What kinds of grants are not awarded to foreign institutions by NCCAM?
Foreign institutions are not eligible to submit grant applications for the following types of grant mechanisms used by NCCAM: • Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs) (T32 mechanism) • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Research Training (T35 mechanism) • Program Project Grants (P01 mechanism) • Center Grants (P30 and P50 mechanisms) • Resource Grants (P41 mechanisms) • Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants (R41 and R42 mechanisms) • Conference Grants (R13 mechanism) • Career Development Awards (all K mechanisms) • Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15 mechanism) • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants (R43 and R44 mechanisms) To be eligible for an SBIR grant, a company must have majority ownership by U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens, and conduct all the research funded by the grant in the U.S. This condition makes subsidiaries of foreign companies ineligible unless they are majority own
