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ethnic minority populations for

appropriate representation; (b) The

proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent; (c) A

statement as to whether the design of

the study is adequate to measure

differences when warranted; (d) A

statement as to whether the plans for

recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

9. Animal Subjects (Not Scored)

If the proposed project involves

research on animal subjects, the

applicant must comply with the ‘‘PHS

Policy on Humane Care and Use of

Laboratory Animals by Awardee

Institutions.’’ An applicant organization

proposing to use vertebrate animals in

PHS-supported activities must file an

Animal Welfare Assurance with the

Office of Protection from Research Risks

at the National Institutes of Health.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Semi-annual progress reports

including a brief program description

and a listing of program goals and

objectives accompanied by a

comparison of the actual

accomplishments related to the goals

and objectives established for the

period;

2. financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period.

Send all reports to: Victoria Sepe,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), Room

300, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., M/

S E–13, Atlanta, GA 30305–2209.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Addendum I (included in the

application package).

AR98–1 Human Subjects

Requirements

AR98–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR98–3 Animal Subjects

Requirements

AR98–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR98–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR98–11 Healthy People 2000

AR98–12 Lobbying Restrictions

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

Sections 20(a) and 22(e)(7) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 (29 U.S.C. 669(a) and 671(e)(7)).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.262 for the

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call 1–888–GRANTS4. You

will be asked to leave your name,

address, and phone number and will

need to refer to NIOSH Announcement

98090. You will receive a complete

program description, information on

application procedures, and application

forms. CDC will not send application

kits by facsimile or express mail.

PLEASE REFER TO NIOSH

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 98090

WHEN REQUESTING INFORMATION

AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained by

contacting: Victoria Sepe, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Announcement 98090,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Room 300, 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., M/S E–13,

Atlanta, GA 30305–2209, telephone

(404) 842–6804, Email address:

vxw1@cdc.gov.

See also the CDC home page on the

Internet: http://www.cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance

contact:

Scott Deitchman, M.D., telephone (404)

639–1534, Email sed2@cdc.gov

or

Robert Mullan, M.D., telephone (404)

639–1533, Email rjm1@cdc.gov,

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), HIV

Activity, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE.,

Mailstop D–40, Atlanta, GA 30333.

National Occupational Research

Agenda (NORA): CDC, NIOSH is

committed to the program priorities

developed by NORA. Copies of the

publication, ‘‘The National

Occupational Research Agenda’’ may be

obtained from The National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health,

Publications Office, 4676 Columbia

Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998 or

phone 1–800–356–4674, and is available

through the NIOSH Home Page, ‘‘http:/

/www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora.html’’ .

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Diane D. Porter,

Acting Director, National Institute

For Occupational Safety and Health, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement Number 98067]

Cooperative Agreement for a Suicide

Prevention Research Center;

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year 1998

cooperative agreement funds to

establish a Suicide Prevention Research

Center. This program addresses the

Healthy People 2000 priority area of

Violent and Abusive Behavior.

The purposes are:

1. To support Suicide Prevention

Research Center (SPRC) which represent

CDC’s largest national extramural

investment in suicide prevention

research and training, intervention

development, and evaluation;

2. To integrate collectively, in the

context of a national program, the

disciplines of epidemiology, medicine,

biostatistics, public health, and

behavioral and social sciences in order

to prevent injuries from suicidal

behavior more effectively;

3. To identify and evaluate current

and new interventions for the

prevention and control of suiciderelated injuries;

4. To bring the knowledge and

expertise of SPRC to bear on the

development and improvement of

effective public and private sector

programs for suicide prevention and

control; and

5. To facilitate suicide prevention

efforts supported by various

governmental and non-governmental

agencies within a geographic region.

For additional information please see

Addendum 2, Background and

Definitions (included in the application

package).

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit
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organizations and by governments and

their agencies; that is, universities,

colleges, research institutions, hospitals,

other public and private nonprofit

organizations, State and local

governments or their bona fide agents,

and federally recognized Indian tribal

governments, Indian tribes, or Indian

tribal organizations.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $500,000 is expected

to be available in fiscal year (FY) 1998

to fund one new center project. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

around September 30, 1998, and will be

made for a 12 month budget period, not

to exceed a project period of three years.

Funding estimates may vary and are

subject to change.

Continuation awards within the

project period will be made on the basis

of satisfactory progress and the

availability of funds.

D. Program Requirements

The following are applicant

requirements:

1. Applicant must demonstrate

expertise in some form of suicide

prevention research.

2. Applicant must provide a director

(Principal Investigator) who has specific

authority and responsibility to carry out

the project.

E. Cooperative Agreement Activities

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under 1. (Recipient Activities), and CDC

will be responsible for activities listed

under 2. (CDC Activities).

1. Recipient Activities:

a. Conduct, evaluate, and publish

suicide prevention research.

b. Design, implement, and evaluate

suicide prevention programs.

c. Collaborate with outside agencies

and other entities which will allow for

implementation of any proposed

intervention activities.

d. Collaborate with at least one

National organization that has suicide

prevention as its major objective and

whose members are actively engaged in

suicide prevention activities.

e. Develop a curricula and graduate

training programs in disciplines

relevant to suicide prevention (e.g.,

epidemiology or behavioral sciences).

f. Disseminate injury control research

findings, translate them into

interventions, and evaluate their

effectiveness.

2. CDC Activities:

a. Collaborate in establishing research

and evaluation priorities, and defining

the target populations.

b. Provide technical assistance.

F. Application Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections to develop

the application content. Your

application will be evaluated on the

criteria listed, so it is important to

follow them in laying out your program

plan.

1. The narrative should be no more

than 30 double-spaced pages, printed on

one side, with one inch margins, and

unreduced font.

2. Applications must be organized as

follows: Applications for support of a

SPRC should follow the PHS Form 398

(Revised 9/91, OMB Control Number

0925–0001) format and should include

the following information:

a. Face page.

b. Description (abstract) and

personnel.

c. Table of contents.

d. Detailed budget for the initial

budget period: The budget should

reflect the composite figures for the

grant as well as breakdown budgets for

individual projects within the grant.

e. Budget for entire proposed project

period including budgets pertaining to

consortium/contractual arrangements.

f. Core Faculty: Biographical sketches

of key personnel, consultants, and

collaborators, beginning with the

Principal Investigator and core faculty.

g. Organizational collaboration: The

applicant must describe a collaborative

relationship with at least one National

organization that has suicide prevention

as its major objective and whose

members are actively engaged in suicide

prevention activities. The collaborating

organization should be described in

terms that demonstrate how

collaboration with the applicant will

strengthen the proposed SPRC. Roles

and activities for collaborating

organizations must be clearly specified

in relation to the SPRCs goals and

objectives. Evidence of relationships

should be documented through letters

that detail commitments and a clear

statement of the role, activities, and

participating personnel of each

organization.

h. Research and prevention plan

including:

1. The proposed activities should be

clearly described in terms of need,

scientific basis, expected interactions,

and anticipated outcomes, including the

expected effect on injury morbidity and

mortality. In selecting the theme,

applicants should consider the findings

in Injury In America and the Year 2000

Objectives for the Nation.

2. A research plan (design and

methods) including hypothesis and

expected outcome, value to field, and

specific, measurable, and time-framed

objectives consistent with the proposed

theme and activities for each project

within the proposed grant. The

applicant must demonstrate that they

have met the CDC/ATSDR policy

requirements regarding the inclusion of

women, ethnic, and racial groups in the

proposed projects. This includes:

a. The proposed plan for the inclusion

of both sexes and racial and ethnic

minority populations for appropriate

representation;

b. The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent;

c. A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted;

and

d. A statement as to whether the plans

for recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

Human Subjects: If the proposed

research involves obtaining data

through intervention or interaction with

an individual(s) or identifiable private

information then the applicant must

provide background information on the

precautions that will be put in place to

protect human subjects.

3. A description of the core faculty

and its role in implementing and

evaluating the proposed programs.

4. Charts showing the proposed

organizational structure of the SPRC and

its relationship to the broader

institution of which it is a part, and,

where applicable, to affiliate institutions

or collaborating organizations. These

charts should clearly detail the lines of

authority as they relate to the center or

the project, both structurally and

operationally. SPRC’s should report to

an appropriate organizational level (e.g.,

dean of a school, vice president of a

university, or commissioner of health),

demonstrating strong institution-wide

support of SPRC activity and ensuring

oversight of the process of

interdisciplinary activity.

5. Documentation of the involved

public health agencies and other public

and private sector entities to be

involved in the proposed program,

including letters that detail

commitments of support and a clear

statement of the role, activities, and

participating personnel of each agency

or entity.

G. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and five copies of

PHS Form 398 (Revised 9/91, OMB
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Control Number 0925–0001). Please

adhere to the instructions on the Errata

Instruction Sheet for PHS Form 398.

Forms are in the application kit.

On or before July 21, 1998, submit to:

Lisa T. Garbarino, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office,

Announcement Number 98067, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Mailstop E–13, Room 300, Atlanta,

Georgia 30305–2209.

If your application does not arrive in

time for submission to the independent

review group, it will not be considered

in the current competition unless you

can provide proof that you mailed it on

or before the deadline (i.e., receipt from

U.S. Postal Service or a commercial

carrier; private metered postmarks are

not acceptable).

H. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent reviewer

group appointed by CDC. Applicants

will be evaluated according to the

following criteria (Maximum of 100

total points):

1. Core faculty, staff, and

organizational capacity (30 points)

a. Core faculty: Qualifications,

experience, and/or ability of core faculty

in conducting research relevant to

suicide prevention. Faculty history and

experience in receiving research support

from competitive sources of funding.

b. Staffing plan: Qualifications,

adequacy, and appropriateness of

personnel to accomplish the proposed

activities.

c. Organizational capacity: Existence

and availability of organizational

resources and support for achieving

research and prevention goals.

2. Organizational collaboration (30

points)

a. The extent to which the

collaborative relationship (joint

activities and access to the collaborative

organization’s membership for

promoting prevention activities) will be

considered and will strengthen the

proposed SPRC.

b. The extent to which the

collaborating organization is a National

organization that has suicide prevention

as its major objective and whose

members are actively engaged in suicide

prevention activities.

3. Research and prevention plan (40

points)

a. The extent to which suicide is a

public health problem in the State(s) or

region to be served by the SPRC.

b. The extent to which the applicant

plans to provide consultation, technical

assistance, and training to public and

private agencies and institutions in the

area of suicide prevention.

c. The extent to which the research

plan is responsive to needed research in

the area of suicide prevention.

d. If human subjects are involved,

how they will be protected, i.e., describe

the review process which will govern

their participation. The applicant must

demonstrate that they have met the

CDC/ATSDR policy requirements

regarding the inclusion of women,

ethnic, and racial groups in the

proposed projects. This includes:

1. The proposed plan for the inclusion

of both sexes and racial and ethnic

minority populations for appropriate

representation;

2. The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent;

3. A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted;

and

4. A statement as to whether the plans

for recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

4. Budget (not scored)

Soundness of the proposed budget in

terms of adequacy of resources and their

allocation.

I. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

a. Quarterly progress reports;

b. Financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

c. Final financial report and

performance report, no more than 90

days after the end of the project period.

Send all reports to: Lisa T. Gabarino,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Mailstop E–13,

Room 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30305–

2209.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Addendum 1 (included in the

application kit).

AR98–1 Human Subjects

Requirements

AR98–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR98–7 Executive Order 12372

Review

AR98–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR98–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR98–11 Healthy People 2000

AR98–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR98–13 Prohibition on Use of CDC

Funds for Certain Gun Control

Activities

J. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program announcement is

authorized under sections 301, 317, and

391–394A (42 U.S.C. 241, 247b, and

280b–280b–3) of the Public Health

Service Act as amended. The Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance number is

93.136.

K. Where To Obtain Additional

Information:

To receive additional written

information call 1–888–GRANTS4 (1–

888–472–6874). You will be asked to

leave your name, organization, address,

and phone number and will need

Announcement Number 98067.

All application procedures and

guidelines are contained within that

package or can be found on the CDC

Homepage. The address for the CDC

Homepage is (http://www.cdc.gov). For

your convenience, you may be able to

retrieve a copy of the PHS Form 398

from (http://www.nih.gov.grants/

funding).

Business management technical

assistance, contact: Lisa T. Garbarino,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Mailstop E–13,

Room 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30305–

2209, Telephone (404) 842–6796, E-mail

address lgt1@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Timothy Thornton, Division of

Violence Prevention, National Center for

Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC),

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford

Highway, NE., Mailstop K–60, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341–3724, Telephone (770)

488–4389, E-mail address tnt1@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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