This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from institutions that propose to expand, remodel, renovate or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective of this FOA is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of Public Health Service-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of improving non-Federal basic research, clinical research, and animal facilities to meet the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution. Since the funds for this FOA come from the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recover Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5, it is expected that all awards will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider green/sustainable technologies and design approaches. Awards are expected to create and/or maintain American jobs.

The complete solicitation can be found online for review.

Please submit the following materials electronically to limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu no later than 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2 (to allow for the first deadline in May):

1. Dean's or Dean Designate’s Letter of Nomination
2. 2. One page maximum lay abstract describing the aims of the proposed research project.
3. 3. The bio sketch of the UT PI

** The Associate Deans for Research should rank the applications accordingly and submit all applications forward.

Provost Steven Leslie: These are the programs selected for full submission:

• Neuroscience Laboratory Finish-out - Dr. Rick Aldrich
• Build-out of the 6th floor of the NHB - Dean Mary Ann Rankin
• Shell Space within the Biomedical Engineering Building (BME) South Expansion Project - Dedicated research laboratory space for pharmacy faculty - Dean Lynn Crismon