NIAMS Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centers (P30) | RFA AR 19 001

Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA AR 19 001

The NIAMS Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centers (P30) funding opportunity (RFA-AR-19-001) is an NIH discretionary grant program designed to strengthen and expand shared research infrastructure for investigators working in skin biology and skin diseases within the mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Rather than funding individual hypothesis-driven research projects directly, this mechanism supports the creation or enhancement of centralized, resource-based centers that offer shared facilities, services, and specialized resources. The core idea is to make it easier for multiple research teams to do high-quality work by providing common tools and expertise in a coordinated way, improving efficiency, consistency, and access to capabilities that would be difficult or expensive for individual labs to maintain on their own.

The main purpose of these P30 centers is to accelerate and elevate ongoing basic, translational, and clinical research related to skin, while also helping to spark new research directions that align with NIAMS priorities. In practice, an awarded center is expected to function as an enabling hub: it can support investigators with independently funded projects (for example, NIH R01s or other peer-reviewed awards) as well as facilitate collaborative efforts by providing shared cores, standardized methods, consultative expertise, and streamlined access to specialized instrumentation or resources. The program emphasizes that these shared capabilities should allow researchers to conduct their work more effectively, more efficiently, or both, ultimately increasing the overall impact and productivity of skin-related research across the participating community of investigators.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations. Applicants may include public and private institutions of higher education, state and local governments, special district governments, independent school districts, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and tribal organizations that are not federally recognized. The opportunity is also open to nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. In addition, NIAMS explicitly highlights eligibility for a range of institution types such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), along with faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, there are clear restrictions on non-U.S. applicants. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and non-U.S. institutions are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. However, foreign components are allowed if they meet the NIH definition in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, meaning a U.S. applicant organization may be able to include certain foreign elements in the proposed work when justified and compliant with NIH policy.

From an administrative and funding standpoint, this is a grant mechanism under the health funding activity category (CFDA 93.846) administered by the National Institutes of Health. The source data lists an award ceiling of $500,000. The original closing date shown is June 11, 2018, with a creation date of February 8, 2018, indicating this specific announcement cycle is historical, though the summary still reflects how NIAMS structures and describes this type of P30 resource center program.

In plain terms, NIAMS is looking to invest in shared, center-based infrastructure that helps groups of skin researchers do better work faster, with higher rigor and broader reach, by pooling resources into an organized center that serves a community of investigators and strengthens the overall skin research ecosystem aligned with NIAMS priorities.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIAMS Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centers (P30)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.846.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-02-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-06-11. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• 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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