Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions(ATN) Coordinating Center (CC) (U24) | RFA HD 16 040

Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA HD 16 040

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced this funding opportunity (RFA HD 16 040) to support a single Coordinating Center (CC) for the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). The award mechanism is a U24 cooperative agreement, meaning NIH expects to be substantially involved in the work alongside the awardee rather than simply providing funds with minimal interaction. The Coordinating Center is intended to serve as the operational backbone for the ATN Cooperative Research Program awards funded under a companion initiative (RFA-HD-16-035), making sure the network can run complex, multi-site research in a consistent, high-quality, and efficient way.

At its core, the grant is about building and maintaining the data management, coordination, and logistical support infrastructure needed to plan and conduct research trials focused on adolescents and young adults affected by HIV. The ATN is expected to have the capacity to develop and run a broad range of studies, including behavioral interventions, community-based approaches, translational research, therapeutic trials, and prevention technologies such as microbicides and vaccines. The target population is youth ages 12 to 24, and the announcement explicitly highlights the importance of including minors, which signals that applicants should be prepared to handle the ethical, regulatory, and practical complexities of enrolling and protecting participants under 18.

Because this is a Coordinating Center opportunity, the emphasis is less on proposing a single standalone clinical study and more on demonstrating the ability to support an entire network of studies and sites. In practical terms, that typically includes centralized data systems, uniform procedures for collecting and managing study data, coordination across multiple investigators and locations, and operational support that keeps protocols, timelines, reporting, and communications aligned. The NIH also encourages applicants with innovative thinking and novel approaches to addressing adolescent public health challenges, reflecting an interest in teams that can not only manage logistics but also help the network function creatively and responsively as new scientific questions and prevention/treatment tools emerge.

Eligibility is broad across public and private sectors. Eligible applicants include state, county, city/township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible entities. The announcement also calls out categories of organizations that are particularly encouraged or explicitly recognized as eligible, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, the FOA is clear that foreign participation is not allowed in this particular award. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities cannot apply, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components (as defined by NIH policy) are not permitted. This means the Coordinating Center and its supported operations must be fully domestic in scope and implementation.

Administrative details in the source information indicate the opportunity falls under the “Discretionary” category and is associated with several CFDA numbers (93.242, 93.279, 93.307, 93.865), reflecting NIH program linkages. NIH anticipated making one award under this announcement. The original closing date listed was January 19, 2016, and the opportunity was created on September 24, 2015. The listing does not specify an award ceiling amount in the provided text, but it does clearly communicate that the expectation is for one Coordinating Center to provide the central infrastructure that enables the ATN to carry out its research mission with a strong focus on adolescents and young adults, including minors, who are at risk for HIV or living with HIV.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions(ATN) Coordinating Center (CC) (U24)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242, 93.279, 93.307, 93.865.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-01-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• 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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