NIH Announces Availability of Funding for Simulation in $1bn Stimulus Bill

Fri, 04/24/2009 - 7:59am — OSA Moderator

 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that simulation facilities for training health care providers and researchers will be eligible for funding from the $1 billion Congress appropriated in the stimulus bill (The Recovery Act) to NIH for grants and contracts to construct, repair, or renovate existing research facilities.

NIH's inclusion of simulation centers as being eligible for this funding will provide a tremendous opportunity for the development of new simulation centers, as well as the enhancement of existing centers.

The NIH Request for Applications specifically identifies simulation facilities as being eligible for this Recovery Act funding, by identifying the following as a possible use of funds:  "Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create simulation facilities for training health care providers and researchers."

Highlights of the requirements for this grant program include:

  • Funds are available to make major alterations and renovations to existing facilities, add to existing facilities, complete uninhabitable shell space in existing facilities, or construct new facilities.
  • Applications with little or no effect on American jobs are not likely to be funded.
  • Green/sustainable technologies and design approaches shall be employed, when possible.
  • Grant applications are encouraged from biomedical research institutions to improve biomedical research and/or animal facilities.
  • Grants for renovating or repairing core facilities can range from $1 million to $5 million.
  • Major alterations and renovations are defined as those that exceed $500,000. 

The following dates apply to this Request for Applications:

  • April 6, 2009--Opening Date
  • May 6, 2009--Application due date for projects between $2M and $5M
  • June 17, 2009--Application due date for projects between $10M and $15M
  • July 17, 2009--Applications due date for projects between $5M and $10M

Click below for the Request for Applications Number:  RFA-RR-09-008
 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html