NINDS Neuroscience Funding Announcements

Understanding and Preventing Brain Tumor Dispersal (R21)

Funding Contact(s): Jane Fountain, Ph.D.
Funding Categories: Neural Environment

Brief Description:
The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote studies that 1) identify the properties of brain tumor cells that cause them to migrate; 2) determine how interaction of tumor cells with normal brain elements affects migration; and 3) translate understanding of these parameters into interventions that target invading tumor cells.

Grant Mechanism: R21
NIH Guide: PAS-08-049
Release Date: 2007-12-17
Expiration Date: 2011-01-08