Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism (INIA) Consortia Administrative Resource Core (U24) | RFA AA 16 006

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The Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism (INIA) Consortia Administrative Resource Core (U24), Funding Opportunity Number RFA-AA-16-006, is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) cooperative agreement designed to support the administrative backbone of two INIA research consortia focused on alcoholism and alcohol-related neuroscience. Rather than funding stand-alone research projects directly under this specific announcement, the FOA is aimed at establishing and operating an administrative core that helps a multi-site, multi-project consortium function effectively. The activity category is Health (CFDA 93.273), and the mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means NIH will have substantial programmatic involvement alongside awardees in planning, coordination, and oversight compared with a traditional grant.

The central purpose of this opportunity is to fund an Administrative Resource Core that can coordinate consortium-wide operations, facilitate communication across participating investigators and institutions, and support the day-to-day infrastructure needed to run a complex collaborative program. In practical terms, an administrative core under a U24 mechanism typically handles functions like organizing steering committee and working group meetings, maintaining shared timelines and deliverables, coordinating reporting requirements, supporting policies for collaboration and data/resource sharing, and helping the consortium align scientific activities across projects so that the overall program produces integrated outcomes rather than isolated findings. This FOA explicitly points applicants to companion announcements for the research and other core components that make up the full INIA consortium structure: the research project applications use a U01 mechanism (RFA-AA-16-004), and other resource core applications use a separate U24 announcement (RFA-AA-16-005). The administrative core in RFA-AA-16-006 is therefore best understood as the coordinating hub that supports those research projects and resource cores as part of a unified consortium effort.

Eligibility is broad across U.S.-based organizational types, which is consistent with many NIH opportunities, and includes state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments. Higher education institutions are eligible, including public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education. A range of organizational structures can apply, including nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses, as well as other eligible entities. The FOA also calls out additional eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, the announcement clearly restricts foreign participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible. In addition, foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed. In other words, this program is intended to be carried out entirely within eligible U.S. organizational structures without foreign components.

The FOA was created on September 17, 2015, and had an original closing date of March 10, 2016. It anticipated making two awards. No specific award ceiling is listed in the provided source text, which sometimes indicates that budgets are determined based on the scope of work proposed and NIH programmatic considerations rather than a fixed published cap in the summary.

Overall, this opportunity is best summarized as NIH support for the central administrative and coordinating infrastructure of INIA consortia work on alcoholism neuroscience. Applicants are expected to propose a strong operational plan for managing consortium activities, enabling collaboration across multiple projects and cores, and ensuring that the program runs smoothly and meets NIH expectations for cooperative, integrated science.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism (INIA) Consortia Administrative Resource Core (U24)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.273.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-03-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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