NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) Program Guidelines

PART 2: Submission of Competing New Applications Section I - Application Submission Instructions
international Principal Investigator
� OHRP assurance number (i.e., Federalwide Assurance number) for the non-US
component
F. Post Submission Materials
Applicants are required to follow the instructions for post submission materials, as described in NOT-
OD-10-115. Note: Because applications submitted in response to the Request for Applications
(RFAs)/Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for all the key components of the NCTN Program
have only one due date, applicants may submit materials per the exceptions list in NOT-OD-10-115
using the specified page limits (see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-
115.html).
G. Eligibility Requirements
Information on the eligibility requirements for applications (i.e., eligible organizations and eligible
individuals) is provided in the Request for Applications (RFAs)/Funding Opportunity
Announcements (FOAs) for all the key components of the NCTN Program. Applicants must meet
these eligibility requirements in order for an award to be funded under the NCTN Program.
In addition, there are eligibility requirements for organizations and individuals based on
relationships across the six RFAs/FOAs of the Program. In particular, there cannot be overlap
between the applicant Multiple PD(s)/PI(s) teams for awards under certain RFAs/FOAs and there
cannot be overlap between applicant organizations for awards under certain RFAs/FOAs. This
information is given in detail in the specific RFAs/FOAs. Examples are given below.
� For example, there cannot be overlap in the applicant organization for a Network Group
Operations Center award and the applicant organization for its associated Network Group
Statistics and Data Management Center. This requirement is made in order to help insure
independence of the Network Group Statistics and Data Management (SDMC) grant and is
an important part of the review process for the SDMC applications under that FOA.
� Another example is that there cannot be overlap between the applicant Multiple
PD(s)/PI(s) team (as well as key personnel, if applicable) for a Network Group Operations
Center award and the applicant Multiple PD(s)/PI(s) team for a Lead Academic
Participating Site award in order to ensure independence of the Lead Academic Site with
respect to providing scientific leadership and accrual across the entire NCTN. This latter
requirement also extends to applicable key personnel between the 2 FOAs as well – for
example, if there is only 1 PD/PI for a Network Group Operation Center, then a PD/PI from
a Lead Academic Participating Site cannot fulfill the functions of the PD/PI on a Network
Group Operations Center in cases when the Network Group Operation Center PD/PI is not
available (and vice versa).
Applicants are encouraged to discuss any questions regarding fulfilling the eligibility requirements
under the FOAs with the NCTN Program staff in a pre-application consultation call.
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