The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to provide salary support for exceptional Research Software Engineers (RSEs) that contribute their skills to the development and dissemination of biomedical, behavioral or health related software, tools, and algorithms as well as to the training of prospective users of these tools.
Deadlines:
- Letter of Intent Due Date(s): 30 days prior to the application due dates
- Application Due Dates: Dec 4, 2024; June 4, 2025; Dec 4, 2025; June 4, 2026; Dec 4, 2026
RFA-OD-24-011 Expiration Date December 05, 2026
The Research Specialist (in this case the RSE) must be the PD/PI of the application. A PI from the NIH-funded project with whom the RSE will collaborate must be included in the list of Senior/Key Personnel as an Other Significant Contributor (no salary support allowed) and must provide an NIH Biosketch as part of the application.
Additional Eligibility Requirements:
- The RSE must have a full-time, non-tenure track position at the academic or research institution; and must have been at that institution for at least 1 year.
- The RSE must have demonstrated outstanding research software engineering accomplishments, documented by relevant publications, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and hyperlinks and URLs to code samples in the application .
- The RSE must commit a minimum of 6-person month effort during the life of the R50 award.
- The RSE must not have served as contact PI on funded independent NIH grant support application, including, but not limited to, R-series mechanisms (e.g., R01, R34, R21, R03), within the past five years.
The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $300,000. No more than $200,000 direct costs may be requested in any single year.