ACTSI-related ARRA Supplements

Two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) supplements submitted by the ACTSI were recommended for funding by NCRR. Supplement funding was awarded to two ACTSI programs, the Community Engagement & Research Program (CERP) and the Translational Technologies & Resources (TTR) program.

Dr. Michelle Kegler, CERP co-program director, will serve as the PI for the Administrative Supplement for Collaborative Community Engagement Research. The supplement will increase CERP mini-grant funding from $4,000 to $30,000 over two years and fund training for grantee community organizations. Training for faculty interested in community-based research will also be supported through the ARRA supplement. Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, TTR program director, will serve as the PI for the Administrative Supplement to Advance Translational (T1 & T2) Research. The supplement will expand collaborative work between the Center for Systems Imaging and Yerkes National Primate Research Center and benefit shared instrumentation grants. The supplement funds will be used for infrastructure and offer themes, resources, and personnel to translational investigators.

Morehouse School of Medicine's Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) was awarded supplements to fund an expanded investigator training program, a fellow faculty program, and a training program collaboration with Stanford. TTR advisory committee member, Dr. Craig Bond's three ARRA submissions were also funded. To get up to date information on ARRA funding please visit http://report.nih.gov/recovery/index.aspx.