and design to an R01 application, or it may be more extensive and resemble a P01 and include more than one related research project with more than one investigator”

## Research Projects – R01

- If research project is “R01 like” must include :
- 	 -  face page
- 	 -  PHS 398 Form Page 2
- An individual budget for the initial budget period (Page 4)
-  A budget for the entire proposed period of support (Page 5)
- If project includes a consortium a separate PHS 398 Face page, Page 4 and 5 for the consortium must be included.

## CONSORTIUM

## Research Projects – P01

- If the research project is multi-component or “P01 like”:
- Intro to entire multi-project
- A “composite” budget, including all budgets and budget justifications for the project – use Form Pages 4 & 5, but only include by major budget category
- For each “individual” Subproject include
- Face pages & PHS Form Page 2
- Budget pages – PHS Form Pages 4 & 5

## Composite  for “P01 like”

## Administrative & Facilities Cores

- Each Core including the Administrative Core must submit detailed budget page (Pages 4 and 5)
- Administrative Core must include:
- 25% effort of the RCE’s Principal Investigator
- Support for travel to Bethesda for the annual meeting of the RCE/RBL.

## Developmental Research Plan

- Budget, using PHS Form Pages 4 & 5 (with amounts requested in other expense) no more than the cap of $600,000
- Detail how you plan to solicit and select developmental projects
- Remember: no individual developmental  project should exceed $100,000
- Funds are intended to remain flexible and support studies lasting no more than two years

## Career Development Projects

- Can compliment the 5 Research Projects – does not have to be directly involved.
- May not include detailed budget information , however should include Budget Pages 4 and 5 with at least an outline of projected costs by major budget category.

## Other Important Information

- No intramural NIH research can be supported on this project.
- Alterations and Renovations are allowable up to $500,000 per project period.
- Any domestic organization can apply
- For-profit or non-profit
- Public or private research institutions, universities, colleges, hospitals or laboratories

## Assembly of Application

- Please carefully follow in assembly instructions outlined in the RFA
- Provide a face page for the overall RCE, as well as each, core, project, subject project, consortium partner, pilot project, etc.
- An RCE is a consortium of investigators at more than one institution working together, however, only one institution will be the grantee institution and all other’s participating will be considered consortium/subcontractors

## Composite Budget for the Entire Application

- Except for the information that contradicts the instuctions provided today use “The Instructions for Applications for Multi-project Award”at _[http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/multibron.htm](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/multibron.htm)_  as guidance.