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Opportunity Summary:

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research (Admin Supp), Funding Opportunity Number PA 12-149, is an NIH (and CDC-notified) administrative supplement program designed to strengthen the diversity of the health-related research workforce by providing additional funds to existing NIH-supported research projects. Rather than funding entirely new research grants, this opportunity allows current Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) with certain eligible NIH research awards (the specific eligible parent grant mechanisms are listed in the full FOA) to request supplemental support that stays within the original scientific scope of their active project. The central idea is to use already-funded research environments as training and career-development platforms where new, diverse trainees and investigators can be meaningfully integrated into ongoing, high-quality research activities.

A primary purpose of the supplements is recruitment and support of individuals from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research. The supplement funds can be used to bring in and support students, postdoctoral researchers, and eligible investigators, with the goal of helping them gain sustained research experience, mentorship, and career momentum in biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and other health-relevant research areas. Because these are administrative supplements, the supported work must align with and contribute to the aims of the parent grant; the supplement is meant to expand participation and capacity on an existing project, not to introduce a new research direction unrelated to the awarded objectives. In practical terms, these funds typically help cover allowable costs tied to the added participant(s), such as salary or stipend support and related expenses needed for their role on the project, as permitted under NIH policies and the terms of the parent award.

In addition to the diversity-focused pathway, the announcement also notes a separate, important use case: PDs/PIs who become disabled while conducting their NIH-funded research may request administrative supplement support to help accommodate their disability so they can continue working on the project. This reflects an inclusion and retention goal, recognizing that maintaining continuity of leadership and enabling continued productivity may require additional resources. As with the diversity supplements, the requested accommodations and activities must support continued progress on the currently funded project and remain within its approved scope.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and lists the funding instrument type as a cooperative agreement, and it spans a wide range of NIH and related program areas, reflected in the many CFDA numbers associated with fields such as environmental health, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse research, cancer research manpower, cardiovascular and lung diseases, diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases, neuroscience, allergy and infectious diseases, aging, vision research, minority health and health disparities, and other trans-NIH research support areas. This broad coverage signals that the supplement concept is meant to be applied across many scientific domains where NIH supports research, so long as the parent grant mechanism is eligible and the proposed supplement activities fit the project’s aims.

Eligibility is limited in a key way: foreign institutions are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed. In other words, the supplement must be anchored in an eligible U.S.-based parent award without foreign components. The listing indicates that eligible applicants are described as “Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification),” which in practice means the applicant must already hold an eligible NIH research award and follow the FOA’s detailed eligibility rules for parent grants and participant types.

From an administrative standpoint, the FOA was posted April 6, 2012, with dates in the record showing an original closing date of September 29, 2015 and an archive date of September 7, 2015, indicating this specific announcement is historical/archived rather than currently open. Applicants (or anyone trying to retrieve the full text) are directed to the NIH Grants Guide link for the complete announcement at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-149.html, and technical access issues are routed to the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contact listed in the notice.

Overall, the program is best understood as a targeted add-on funding option for active NIH research grants: it leverages existing funded projects to (1) expand participation and mentorship for underrepresented students, postdocs, and investigators in health-related research, and (2) support accommodations that allow a PD/PI who becomes disabled to continue leading and contributing to the originally funded research, all while keeping the supplemental activities squarely within the established scope of the parent award.

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