NIH Administrative Supplements to Recover Losses due to Hurricanes Fiona and Ian Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) | PA 23 134

Opportunity Information: Apply for PA 23 134

The NIH opportunity PA-23-134 provides time-limited administrative relief and recovery funding for NIH-funded investigators and institutions whose research operations were disrupted by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. It is designed specifically for organizations that already have an active NIH grant and suffered storm-related losses that set back progress, damaged research assets, or affected facilities needed to carry out the NIH-supported work. NIH will route requests to the appropriate Institute or Center for programmatic consideration, and the total number of awards depends on how many eligible requests are submitted and make it through NIH review and administrative processing.

The announcement offers four main forms of support, which applicants may request individually or in combination depending on their situation. First, it allows a funded extension of the current budget period for up to 24 months, where 12 of those months may be funded at the same funding level as the current year of the grant. This is meant to help projects regain momentum when key activities were delayed or paused due to the disaster. Second, applicants may request a one-time administrative supplement of up to $150,000 in direct costs (excluding consortium facilities and administrative costs) to replace lost or damaged research resources. Third, NIH allows up to $250,000 to replace a single item of equipment, but this option requires strong, well-documented justification showing why the equipment needs replacement and how it is essential to the project. Fourth, the opportunity permits minor alteration and renovation (A&R) to research facilities, up to $500,000, to restore or repair research space impacted by the storms so that NIH-funded work can continue.

Eligibility is narrowly tied to geography and disaster declarations. The benefits are restricted to applicants located in a county or parish where a major disaster was declared under the Stafford Act due to Hurricanes Fiona and/or Ian. In other words, this is not a general disaster-recovery supplement for any storm impact; it is tied to specific federally declared disaster areas connected to these two hurricanes. The target applicants are NIH-supported institutions with active NIH awards that can demonstrate hurricane-related harm to their research program, resources, equipment, or facilities.

There are also important conditions that affect whether a funded extension remains available. If a grant has relocated, or relocates, before the funded extension is awarded, NIH may withdraw the funded extension. This reflects the program's intent to support recovery in the impacted location rather than subsidize a move away from the disaster area before the extension is finalized.

Funding for this initiative is limited to money appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328). That matters because it signals the funds are special-purpose disaster recovery dollars rather than part of NIH's regular base appropriations, and it also implies NIH will only consider requests to the extent those appropriated funds remain available.

The announcement also makes clear that these funds cannot duplicate or overlap with other reimbursements for the same losses. Applicants cannot use NIH supplement dollars to cover costs already reimbursed by FEMA, covered by insurance contracts, or covered through self-insurance arrangements. Practically, that means applicants should be prepared to document what was lost, what will be replaced or repaired, what other reimbursement sources were pursued or received, and how the NIH request fills an unmet gap rather than paying twice for the same item or repair.

While this opportunity provides a focused pathway for hurricane recovery, it does not block investigators or institutions from submitting other administrative supplement requests through NIH's usual mechanisms. NIH Institutes and Centers may still consider other supplement requests on a case-by-case basis, but this particular announcement is tailored to Fiona/Ian-related recovery and has its own eligibility and funding boundaries.

Finally, the FOA restricts foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply, and foreign components (as NIH defines them in the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed under this opportunity. The application window listed for the announcement closed on 2023-09-28, and the opportunity is cataloged under CFDA 93.661, administered by the National Institutes of Health.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIH Administrative Supplements to Recover Losses due to Hurricanes Fiona and Ian Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.661.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-09-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Small businesses.

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