This exclusion does not preclude research in which specific drug products are used to test hypotheses which have a general applicability. In the field of pharmacology or toxicology, applications which will receive highest priority are those which the research attempts to integrate information on the mechanism of action of a drug or chemical at a molecular or cellular level with the drug's effects in the intact laboratory animal or human, encompassing the potential influences of biochemical, physiological or behavioral systems. The program is not offered as a means to augment an ongoing research effort. Nor is the grant intended to be used for any direct effort to obtain further extramural funding. The funds are to be used to conduct the proposed research.
Funds are generally unrestricted, with flexibility of use - a characteristic of the program.
In an effort to gain the maximum usefulness, some guidelines are in order. The funds may not be used for salary support of the grantee, but may be used to support technical assistance. Indirect costs are not provided to the institution, and grant funds may not be used for this purpose. The names of the current recipients are listed on the back of this announcement. Applications, however good, which do not meet the aims of the program will be disapproved.