I.  NIH "Challenge Grants" (RC1).  Please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-003.html for complete details.  These are 2-year, up to $500K/year grants in areas "that would benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds".  Submission deadline is April 27, 2009.  Applications must cover one of the following topics:

(02) Bioethics

(03) Biomarker Discovery and Validation

(04) Clinical Research

(05) Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

(06) Enabling Technologies

(07) Enhancing Clinical Trials

(08) Genomics

(09) Health Disparities

(10) Information Technology for Processing Health Care Data

(11) Regenerative Medicine

(12) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM)

(13) Smart Biomaterials – Theranostics

(14) Stem Cells

(15) Translational Science

Please see the Omnibus for even more subtopics.  Also, you may check w/ individual institutes for their priority areas:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/IC_ChallengeWebPage.htm

 II.  NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-056.html

     The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants. Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5.  Consistent with the intent of the Recovery Act, the purpose of this program is to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. 

     See individual institutes for deadlines:  http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html