Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA AR 13 003
Apply for RFA AR 13 003
- The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIAMS Building Interdisciplinary Research Team (BIRT) Revision Awards (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.846 Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 22, 2012 and posted on Jun 22, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 15, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $1,500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Other Eligible Applicants include the following Domestic institutions with active NIAMS R01 grants.
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Opportunity Summary:
The NIAMS Building Interdisciplinary Research Team (BIRT) Revision Awards (R01) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-AR-13-003) was a discretionary NIH grant program from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases designed to add short-term, targeted support to already-funded NIAMS R01 projects. Its central purpose was to help investigators build brand-new interdisciplinary collaborations among independent researchers, specifically to pursue basic or translational research questions that align with NIAMS priorities in arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin disease research (CFDA 93.846). Rather than funding entirely new standalone R01s, the mechanism provided a one-year revision to an active parent NIAMS R01, with the expectation that this added support would allow investigators to quickly launch collaborative work that would be difficult to execute within a single-lab or single-discipline framework.
A key theme of the announcement was encouraging teams to take on scientifically significant opportunities that require multiple perspectives and skill sets, including conceptually and technically novel approaches. NIAMS framed this as work that is less likely to succeed when attempted by a narrowly focused group, and it explicitly recognized that such projects may be high-risk. In exchange for tolerating more risk than typical incremental extensions of existing work, the program emphasized the potential for high innovation and high impact, with the goal that a newly formed team could generate advances beyond what the participating investigators would likely achieve if they continued working separately. In practical terms, the revision support was meant to catalyze new directions, new methods, and new team structures that could meaningfully accelerate discovery or translation.
From a funding and program structure standpoint, NIAMS anticipated making around 10 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of about $1.5 million. The award ceiling was listed as $100,000, and the program did not require cost sharing or matching. Because this was a revision award tied to an existing grant, eligibility was not broad across all applicants; it focused on domestic institutions that already held active NIAMS R01 funding and could propose an appropriate revision to that parent award. The opportunity fell under the “Health†funding activity category and used the grant funding instrument.
Administratively, the opportunity was originally posted on June 22, 2012, with a closing date of July 15, 2014, and an archive date of August 15, 2014, meaning it is no longer open for applications. The full announcement was made available through the NIH Grants Guide, and the notice included standard NIH Office of Extramural Research contact information for access or technical issues. Overall, the program can be read as a targeted NIAMS effort to rapidly seed interdisciplinary, collaborative experiments and pilot-style directions within the structure of an existing R01, positioning teams to pursue ambitious ideas that could reshape the trajectory of their research area.
FAQs: NIAMS Building Interdisciplinary Research Team (BIRT) Revision Awards (R01) - RFA-AR-13-003
What is the NIAMS BIRT Revision Awards (R01) opportunity (RFA-AR-13-003)?
NIAMS BIRT Revision Awards (R01) was a discretionary NIH grant program from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). It provided short-term, targeted funding as a one-year revision to an existing, active NIAMS R01, rather than funding a brand-new standalone R01.
What was the main purpose of this program?
The program was designed to help investigators build brand-new interdisciplinary collaborations among independent researchers in order to pursue basic or translational research questions aligned with NIAMS priorities in arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin disease research.
What kinds of research areas did NIAMS emphasize for this opportunity?
The opportunity focused on NIAMS priority areas in arthritis, musculoskeletal diseases, and skin disease research. It supported basic or translational research questions within those areas (CFDA 93.846).
Was this funding for entirely new R01 grants?
No. The mechanism provided a one-year revision to an active parent NIAMS R01. It was meant to add support to an already-funded NIAMS R01 project to launch new collaborative work.
How long was the additional support period?
The revision support was structured as a one-year award tied to the active parent NIAMS R01.
What was NIAMS trying to encourage scientifically with these awards?
NIAMS emphasized scientifically significant opportunities that require multiple perspectives and skill sets. The announcement highlighted conceptually and technically novel approaches and encouraged teams to take on work that would be difficult to execute within a single-lab or single-discipline framework.
Did the program allow for high-risk projects?
Yes. NIAMS explicitly recognized that interdisciplinary projects of this type may be high-risk. In exchange, the program emphasized the potential for high innovation and high impact.
What outcomes or benefits was the program aiming for?
The program aimed to catalyze new directions, new methods, and new team structures that could accelerate discovery or translation. NIAMS expected newly formed teams to generate advances beyond what the participating investigators would likely achieve if they continued working separately.
How many awards did NIAMS anticipate making?
NIAMS anticipated making around 10 awards under this opportunity.
What was the estimated total funding for the program?
The estimated total funding amount was about $1.5 million.
What was the maximum award amount per award?
The award ceiling was listed as $100,000.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The program did not require cost sharing or matching.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was focused on domestic institutions that already held active NIAMS R01 funding and could propose an appropriate revision to that parent award. Because it was a revision award tied to an existing grant, eligibility was not broad across all applicants.
What type of funding category and instrument did this opportunity use?
The opportunity fell under the "Health" funding activity category and used the grant funding instrument. The mechanism was a revision to an active NIAMS R01 (R01).
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was originally posted on June 22, 2012, with a closing date of July 15, 2014.
Is this funding opportunity still open?
No. The archive date was August 15, 2014, indicating the opportunity is no longer open for applications.
Where was the full announcement made available?
The full announcement was made available through the NIH Grants Guide.
What should applicants have done if they had access or technical issues?
The notice included standard NIH Office of Extramural Research contact information for access or technical issues.
How did NIAMS describe the practical role of the revision support?
In practical terms, the revision support was meant to quickly launch collaborative work and seed interdisciplinary, pilot-style directions within an existing R01 structure, positioning teams to pursue ambitious ideas that could reshape the trajectory of their research area.
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