Funding & Research

The NHLBI Participation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will receive a 34 percent increase to its FY 2009 budget to help stimulate the economy. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute leadership and stakeholders are very grateful for the opportunity to join the NIH to advance and accelerate the biomedical research agenda in this country by focusing on scientific opportunities and public health challenges.

To help potential applicants navigate ARRA-related information, the NHLBI developed the NHLBI Recovery Act section on its website. The NHLBI is working closely with the NIH and HHS to ensure that scientific merit and quality, as well as transparency and accountability, are the guiding principles behind the Institute’s implementation of the ARRA.
 
New information will be added as it is available.  For questions or comments, please email the NHLBI Web Manager.

Funding Opportunities

• NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
  (Grants, Contracts, Program Announcements, Guide Notices, etc.)
• SCOR and SCCOR Program
• SBIR/STTR Program
  (Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer)
• Additional Non-NIH Funding

• Program, Review, and Budget Staff Contacts: Discuss scientific aspects of funding applications.
• Training and Career Development

Funding/Award Policies

• General Funding Guidelines
• Research Support Mechanisms—Guidance and Descriptions
  
• NHLBI New Investigator Policy (including multi-new-Principal-Investigator applications)
• Accrual of Human Subjects (Milestones) Policy
  
• Ethics, Populations, Data Safety and Monitoring, and Finance Issues
• Peer Review Committees
• Assignment of Grant Applications
• NHLBI Limited Access Data Policy (for Awards >$500K)  
  •   Summary of RFI on Sharing Genome Wide Association Data
• Appeals Procedure for Applicants—NHLBI Council
• Nine-Point Scoring System and Program Project Review

NIH Policies (these links go to the NIH and will not open a new window)

• NIH Public Access Policy
  
  

NIH Grants Policy Changes

• Electronic Submission of Grant Applications, NIH, OER
• NIH Announces Plans to Eliminate Mailing of Paper Notifications: Summary Statements (October 1, 2005) & Peer Review Outcome Letters (February1, 2006)

Also See:

• NHLBI Research and Policy Update Listserv

• Advisory and Peer Review Groups

• NHLBI Overview and Planning Documents