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UAB CFAR Developmental Pilot Program Concept Submission

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Request for Demographic Information: Please note that it is optional for investigators to provide the following demographic information. Declining to provide this information will not affect the consideration of a pilot or supplement application. Anonymous data may be reported to NIH upon request. All information will be kept strictly confidential. Your responses will aid in our efforts to identify gaps in our applicant pool.
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Request for Information on Diversity: In keeping with the NIH’s efforts to foster diversity and inclusion from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences (NIH Notice of Interest in Diversity), the UAB CFAR encourages applications from people representing diverse backgrounds and life experiences. We are making an effort to track the demographic features of our pilot award applicants so that we can identify gaps in our applicant pool. Providing this information is optional. All information will be kept strictly confidential. Aggregate data may be provided to the NIH upon request.
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Individuals with Disabilities meet the following criteria:

Individuals with disabilities are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, as described in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.  See NSF data at, https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/static/data/tab7-5.pdf.

Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds meet two or more of the following criteria:

  1. Were or currently are homeless, as defined by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Definition: https://nche.ed.gov/mckinney-vento/);
  2. Were or currently are in the foster care system, as defined by the Administration for Children and Families (Definition: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/focus-areas/foster-care);
  3. Were eligible for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program for two or more years (Definition: https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/income-eligibility-guidelines);
  4. Have/had no parents or legal guardians who completed a bachelor’s degree (see https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/2018009.pdf);
  5. Were or currently are eligible for Federal Pell grants (Definition: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/eligibility.html);
  6. Received support from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) as a parent or child (Definition: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-eligibility-requirements).
  7. Grew up in one of the following areas: a) a U.S. rural area, as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer (https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health), or b) a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-designated Low-Income and Health Professional Shortage Areas (qualifying zip codes are included in the file). Only one of the two possibilities in #7 can be used as a criterion for the disadvantaged background definition.
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Acknowledge the Center

Support the UAB Center for AIDS Research by acknowledging services in publications, abstracts, and grants. Cite us: This research was supported by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center For AIDS Research CFAR, an NIH funded program (P30 AI027767) that was made possible by the following institutes: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NIGMS, NIMHD, FIC, NIDCR, and OAR.