OK-INBRE Mini Grant

2017 Funding Opportunity Announcement

Key Dates

Release/Posted Date: October 10, 2016

Application Due Date: February3, 2017, 5:00pm

Peer Review Date: April, 2017

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: May 1, 2017

Funding Opportunity Description

This funding opportunity announcement issued by OK-INBRE solicits new applications for research projects from Oklahoma undergraduate institutions (see eligible institutions below). Faculty funded through this program will gain valuable experience in designing, conducting and reporting biomedical research, thus enhancing their ability to compete for extramural funding beyond the local level.

Eligible Institutions

University of Central Oklahoma

East Central University

Northeastern State University

Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Southeastern State University

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Cameron University

Langston University

Rogers State University

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Eligible Faculty

Full-time, permanent faculty members with the rank of Assistant Professor and higher are eligible to apply for the program as Principal Investigators.

Number of Applications

Faculty may submit more than one application, provided each application is scientifically distinct. While faculty may apply for OK-INBRE Collaborative and Mini-Grants simultaneously, they may only receive one award each year.

Budget and Project Period

Direct costs are limited to $25,000 over the 1 year period (May 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018). Facility and Administrative costs (F&A) may be requested in addition to the $25,000 in direct costs. The following institutions will be required to waive F&A: East Central University, Rogers State University, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Awards at these institutions will be funded by the State Regents for Higher Education.

Funds Available

Funding for 2017 is anticipated to support at least four awards in the amount of $25,000 each in direct costs plus F&A if permitted.

Application Components

NIH form pages are located at:

  1. PHS398 Face Page
  1. PHS398 Form Page 2: Summary, Relevance, Project/Performance Sites, Senior/Key Personnel, Other Significant Contributors, and Human Embryonic Stem Cells
  1. PHS398 Form Page 3: Research Grant Table of Contents
  1. PHS398 Form Page 4: Detailed Budget for Initial Budget Period (May 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018).
  1. Budget Justification
  1. PHS398 Biographical Sketch Format Page: Include a list of grant applications submitted for the last three years, irrespective of funding outcome.
  1. PHS398 Resources Format Page
  1. Research Plan:

Limited to 4 pages

Includes: Specific Aims, Background & Significance, Preliminary Data, Experimental Design, and explanation of how any prior INBRE funding has enhanced the faculty member’s research program

Illustrations or figures may be included in the research plan and will be counted against the 4-page limit

No less than .5 inch margins

No less than 11 point font

No appendix is permitted

  1. References,vertebrate animals, human subjects, etc. do not count against the page limit.
  1. Letters of support may be included and do not count against the page limit.

Approvals

For selected projects involving human subjects or vertebrate animals, all Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approvals must be secured by the start date of the project.

Radiation Safety Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee protocols must also be approved by relevant review committees prior to funding of awards.

Submission

Submit an electronic copy in a single pdf file (in color if needed) to Dawn Hammon at . Be sure to route your application through the appropriate grants administration office at your institution. The deadline for submitting applications is 5:00 pm on February 3, 2017.

Review Procedures

Each application will be reviewed for scientific merit by a faculty peer review committee appointed by the OK-INBRE Principal Investigator. The committee will recommend whether or not an application should be considered for funding and rank the proposal according to its scientific merit. This scientific merit review will be based on the following criteria:

1. Feasibility and scientific merit

2. Soundness of the approach and research design

3. Quality and appropriateness of data analyses

4. Qualifications and experience of the investigator

5. Appropriateness for student involvement. You may describe prior student involvement in your lab if appropriate.

6. Potential of the research to attract extramural funding upon completion of the Mini Grant project

Upon completion of the peer review process, each investigator will be provided with the faculty peer review committee critiques.

Grant administration

The source of funding for the OK-INBRE Program is the National Institutes of Health or the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Therefore, all expenditures must be made in compliance with all applicable federal rules and regulations including Cost Accounting Standards. Award mechanisms will be administered through the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Office of Grants and Contracts Accounting. Questions about grant administration should be addressed to Dawn Hammon at or Dr. Darrin Akins at or 405.225.9459.

Progress reports

Awardees will provide a progress report to the OK-INBRE Principal Investigator. The report shall include a summary of research progress; extramural funding applications submitted or planned; manuscripts published, submitted, or in preparation; presentations at professional meetings, and other information. Awardees will be furnished with reporting instructions and reminders of report due dates by the OK-INBRE administrative staff in January 2017.

NIH policy effective April 7, 2008: NIH now requires submission of all final manuscripts to PubMed Central for research funded in whole or in part by the NIH. The PubMed Central reference number must be included in NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports effective May, 2008. See the NIH website on the Public Access Policy for details (

About OK-INBRE

INBRE is a part of the NIH Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program, which also includes the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and Clinicaland Translational Research awards (CTR). The goal of the IDeA Program is to increase the biomedical research capacity of the 23 participating states and Puerto Rico.

Please refer programmatic questions to Darrin Akins or Dawn Hammon (405.225.9459).