NIH Challenge Grants -- New Information for OBSSR Challenge Topics

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health New Information http://obssr.od.nih.gov/recovery/index.aspx

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has posted on its HomePage Specific Challenge Topics that OBSSR developed and the NIH Institutes/Centers participating in each topic. Be sure to review this information for the complete list of participating Institutes/Centers. Applications must be relevant to at least one of the participating Institutes/Centers listed on the OBSSR HomePage. See the above provided URL. For questions about Specific Challenge Topics, see the contact persons posted on the OBSSR HomePage. We will do our best to refer you to the appropriate individuals at the participating NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). For general information on OBSSR’s implementation of NIH Challenge Grants, contact:

Deborah H. Olster, Ph.D. Deputy Director Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) National Institutes of Health 301-402-1147 olsterd@od.nih.gov

CONTACT PERSONS: In yesterday’s email, we provided the contact information for Sally A. Amero at the Center for Scientific Review in regard to Scoring, Review, and Appeals. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT HER REGARDING RESEARCH TOPICS. For Research Topics, contact the individuals listed under the topics at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/Omnibus.pdf or at http://obssr.od.nih.gov/recovery/index.aspx The application due date is April 27, 2009.