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Recovery Act 2009

See below, ARRA quarterly reporting requirements and BUMC oversight (Sept 18, 2009)

Frequently Asked Questions about ARRA.

NIH funding opportunities, new from the Recovery Act:

Over $10 billion has been allocated to NIH for new funds received for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The largest part, over $8 billion, will go toward funding new research programs, recently-reviewed meritorius R01 applications (see OSP-MED e-Blasts for which ones), supplements, a $200 million initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1), plus funds targeted to strategic autism research through NIMH. In addition to these research programs, NIH has designated $1.3 billion to NCRR for instrumentation and research infrastructure. NIH-wide Funding Opportunities from ARRA Funds. To apply, see OSP-MED guidance below. Deadlines are spread throughout summer 2009.

The research community’s response to this welcome new funding has been unprecedented. NIH received more applications for just one mechanism, the Challenge Grants, than it receives during the usual application cycle for all grant mechanisms combined.

Among the research initiatives is a focus upon comparative effectiveness research, as a way to determine which clinical treatments work best for which patients under which circumstances, and Institute of Medicine was tasked with coming up with a definition, priority list of CER topics, and guidelines for development of a strong national CER program. IOM’s Report Brief on CER has just been published.

To better implement ARRA, OMB guidance was issued to agency heads and directors to make clear President Obama’s insistence upon accountability for every dollar spent and job created or saved. Recovery Act of 2009: Information on Quarterly Reporting Requirements for NIH Award Recipients (7/31/09) and How BUMC will handle the requirements All awards issued with ARRA funds must meet these requirements and address these objectives. OMB also directed agencies and ICs to streamline Grants.gov electronic processing and make available alternate systems to handle application submissions; in response, Grants.gov extended the error correction window to 5 days. On the other hand, OMB considered a request to allow charging administrative salary costs directly to research grants funded under ARRA and determined that no, ARRA’s reporting requirements are not sufficiently burdensome to justify departure from usual policy.

OSP-MED Guidance on Recovery Act Funding	Federal Agency Information
Let us know your ARRA application plans (survey)
Upcoming deadlines through summer 2009	NIH Recovery Act opportunities
Recovery Act 2009 FAQs and BUMC-BMC Proposal Summary (revised 9/09) (for any application, including ARRA)	Grants.gov search for ARRA (all federal opportunities)
Types of NIH supplements available from ARRA	Recovery Act websites (all federal agencies)
NIH administrative supplements at a glance (chart)	NIH and the Recovery Act

Individual NIH Institutes/Centers and the Recovery Act (ARRA):