The R29 mechanism has been retired -- but those awarded prior to the announcement continue until their project period ends.  We have a couple in year 04 and 05 of a 5 year award.  Thus, it still shows up as a funding mechanism.

FYI: The primary reason for the elimination of the FIRST program was that NIH thouhg that new investigators submitting R01s did and would continue to do as well as those submitting R29s.  NIH also revised the face page to add a "new investigator" check off.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Hibbard [mailto:xxxxxx@KGI.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:58 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] NIH FIRST awards

Hello all-
I have a postdoc who asked me to search out funding opportunities, and she
specified the R29 FIRST award as one she is interested in.  I did some
searching and found seemingly conflicting information.  A notice from Dec
1997 (http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not97-238.html)
states that NIH will no longer be accepting proposals under R29 (effective
June 1998) and suggest using the R01 mechanism for new investigators.
However, a 2002 activity codes list has R29 as a currently active code.  Am
I misinterpreting this information?  If anyone can give me a heads-up I
would appreciate it.
Thanks,
-Amy

"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't
read them."
 -Mark Twain

Amy Hibbard
Grants Administrator
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711
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