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The AMERICAN RECOVERY REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 How will the Stimulus Bill affect KUMC Overview from 2

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The AMERICAN RECOVERY REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 How will the Stimulus Bill affect KUMC Overview from 2

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    1. The AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 How will the Stimulus Bill affect KUMC? (Overview from 2/27/09 and updates) Gregory S. Kopf, Ph.D. Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration Executive Director, KUMC Research Institute

    3. Outline of Today’s Discussion

    4. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) $39.9 billion total in FY 09

    5. $10.4 billion (FY 08: $29.6 billion). The final bill allocates $7.4 billion to be distributed proportionally among the NIH’s institutes and centers (ICs) through the Office of the Director (OD) to fund intramural and extramural research. With NIH success rates running below 20 percent for grant competitions, the hope is for NIH to distribute these funds through regular, already scheduled grant review cycles without sacrificing quality. Another $800 million would remain in the Office of the Director, with priority given for 2-year, short-term special research grants to be awarded competitively. NIH also receives $500 million for intramural construction in the Buildings and Facilities account, and $1.0 billion for competitively awarded extramural grants through a dormant National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) program that last received $30 million in FY 2005, exclusively for the repair and modernization of existing academic research facilities. Another $300 million for NCRR would provide competitive awards for instrumentation and other capital equipment for research. And the final stimulus bill also gives NIH $400 million to be transferred from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for 'health care comparative effectiveness research.' The enormous stimulus appropriation would give NIH a total FY 2009 budget of $39.9 billion, a total that could go even higher in final FY 2009 appropriations.

    6. Focus of NIH Scientific Activity Recently peer reviewed, highly meritorious R01s and similar mechanisms (R21) capable of making significant advances in 2 years (in reality less than 18 months) Funding of new R01s that have a reasonable expectation of making progress in 2 years Accelerate the tempo of ongoing science through targeted supplements to current grants to expand scope and/or infrastructure (e.g., equipment) that will be used in the 2 year availability of these funds Support of a reasonable number of awards to jump start the new NIH Challenge Grant program Funds not to be used to restore cuts in existing grants NIH will obligate all of the funds as soon as possible. All funds (with the exception of NCRR renovation/construction and Challenge Grants) must be spent by Sept. 30, 2010

    7. Focus of NIH Scientific Activity (con’t) No set asides for SBIR and STTR awards in legislation Centers/Institutes individually could initiate programs in support of these funding mechanisms As of 3/12/09 Programs still in continuing resolution with a March 20, 2009 deadline House and Senate at odds on length of continuing resolution Argument regarding whether the Small Business Administration should permit VC-backed businesses to be able to fully participate in the SBIR program NIH stating that there are not enough high quality SBIR proposals to fund with ARRA dollars before the expiration date so they are trying to exempt the SBIR/STTR programs from ARRA stimulus funding NIH states that it may use some ARRA monies for this program where appropriate and that small businesses can apply for Challenge Grants Undetermined whether K awards would be impacted in this legislation Discussion as to whether training grants would increase No “Buy American” clause in grants/equipment programs

    8. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    9. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    10. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    11. Challenge Grants (Updated Information)

    12. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    13. NIH Stimulus Funds for Renovation, Repairs, New Construction (Updated Information)

    14. NIH Stimulus Funds for Renovation, Repairs, New Construction (Updated Information)

    15. WEBINAR  Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST Location: School of Nursing B018 Web Seminar regarding application process for RFA-RR-09-007 (Core facilities improvement projects) and RFA-RR-09-008 (Construction, renovation and repair improvement projects) Notice Number: NOT-RR-09-009 Issued by National Center for Research Resources (NCRR, http://www.ncrr.nih.gov) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA” or “Recovery Act”), Pub. L. No. 111-5, appropriates $1B for grants or contracts under section 481A of the Public Health Service Act to construct, repair or renovate existing non-Federal research facilities.  Two related FOAs for construction, renovations and repairs to extramural facilities have been released in response to the Recovery Act. The purpose of this notice is to inform the biomedical and behavioral research community that a Web Seminar will be conducted regarding the application process for RFA-RR-09-007 (Core facilities improvement projects) and RFA-RR-09-008 (Construction, renovation and repair improvement projects).  The Web Seminar specifics are: This Web Seminar will provide technical assistance in the preparation of construction and core facilities improvement applications. Date and Time: 03/16/2009, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM (EST) URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/g20c06rfas/ Access: Anyone who has the URL for the meeting can enter the room Telephony Information: Conference Number(s): 1-800-256-1922; Participant Code: 447142 Inquiries Direct Inquiries to: Willie D. McCullough, Ph.D. Division of Research Infrastructure National Center for Research Resources Democracy One, Room 940 6701 Democracy Boulevard Bethesda, MD 20892-4874 Telephone: (301) 435-0766 Fax: (301) 480-3770 Email: mccullow@mail.nih.gov 

    16. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    17. NIH Stimulus Funds for Instrumentation (Updated Information)

    18. NIH Stimulus Funds for Instrumentation (Updated Information)

    20. NIH Stimulus Funds for Instrumentation

    21. Detailed Breakdown of NIH Stimulus Dollars

    22. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

    23. OMB Guidance on Economic Recovery Funds The Office of Management and Budget on February 18 issued initial implementation guidance to the federal agencies on spending the economic recovery funds http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-10.pdf NIH and NSF plans for use of funds will need to be reviewed and approved by OMB Unprecedented oversight when these funds are used (see page 14 of the OMB guidance document)

    24. OMB Guidance on Economic Recovery Funds (con’t)   " As required by Section 1512 of the Recovery Act and this guidance, each recipient, as described above, is required to report the following information to the Federal agency providing the award 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter, starting on July 10th. These reports will include the following data elements, as prescribed by the Recovery Act: The total amount of recovery funds received from that agency The amount of recovery funds received that were obligated and expended to projects or activities.  This reporting will also included unobligated Allotment balances to facilitate reconciliations. A detailed list of all projects or activities for which recovery funds were obligated and expended, including: The name of the project or activity A description of the project or activity An evaluation of the completion status of the project or activity; An estimate of the number of jobs created and the number of jobs retained by the project or activity For infrastructure investments made by State and local governments, the purpose, total cost, and rationale of the agency for funding the infrastructure investment with funds made available under this Act, and name of the person to contact at the agency if there are concerns with the infrastructure investment. Detailed information on any subcontracts or subgrants awarded by the recipient to include the data elements required to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-282), allowing aggregate reporting on awards below $25,000 or to individuals, as prescribed by the Director of OMB.” 

    25. General Guidance and Comments Funds obligated until Sept. 30, 2010 and then will disappear Dollars not spent will be returned Dollars do not impact the future baseline budgets Do not make any assumptions about FY11 funding FY09 budget (continuing resolution) just passed by House- request of $30.3 B for NIH, an increase of $938M (3.2% increase) Very strong oversight-we need to meet all requirements and deadlines or we will be out of compliance with OMB, section 1512 Emphasis on creating/retaining jobs and economic impact-need clear documentation No carryover or no cost extensions If you don’t think you can put together a proposal in which you spend all of the dollars by Sept. 30, 2010, do not apply

    26. General Guidance and Comments (con’t) NSF may only look at proposals in their portfolio after 10/1/2008 NSF considering awards going out longer than 2 years Recovery.gov will likely be the site for data recovery Anticipated awards would start in 30-90 days Anticipated Timelines March 3, 2009 Federal agencies to begin reporting use of funds May 3, 2009 Make performance plans publicly available; Begin reporting on their allocations of entitlement programs May 15, 2009 Detailed agency financial reports to become available May 20, 2009 Begin reporting their competitive programs and contracts July 15, 2009 Recipient of federal funding to begin reporting their use of funds

    27. What Investigators Can Do Now Investigators should express gratitude to Congress and ensure the prudent use of these funds Contact your respective program officers for information and updates and maintain a dialog Scan recovery.gov for NIH RFAs (the RI will be scanning this and other sites on a daily basis) Scan NSF sites (nsf.gov; policy@nsf.gov) If you had submitted a grant in 1-4Q08 and 1Q09 and it received a score in the 25th percentile or less but is unlikely to be funded by criteria pre-Stimulus: rework a viable research plan with milestones that will be completed by 9/30/10 rework a detailed budget (no modular budgets allowed) to accommodate research plan heavy emphasis on creating / retaining jobs

    28. What Investigators Can Do Now (con’t) Those investigators receiving lower scores should not consider themselves out of competition for this stimulus money and should plan accordingly Start planning for new R01 applications that have a reasonable expectation of making progress in the 2 year timeframe Think about whether your existing award could benefit from a targeted supplement (e.g., to expand current research award; additional infrastructure support-equipment) and develop a plan When planning any grant give strong consideration to and document the jobs created/retained with these stimulus dollars Investigators considering applying for large equipment purchases (through the NCRR) should FIRST provide a description of the item, vendor, cost, and short rationale for application to either Greg Kopf or Paul Terranova before putting together a full application as an institution we will need to develop a strategic plan for these purchases to ensure that we submit a balanced portfolio of requests aligned with our mission

    29. QUESTIONS FROM 2/27/09 TOWN HALL Will non-resident individuals currently on visas be allowed on the grant application? Still checking Will grants that were scored but not funded be re-evaluated under the stimulus plan? Yes If a parent grant is supplemented with stimulus dollars, will the “no-carry-over” provision apply towards the entire grant or just towards the supplemental monies? This just applies to the supplemental funds For example, a graduate student who is hired as a research assistant, will this be considered as a new job created under the stimulus plan? No it will be considered a retained position What is the timeframe in which grants will be reviewed? Will applications submitted in the first cycle of FY ‘09 be considered? Variable; depends on the RFA Challenge Grants 3 mos. Other types may take longer up to 5 mos.

    30. QUESTIONS FROM 2/27/09 TOWN HALL (con’t) With an emphasis on job retention, how strong of an explanation will be required with respect to continuation of positions created under the stimulus plan after September 30, 2010? Still checking Will geographical region factor into how grant applications will be reviewed? Ask whether preference to IDEA stated Will new jobs (e.g., grant administrators) be created to provide oversight of the new stimulus plan? Still checking We are waiting to hear back from the OMB as to whether administrative costs can be put in the budget Will existing grant submissions for equipment for considered under the new stimulus plan? No, unless contacted by program officer to be eligible for the program funds

    32. Additional Slides

    33. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) $9 billion total in FY09

    34. $2.0 billion would go to research grants distributed through NSF’s regular peer review process, and this will largely be to award grant applications already peer-reviewed and deemed of high quality but that could not be due to lack of funds. The bill would also provide $300 million to the Major Research Instrumentation program of competitively awarded instrumentation grants for university researchers, and $200 million to restart the Academic Research Infrastructure program, for competitively awarded laboratory construction grants, primarily for universities. The $100 million education and human resources appropriation would provide $60 million to the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Pro, $25 million to the Math and Science Partnerships program, and $15 million to a new Professional Masters Science Program authorized in the America COMPETES Act. Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction spending of $400 million  would accelerate the construction of major research facilities with unique capabilities at the cutting edge of science.

    35. Detailed Breakdown of NSF Stimulus Dollars

    36. There would be $1.6 billion (FY 08: $4.0 billion) for a mix of extramural basic research, DOE laboratory research, facilities upgrades and construction, and advanced scientific computing. The stimulus appropriation combined with the regular appropriation could leave DOE OS with a FY 2009 budget of $6.0 billion or higher, well above the $5.3 billion authorized for FY 2009 in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 and thus on a track to double over a decade. In addition to the Science funding, the stimulus bill also provides $400 million to start up the ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy), authorized in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 but never appropriated until now.

    37. $1.0 billion in the final stimulus bill (FY 08: $17.2 billion). The bill provides $400 million for the Science portfolio of earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, and astrophysics, to accelerate the development and launch of key earth science climate research missions highlighted in a 2007 National Academies Decadal Study as being critical to future U.S. climate research and requiring extra funds to stay on track. There would also be $150 million in stimulus funding for aeronautics research, and funding ($50 million) to reimburse NASA for construction and repair costs associated with 2008 natural disasters. The final bill also contains $400 million in development funding to Constellation Systems to narrow the looming gap in U.S. human space flight capabilities between the 2010 retirement of the Space Shuttle and the 2015 launch of its replacement.

    38. Other R&D funding agencies receiving funding in the stimulus bills include: the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), $176 million for deferred maintenance work at USDA laboratories; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Commerce, $830 million for (non-R&D) habitat and fisheries restoration projects and (non-R&D) acquisition and development of NOAA satellites and sensors, although some of these satellites will eventually be used for climate research and climate modeling; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Interior, $140 million for repair and restoration of science facilities and laboratory equipment for USGS’ nationwide network of federal laboratories; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), $1.1 billion in both the House and Senate for health care comparative effectiveness research divided between a $400 million transfer to NIH (already included in NIH totals above), a $400 million transfer to the Office of the HHS Secretary, and $300 million for AHRQ.

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