See also FedGrants Federal Funding Opportunity No. RFA-FDA-CFSAN-2006-2
National Center
for Natural Products Research August 29, 2006; and
Single Source Cooperative Agreement; Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number 93.103 (Full Announcement, August 25, 2006).
[Federal Register: August 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 165)]
[Notices]
[Page 50434-50435]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
National Center for Natural Products Research, University of
Mississippi; Single Source Cooperative Agreement; Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number 93.103; Request for Application
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its intention
to receive and consider a single source competing continuation
application for the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year (FY
2006) to the University of Mississippi (UM) to support the National
Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR), which is located on UM's
Campus at Oxford, MS, for up to $2.3 million for FY06 (direct plus
indirect costs combined), the total amount being subject to annual
budget appropriations. The funds will provide additional support to the
UM's NCNPR for the purpose of promoting more efficient development and
dissemination of natural products research and science and will
complement the diverse activities of both the public and private
sectors that may become collaborators.
Subject to the availability of Federal funds and successful
performance, 4 additional years of support will be available. FDA will
support the research covered by this notice under the authority of
section 301 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 241).
FDA's research program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance No.93.103. Before entering into cooperative agreements, FDA
carefully considers the benefits such agreements will provide to the
public.
II. Eligibility Information
FDA believes that there is compelling evidence that UM is uniquely
qualified to fulfill the objectives of the proposed cooperative
agreement. UM is a comprehensive research institution with numerous
academic programs relevant to FDA's mission and the resources to
support the Center for Food Safety and Nutrition's (CFSAN's) areas of
interest.
NCNPR, which opened in July 1995, is a division of the Research
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of UM's School of Pharmacy. NCNPR
was created to bring together an alliance of academia, government, and
industry to integrate research, development, and commercialization of
potentially useful natural products.
The goal of NCNPR in botanical dietary supplements is to enable
safe, effective, and proper use of high quality botanical products by
informed professionals and consumers. NCNPR conducts basic and applied
multidisciplinary research to discover and develop natural products for
use as dietary supplements. NCNPR also maintains a repository of
several thousand natural product extracts that are available for
screening by collaborators working in other areas.
NCNPR has substantial expertise to carry forward specific
discoveries, products, and technologies. Most of the projects to
develop promising high priority products or technology are conducted in
collaboration with industrial partners or through externally funded
grants and contract. NCNPR is staffed with a highly synergistic mix of
full-time research faculty and support staff and employs a number of
undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scientists.
Together, the faculty, scientists, staff, students, and external
collaborators, provide the human resources required to accomplish the
research and development goals of NCNPR.
Collaboration between the public and private sector is an efficient
means for both FDA and the University to remain current with scientific
and technical accomplishments from a natural products research
perspective. Harmonizing research activities is but one example of the
need for and use of this natural products research knowledge and
expertise. The partnership between FDA and UM will provide both the
technical and educational expertise necessary for effective mechanisms
that will facilitate the movement of new technology and provide direct
usefulness to FDA's scientific and enforcement initiatives.
As of October 1, 2003, applicants are required to have a Dun and
Bradstreet Number (DUNS) to apply for a grant or cooperative agreement
from the Federal Government. The DUNS number is a 9-digit
identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities.
Obtaining a DUNS number is easy and there is no charge. To obtain a
DUNS number, applicants should go to http://www.grants.gov/RequestaDUNS
or call 1-866-705-5711. (FDA has verified the Web site address, but FDA
is not responsible for any subsequent changes to the Web site after
this document publishes in the Federal Register.)
III. Application and Submission
To comply with the President's Management Agenda, HHS is
participating as a partner in the new government-wide Grants.gov Web
site. Users of Grants.gov will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit
the application via the Grants.gov Web site. We encourage applicant
submission through Grants.gov. If submitted other than electronically,
please contact Gladys M. Bohler for guidance (see contact
[[Page 50435]]
information in the paragraph that follows).
For further information contact Gladys M. Bohler, Grants Management
Specialist, Division of Contracts and Grants Management (HFA-500), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-
827-7168, e-mail: Gladys.Melendez_Bohler@fda.hhs.gov. A copy of the
complete Request for Applications (RFA) can also be viewed on FDA's
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Web site at
http://www.foodsafety.gov/nfsg/fsggrant.html
(FDA has verified the Web site and
its address but we are not responsible for changes to the Web site or
its address after this document publishes in the Federal Register.)
IV. Submission Dates and Times
The application receipt date is September 25, 2006. The application
will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday until
the established receipt date. The application will be considered
received on time if hand delivered to the address noted previously (see
section III of this document) before the established receipt date, or
sent or mailed by the receipt date as shown by a legible U.S. Postal
Service dated postmark or a legible dated receipt from a commercial
carrier. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of
timely mailing. If not received on time the application will not be
considered for review and will be returned to the applicant.
(Applicants should note the U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly
provide dated postmarks. Before relying on this method, applicants
should check with their local post office). Please do not send
applications to the Center for Scientific Research (CSR) at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Any application sent to NIH/CSR
that is forwarded to the FDA Grants Management Office and not received
in time for orderly processing will be judged non-responsive and
returned to the applicant. Currently, FDA is unable to receive
applications electronically. The applicant is advised that FDA does not
adhere to the page limitations or the type size and line spacing
requirements imposed by NIH for its applications.
Dated: August 18, 2006.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. E6-14109 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-01-S
See also FedGrants Federal Funding Opportunity No. RFA-FDA-CFSAN-2006-2
National Center
for Natural Products Research August 29, 2006; and
Single Source Cooperative Agreement; Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number 93.103 (Full Announcement, August 25, 2006).
