The purpose of this notice is to inform applicants of a change to the Key Dates for PAR-18-304 "NIH SIREN Neurologic Clinical Trials (U01 Clinical Trial Required)". This funding opportunity announcement has been extended by one additional council round. The dates have been modified to add the following New Application Due Date: February 5, 2021, and Renewal, Resubmission, RevisionDate: March 5, 2021.

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) will participate in PAR-19-343, "Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)." The first available "Application Due Date" is June 12, 2020. NINDS participation in the MOSAIC will replace the NINDS Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K22), the K22 program will expire on May 8, 2021.

The purpose of this Notice is to announce that the NIH is collaborating with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on an interagency funding opportunity, Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science. The initiative supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research with the promise of disruptive transformations in biomedical research. Proposals submitted must make fundamental contributions to two or more disciplines such as computer or information sciences, engineering, social, behavioral, biomedical, cognitive and/or economic sciences to improve fundamental understanding of biomedical and health related processes and address a key health problem.

(Reissue of PAR-18-763) This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages the development and validation of animal models and human/animal tissue ex vivo systems that recapitulate the phenotypic and physiologic characteristics of a defined neurological or neuromuscular disorder. The goal of this FOA is to promote a significant improvement in the translational relevance of animal models or ex vivo systems that will be utilized to facilitate the development of neurotherapeutics. Ideally, models proposed for this FOA would have the potential to provide feasible and meaningful assessments of efficacy following therapeutic intervention that would be applicable in both preclinical and clinical settings. This FOA is part of a suite of Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE) Program focused on enabling the exploratory and early stages of drug discovery.