HEALTH and MENTAL HEALTH ____________________________________________________________ TITLE: NLM Administrative Supplements for Informationist Services in NIH-funded Research Projects (Admin Supp)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes
of Health (NIH); National Institute on Aging (NIA)
ITEM: Notice announcing an Administrative Supplement opportunity available to
eligible NIH awardees with active R01 grants and, in some cases, with active P01, P20,
P30, P50, R21, R21/R33, R24, R34, U01, U19, U24, U54 and UM1 grants. These
administrative supplements provide funds to supported research and center grants in
order to enhance the storage, organization, management and use of electronic research
data through the involvement of informationists, also known as in-context information
ACTION: Applications are due November 5, 2013. Approximately five awards are
expected. Eligible NIH awardees include those with active R01 grants and, in some
cases, with active P01, P20, P30, P50, R21, R21/R33, R24, R34, U01, U19, U24, U54 and
LIMITED SUBMISSION: Only one application per parent award is allowed.
CONTACT: Alan VanBiervliet, 301/594-4882. Email:
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TITLE: Predictive Methods for Characterizing Product Performance in Pediatric Patients, Case Study: Furosemide
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Food and Drug
ITEM: Notice seeking applications for research projects to test the suitability of the in
vitro methods using dissolution media containing milk, baby formula and Ensure Plus
for predicting in vivo performance of furosemide (a poorly soluble and poorly permeable
drug), classified as BCS (Biopharmaceutic Classification System) Class IV drug.
ACTION: Letters of intent are requested and due August 8, 2013. Applications are due
August 15, 2013. Approximately $250,000 is available to support three awards.
LIMITED SUBMISSION: Only one application per institution is allowed.
CONTACT: Arzu Selen, 301/796-1603. Email:
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TITLE: Support of NIGMS Program Project Grants (P01)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of
Health (NIH); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
ITEM: Notice seeking innovative, interactive applications that propose to conduct
research which aims to solve a significant biological problem, important for the mission
of NIGMS, through a collaborative approach involving outstanding scientists. NIGMS
supports research in the broad areas of Cell Biology and Biophysics; Genetics and
Developmental Biology; Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry; and
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The Program Project grant is designed to
support research in which the funding of several interdependent projects offers
significant scientific advantages over support of these same projects as individual
ACTION: Applications are due January 25, May 25, and September 25 annually.
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TITLE: Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT) (U01)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of
Health (NIH); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
ITEM: Notice seeking applications from groups of two or more institutions to
participate in a clinical studies program to improve the long-term outcome of transplant
recipients (thoracic organ, abdominal organ and vascular composite tissue). The Clinical
Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT) program will support a cooperative, multi-
institutional consortium for the conduct of interventional trials (Phase 1, 2, or 3) or
observational clinical studies in organ or vascularized composite allotransplantation
(VCA). Each clinical study must include associated mechanistic studies that focus on
immune-mediated pathologic processes in allotransplantation or on mechanisms of
ACTION: Letters of intent are requested and due October 19, 2013. Applications are due
November 19, 2013. Approximately $9.5 million is available to support three to four
CONTACT: Nancy Bridges, 301/451-4406. Email:
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TITLE: NINDS Phase III Investigator-Initiated Efficacy Clinical Trials (U01)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes
of Health (NIH); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
ITEM: Notice seeking applications to provide a vehicle for submitting grant applications
to conduct multi-site, randomized, controlled, Phase 3 clinical trials to the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
ACTION: Applications are due February 5, June 5, and October 5 annually.
CONTACT: Wendy Galpern, 301/496-9135. Email:
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TITLE: NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of
Health (NIH); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
ITEM: Notice seeking applications to solicit innovative social, behavioral, health
services, and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the
elimination of health disparities. Projects may involve primary data collection or
secondary analysis of existing datasets.
ACTION: Letters of intent are requested and due October 19, 2013. Applications are due
November 19, 2013. Approximately $3 million is available to support seven to nine
CONTACT: Jennifer Alvidrez, 301/594-9567. Email:
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TITLE: Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing in the Biomedical Sciences (U54)
FON: RFA-HG-13-009
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of
ITEM: Notice seeking applications to conduct research to advance the science and utility
of Big Data in the context of biomedical and behavioral research, and to create
innovative new approaches, methods, software, tools, and related resources. The
Centers will advance the ability of the biomedical research enterprise to use Big Data by
producing tools and resources from early-stage to mature development that will be
broadly useful to the research community.
ACTION: Letters of intent are requested and due October 20, 2013. Applications are due
November 20, 2013. Approximately up to $24 million is available to support six to eight
CONTACT: Peter Lyster, 301/594-3928. Email:
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