[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46793-46796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23624]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Announcement 99014]
Grants for Injury Control Research Centers; Notice of
Availability Of Funds for Fiscal Year 1999
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces that
grant applications are being accepted for Injury Control Research
Centers (ICRCs) for fiscal year (FY) 1999.
This program announcement addresses the priority areas of Violent
and Abusive Behavior and Unintentional Injuries.
The purposes of this program are:
1. To support injury prevention and control research on priority
issues as delineated in: Healthy People 2000; Injury Control in the
1990's: A National Plan for Action; Injury in America; Injury
Prevention: Meeting the Challenge; and Cost of Injury: A Report to the
Congress;
2. To support ICRCs which represent CDC's largest national
extramural investment in injury control research and training,
intervention development, and evaluation;
3. To integrate collectively, in the context of a national program,
the disciplines of engineering, epidemiology, medicine, biostatistics,
public health, law and criminal justice, and behavioral and social
sciences in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively;
4. To identify and evaluate current and new interventions for the
prevention and control of injuries;
5. To bring the knowledge and expertise of ICRCs to bear on the
development and improvement of effective public and private sector
programs for injury prevention and control; and
6. To facilitate injury control efforts supported by various
governmental agencies within a geographic region.
B. Eligible Applicants
This announcement will provide funding for applicants in regions
which do not have funded ICRCs and for applicants in regions which have
funded centers which must re-compete for funding.
Eligible applicants are limited to organizations in Region 2 (New
Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands), Region 3 (Delaware,
District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West
Virginia), Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), Region 5 (Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin), Region 6
(Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas), Region 9
(Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada) and Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho,
Oregon, and Washington).
Eligible applicants include all nonprofit and for-profit
organizations in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10. Thus, universities,
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, other public and private
organizations, State and local health departments, and small, minority
and/or women-owned businesses are eligible for these grants. Non-
academic applicant institutions should provide evidence of a
collaborative relationship with an academic institution.
Note: ICRC grant awards are made to the applicant institution/
organization, not the Principal Investigator.
Note: Effective January 1, 1996, Public Law 104-65 states that
an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 which engages in lobbying activities shall not
be eligible to receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant
(cooperative agreement), contract, loan, or any other form.
C. Availability of Funds
Approximately $3,750,000 is expected to be available FY 1999 to
fund a combination of new and re-competing research center projects,
depending on the outcome of the review process.
It is expected that the awards will begin on or around September 1,
1999, and will be made for a 12 month budget period within a project
period of up to three years for new research centers and five years for
re-competing research centers.
Funding estimates may vary and are subject to change. Continuation
awards within the project period will be made
[[Page 46794]]
on the basis of satisfactory progress and the availability of funds.
New research center awards will not exceed $500,000 per year (total
of direct and indirect costs) with a project period not to exceed three
years. Depending on availability of funds, re-competing research center
awards may range from $750,000 to $1,500,000 per year (total of direct
and indirect costs) with a project period not to exceed five years. The
range of support provided is dependent upon the degree of
comprehensiveness of the center in addressing the phases of injury
control (i.e., Prevention, Acute Care, and Rehabilitation) as
determined by the Injury Research Grants Review Committee (IRGRC).
Incremental levels within this range for successfully re-competing
research centers will be determined as follows:
Core funding (included in figures below)--Up to $750,000
One phase funded ICRC--Up to $1,000,000
(addresses one of the three phases of injury control)
Two phase funded ICRC--Up to $1,250,000
(addresses two of the three phases of injury control)
Comprehensive ICRC--Up to $1,500,000
(addresses all three phases of injury control)
The existing funded centers in Regions 1, 3, 7, and 8 may submit
proposals for supplemental awards to expand/enhance existing projects,
to add a new phase(s) to an existing ICRC grant, or to add biomechanics
project(s) that support one or more phases. The request should not
exceed $250,000 per phase (total of direct and indirect costs) per
year. Funding is subject to program need and the availability of funds.
Note: The ``Core'' projects, consistent with an ICRC's
demonstrated strengths, can relate to any of the phases of injury
control, i.e., prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation, as well
as biomechanics, and/or epidemiology. These projects (generally 3-5
major projects of 1-5 year's duration) are expected to progress to
the level of development to allow for submission for additional and/
or alternative funding.
Funding preference will be given to re-competing Injury Control
Research Centers. These centers, established and on-going, serve as a
resource for Injury Control related issues for their States and
regions.
Note: The ICRC model as described in the preceding paragraphs
remains valid. It is not anticipated that funding will be available
to provide any phase funding for re-competing research centers in
FY99. Re-competing research center awards will be for core funding
only. If additional funds become available, an announcement will be
made soliciting supplemental phase funding proposals or special
emphasis projects from existing ICRC's.
D. Program Requirements
The following are applicant requirements:
1. Applicants must demonstrate and apply expertise in at least one
of the three phases of injury control (prevention, acute care, or
rehabilitation) as a core component of the center. Applicants may
choose not to support additional phases with core funding.
Comprehensive ICRCs must have all three phases supported by core
funding.
2. Applicants must document ongoing injury-related research
projects or control activities currently supported by other sources of
funding.
3. Applicants must provide a director (Principal Investigator) who
has specific authority and responsibility to carry out the project. The
director must report to an appropriate institutional official, e.g.,
dean of a school, vice president of a university, or commissioner of
health. The director must have no less than 30 percent effort devoted
solely to this project with an anticipated range of 30 to 50 percent.
4. Applicants must demonstrate experience in successfully
conducting, evaluating, and publishing injury research and/or
designing, implementing, and evaluating injury control programs.
5. Applicants must provide evidence of working relationships with
outside agencies and other entities which will allow for implementation
of any proposed intervention activities.
6. Applicants must provide evidence of involvement of specialists
or experts in medicine, engineering, epidemiology, law and criminal
justice, behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, and/or public
health as needed to complete the plans of the center. These are
considered the disciplines and fields for ICRCs. An ICRC is encouraged
to involve biomechanicists in its research. This, again, may be
achieved through collaborative relationships as it is no longer a
requirement that all ICRCs have biomechanical engineering expertise.
7. Applicants must have established curricula and graduate training
programs in disciplines relevant to injury control (e.g., epidemiology,
biomechanics, safety engineering, traffic safety, behavioral sciences,
or economics).
8. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to disseminate injury
control research findings, translate them into interventions, and
evaluate their effectiveness.
9. Applicants must have an established relationship, demonstrated
by letters of agreement, with injury prevention and control programs or
injury surveillance programs being carried out in the State or region
in which the ICRC is located. Cooperation with private-sector programs
is encouraged.
10. Applicants should have an established or documented planned
relationship with organizations or individual leaders in communities
where injuries occur at high rates, e.g., minority communities.
Grant funds will not be made available to support the provision of
direct care. Studies may be supported which evaluate methods of care
and rehabilitation for potential reductions in injury effects and
costs. Studies can be supported which identify the effect on injury
outcomes and cost of systems for pre-hospital, hospital, and
rehabilitative care and independent living.
Eligible applicants may enter into contracts, including consortia
agreements (as set forth in the PHS Grants Policy Statement, dated
April 1, 1994), as necessary to meet the requirements of the program
and strengthen the overall application.
E. Application Content
Applications for support of an ICRC should follow the PHS-398 (Rev.
5/95) application and Errata sheet, and should include the following
information:
1. Face page
2. Description (abstract) and personnel
3. Table of contents
4. Detailed budget for the initial budget period: The budget should
reflect the composite figures for the grant as well as breakdown
budgets for individual projects within the grant.
5. Budget for entire proposed project period including budgets
pertaining to consortium/contractual arrangements.
6. Biographical sketches of key personnel, consultants, and
collaborators, beginning with the Principal Investigator and core
faculty.
7. Other support: This listing should include all other funds or
resources pending or currently available. For each grant or contract
include source of funds, amount of funding (indicate whether pending or
current), date of funding (initiation and termination), and
relationship to the proposed program.
8. Resources and environment.
9. Research plan including:
a. A proposed theme for the ICRC's injury control activities. The
proposed activities should be clearly described in terms of need,
scientific basis, expected
[[Page 46795]]
interactions, and anticipated outcomes, including the expected effect
on injury morbidity and mortality. In selecting the theme, applicants
should consider the findings in Injury In America and the Year 2000
Objectives for the Nation.
A comprehensive ICRC can address all three phases of injury control
within a single theme. For example, an ICRC with a rehabilitation theme
can address prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation within the
overall theme of rehabilitation.
b. A detailed research plan (design and methods) including
hypothesis and expected outcome, value to field, and specific,
measurable, and time-framed objectives consistent with the proposed
theme and activities for each project within the proposed grant.
Include for each project in the research plan section of the
application: These core projects should be described in enough detail
to allow for a thorough review (limited to 10-15 pages) but are not
expected to be at the fully developed level of detail of an
``Individual Research Grant (RO1).''
Title of Project.
Project Director/Lead Investigator,
Institution(s).
Categorization as to ``Prevention, Acute Care,
Rehabilitation, or Biomechanics.''
Categorization as to ``Major Project, Developmental
Project, Pilot Project, etc.''
Categorization as to ``New or Ongoing Project.''
Cost/Year (Estimate).
Research Training? Names, Degrees of Persons Trained or in
Training.
Key Words.
Brief Summary of Project (Abstract).
c. A detailed evaluation plan which should address outcome and
cost-effectiveness evaluation as well as formative, efficacy, and
process evaluation.
d. A description of the core faculty and its role in implementing
and evaluating the proposed programs. The applicant should clearly
specify how disciplines will be integrated to achieve the ICRC's
objectives.
e. Charts showing the proposed organizational structure of the ICRC
and its relationship to the broader institution of which it is a part,
and, where applicable, to affiliate institutions or collaborating
organizations. These charts should clearly detail the lines of
authority as they relate to the center or the project, both
structurally and operationally. ICRC's should report to an appropriate
organizational level (e.g. dean of a school, vice president of a
university, or commissioner of health), demonstrating strong
institution-wide support of ICRC activity and ensuring oversight of the
process of interdisciplinary activity.
f. Documentation of the involved public health agencies and other
public and private sector entities to be involved in the proposed
program, including letters that detail commitments of support and a
clear statement of the role, activities, and participating personnel of
each agency or entity.
An applicant organization has the option of having specific salary
and fringe benefit amounts for individuals omitted from the copies of
the application which are made available to outside reviewing groups.
To exercise this option: on the original and five copies of the
application, the applicant must use asterisks to indicate those
individuals for whom salaries and fringe benefits are not shown; the
subtotals must still be shown. In addition, the applicant must submit
an additional copy of page four of Form PHS-398, completed in full,
with the asterisks replaced by the salaries and fringe benefits. This
budget page will be reserved for internal staff use only.
F. Submission and Deadline
Submit the original and five copies of PHS 398 (OMB Number 0925-
0001) and adhere to the instructions on the Errata Instruction sheet
for PHS 398). Forms are in the application kit.
On or before November 12, 1998, submit to: Lisa T. Garbarino,
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and
Grants Office, Announcement #99014, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Room 300, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30305-2209.
Applications shall be considered as meeting the deadline if they
are received at the above address on or before the deadline date; or
sent on or before the deadline date, and received in time for the
review process. Applicants should request a legibly dated U.S. Postal
Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial
carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks shall not
be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.
G. Evaluation Criteria
Upon receipt, applications will be reviewed by CDC staff for
completeness and responsiveness as outlined under the previous heading
Program Requirements. Incomplete applications and applications that are
not responsive will be returned to the applicant without further
consideration.
Applications which are complete and responsive may be subjected to
a preliminary evaluation (triage) by the Injury Research Grants Review
Committee (IRGRC) to determine if the application is of sufficient
technical and scientific merit to warrant further review by the IRGRC;
CDC will withdraw from further consideration applications judged to be
noncompetitive and promptly notify the principal investigator/program
director and the official signing for the applicant organization. Those
applications judged to be competitive will be further evaluated by a
dual review process.
Awards will be made based on priority scores assigned to
applications by the IRGRC, programmatic priorities and needs determined
by a secondary review committee (the Advisory Committee for Injury
Prevention and Control), and the availability of funds.
1. Review by the Injury Research Grants Review Committee (IRGRC)
Peer review of ICRC grant applications will be conducted by the
IRGRC, which may recommend the application for further consideration or
not for further consideration. As a part of the review process,
applicants may be asked to travel to CDC for a meeting with the
committee.
Factors to be considered by IRGRC include:
a. The specific aims of the application, e.g., the long-term
objectives and intended accomplishments.
b. The scientific and technical merit of the overall application,
including the significance and originality (e.g., new topic, new
method, new approach in a new population, or advancing understanding of
the problem) of the proposed research.
c. The extent to which the evaluation plan will allow for the
measurement of progress toward the achievement of stated objectives.
d. Qualifications, adequacy, and appropriateness of personnel to
accomplish the proposed activities.
e. The soundness of the proposed budget in terms of adequacy of
resources and their allocation.
f. The extent of consultation, technical assistance, and training
in identifying, implementing, and/or evaluating intervention/control
measures that will be provided to public and private agencies and
institutions, with emphasis on State and local health departments.
g. Details of progress made in the application if the applicant is
submitting a re-competing application. Documented examples of success
[[Page 46796]]
include: development of pilot projects; completion of high quality
research projects; publication of findings in peer reviewed scientific
and technical journals; number of professionals trained; provision of
consultation and technical assistance; integration of disciplines;
translation of research into implementation; impact on injury control
outcomes including legislation, regulation, treatment, and behavior
modification interventions.
2. Review by CDC Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control
(ACIPC)
Factors to be considered by ACIPC include:
a. The results of the peer review.
b. The significance of the proposed activities as they relate to
national program priorities and the achievement of national objectives.
c. National and programmatic needs and geographic balance.
d. Overall distribution of the thematic focus of competing
applications; the nationally comprehensive balance of the program in
addressing the three phases of injury control (prevention, acute care,
and rehabilitation); the control of injury among populations who are at
increased risk, including racial/ethnic minority groups, the elderly
and children; the major causes of intentional and unintentional injury;
and the major disciplines of injury control (such as biomechanics and
epidemiology).
e. Budgetary considerations, the ACIPC will establish annual
funding levels as detailed under the heading, Availability of Funds.
3. Applications for Supplemental Funding for Existing CDC Injury
Centers
Existing CDC Injury Centers may submit an application for
supplemental awards to support research work or activities.
Applications should be clearly labeled to denote their status as
requesting supplemental funding support. These applications will be
reviewed by the IRGRC and the ACIPC.
4. Continued Funding
Continuation awards within the project period will be made on the
basis of the availability of funds and the following criteria:
a. The accomplishments of the current budget period show that the
applicant's objectives as prescribed in the yearly work plans are being
met;
b. The objectives for the new budget period are realistic,
specific, and measurable;
c. The methods described will clearly lead to achievement of these
objectives;
d. The evaluation plan allows management to monitor whether the
methods are effective by having clearly defined process, impact, and
outcome objectives, and the applicant demonstrates progress in
implementing the evaluation plan;
e. The budget request is clearly explained, adequately justified,
reasonable, and consistent with the intended use of grant funds; and
f. Progress has been made in developing cooperative and
collaborative relationships with injury surveillance and control
programs implemented by State and local governments and private sector
organizations.
H. Other Requirements
Technical Reporting Requirements
Provide CDC with original plus two copies of:
1. Progress report annually;
2. Financial status report, no more than 90 days after the end of
the budget period; and
3. Final financial status report and performance report, no more
than 90 days after the end of the project period.
Send all reports to: Lisa T. Garbarino, Grants Management
Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Room 300, 255 East
Paces Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305-2209.
The following additional requirements are applicable to this
program. For a complete description of each see Addendum 1 in the
application kit.
AR98-1--Human Subjects Certification
AR98-2--Requirements for inclusion of Women and Racial and Ethnic
Minorities in Research
AR98-9--Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements
AR98-10--Smoke-Free Workplace Requirement
AR98-11--Healthy People 2000
AR98-12--Lobbying Restrictions
AR98-13--Prohibition on Use of CDC funds for Certain Gun Control
Activities
AR98-20--Conference Activities within Grants/Cooperative Agreements
I. Authority and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
This program is authorized under Sections 301, 391, 392, 393, and
394 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241, 280b, 280b-1,
280b-1a, and 280b-2], as amended. Program regulations are set forth in
42 CFR Part 52. The catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is
93.136.
J. Where to Obtain Additional Information
To receive additional written information and to request an
application kit, call 1-888-GRANTS4 (1-888-472-6874). You will be asked
to leave your name and address and will be instructed to identify the
Announcement number of interest. A complete program description and
information on application procedures are contained in the application
package.
If you have questions after reviewing the contents of all the
documents, business management technical assistance may be obtained
from Lisa T. Garbarino, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Mailstop E-13,
Atlanta, GA 30305, telephone (404) 842-6796 or Internet address:
lgt1@cdc.gov.
Programmatic technical assistance may be obtained from Tom
Voglesonger, Office of Research Grants, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K-58, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724,
telephone (770) 488-4265 or Internet address: tdv1@cdc.gov.
See also the CDC home page on the Internet: http://www.cdc.gov
Please refer to Announcement 99014 when requesting information and
submitting an application.
Dated: August 27, 1998.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-23624 Filed 9-1-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
