Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA HD 22 013

Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA HD 22 013

The Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA HD 22 013; CFDA 93.865) designed to strengthen and expand the research infrastructure that supports population dynamics research. The core purpose of the program is not to fund a single stand-alone research study, but to invest in the shared capabilities, services, and environments that make an entire research community more productive and innovative. In practical terms, the FOA emphasizes building capacity that increases research impact, improves efficiency of research support, and helps cultivate the next generation of scientists, particularly by developing and supporting junior investigators working in population dynamics.

This program is explicitly focused on research infrastructure and center-like resources that can raise overall scientific output and accelerate advances across multiple projects and investigators. The description highlights several intended outcomes: increasing research impact (so the work produced has broader influence and reach), promoting innovation (encouraging new ideas, methods, and approaches in population dynamics), boosting productivity (helping researchers produce more and better science with the same or fewer resources), developing junior scientists (through mentorship, training support, or structured career development embedded in the center environment), and maximizing the efficiency of research support (through shared cores, centralized expertise, improved coordination, and reduced duplication of effort). The “Clinical Trial Not Allowed” designation means applications should not propose clinical trials as part of the supported activities, aligning the program with infrastructure and non-trial research support functions rather than interventional clinical testing.

Eligibility is broad across U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments. The FOA also allows nonprofit organizations, whether they have 501(c)(3) status or not (so long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories), and it permits for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) as well as small businesses. The opportunity also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant types, including 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, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (other than federally recognized), and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, the FOA places clear limits on foreign participation at the applicant and component levels. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. In addition, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply, and foreign components, as defined under the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed. Taken together, those restrictions mean the applicant organization and the work supported under the award must remain domestic, without foreign components included as part of the proposed center infrastructure.

Key administrative details included in the source information are the NIH as the funding agency, the grant as the funding instrument type, and the activity category listed as Health, Income Security and Social Services. The original closing date is shown as July 29, 2021, and the record creation date is April 13, 2021. The source excerpt does not provide an award ceiling or expected number of awards, indicating those fields were not specified in the provided data. Overall, the program can be understood as an NIH investment in the people, platforms, and shared support structures that enable high-quality population dynamics research to scale, remain cutting-edge, and more effectively train and sustain junior scientists, while staying within a non-clinical-trial scope and domestic-only participation rules.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2022 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.865.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-04-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-07-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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