A new faculty member told me that he has heard that NIH has a mechanism
through which they can award funds for a multi-institutional project
directly to each participating institution, similar to the NSF
Collaborative award mechanism. I have searched the NIH GPS and 398
information and do not see any evidence of this type of program. This is
for R-series awards (R01s).

This PI is trying to to avoid subcontracting, and if NIH would award each
piece to each participating organization, that would definitely avoid
subcontracting; but I see no evidence that they will do this.

Has anyone heard anything about NIH granting awards in this manner?

Thanks!

Alexia Lewis
Sr. Grants Specialist
University of Florida
Office of Engineering Research
343 Weil Hall, Box 116550
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-392-9448 ext. 4
Fax: 352-846-1371
http://www.eng.ufl.edu/home/oer/

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