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Opportunity Summary:

The International Extramural Associates Research Development Awards (IEARDA) G11 (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 10-172) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant opportunity designed to help eligible non-U.S. research institutions strengthen and professionalize their internal research administration capacity. Rather than funding a specific scientific project, the focus is on building the institutional systems and staff expertise needed to support biomedical and behavioral research in a sustained way, especially in environments where research activity is already underway but administrative infrastructure needs to be expanded, standardized, or modernized to meet NIH expectations and to handle a growing portfolio of grants.

The program is sponsored by three NIH components: the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Fogarty International Center (FIC), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Through the G11 mechanism, the award supports institutions that want to improve how they manage extramural funding across the full grant lifecycle, including pre-award proposal development and submission, and post-award oversight and compliance. A central feature of the opportunity is training in NIH policies and procedures delivered through a combination of distance learning and an NIH residency experience, paired with funding to augment or expand existing offices that handle sponsored research functions (for example, an Office of Research or Office of Sponsored Projects).

What the award is meant to change at an institution is practical and operational. The intent is to create or reinforce a capable central unit that can provide thorough administrative management of NIH and other extramural awards, serve as the main hub for the technical development and quality control of grant applications, and improve oversight once awards are made. In effect, NIH is supporting the development of the back-office structure that makes research more competitive and more accountable: stronger proposal preparation processes, clearer internal review and routing, better budget and grants management practices, and more consistent adherence to sponsor requirements. The broader goal is to foster and facilitate ongoing research activities by making the institution better able to compete for funding and to manage awards responsibly.

Eligibility is limited to foreign (non-U.S.) organizations that already demonstrate an active relationship with NIH funding and the baseline capacity to benefit from targeted strengthening. Specifically, the institution must be the recipient of at least three NIH awards (examples listed include D43, R01, R03, R21, U01, among others), either as a direct awardee or as a subcontractor under a U.S. prime award. Those awards must be currently active and/or show collaboration on an NIH-funded project within the past three years, indicating recent and meaningful engagement with NIH-supported research. The institution must also already have some form of research administrative infrastructure in place (such as an existing research or sponsored projects office), because the award is aimed at strengthening and expanding operations rather than building them from zero. In addition, the institution must have sufficient electronic connectivity and internet access to handle NIH electronic grant application submission and post-award administration, reflecting NIH reliance on digital systems for the full grants process. The announcement notes the applicant category as "Others (see additional eligibility text)," which in practice points to these specific foreign-entity requirements.

From a funding and award structure standpoint, the FOA emphasizes that the number of awards and the total dollars available depend on appropriations and on the quality and volume of applications received. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Because proposed institutional needs and implementation plans can differ significantly across applicants, NIH anticipates that both the size and duration of awards may vary as well. Awards are contingent on the availability of funds and the submission of meritorious applications, so institutions are expected to propose a clear, credible plan for how the administrative capacity-building activities and infrastructure investments will produce measurable improvements.

In terms of topical alignment and program classification, the opportunity sits within NIH health-related funding activity categories and lists CFDA numbers tied to microbiology and infectious diseases research (93.856), child health and human development extramural research (93.865), and international research and research training (93.989). While those CFDA listings reflect the participating institutes and NIH accounting categories, the core emphasis of this particular FOA is institutional research administration development that can support a broad range of biomedical and behavioral research activities at the applicant organization.

Key dates provided in the source indicate the FOA was posted on April 23, 2010, with an original closing date of August 3, 2012, and later archival information indicating an archive date of August 21, 2011 (the record also lists a current closing date of July 21, 2011 and creation date of July 21, 2011, which suggests administrative updates to the listing). The administering agency is NIH, and the full announcement was hosted through the NIH Office of Extramural Research grants guide page referenced in the additional information link. For technical issues accessing the announcement, the contact listed is the NIH OER Webmaster.

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