The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute on
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Aging (NIA),
and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
invite grant applications for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
projects on research and development of probes useful in imaging the
structure and function of the brain and other parts of the nervous system,
with award duration and amounts greater than those routinely allowed under
the SBIR program. Encouraged are applications from teams of investigators
from commercial, academic and other sectors of the research community. Non-
commercial partners, including those at colleges and universities, may play
important roles in SBIR-supported research, and may receive substantial
support for their efforts.
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Expiration Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004 NOFO Number: PA-02-029 Release Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 Notice Type: PA
Expiration Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 NOFO Number: PA-02-025 Release Date: Monday, December 3, 2001 Notice Type: PA
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the
National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invite
applications for studies on the plasticity and behavior of human stem cells,
and regulation of their replication, differentiation and function in the
nervous system. Because of their ability to generate neurons and glia, stem
cells are promising candidates for the development of cellular and genetic
therapies for neurological disorders, including congenital,
neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, as well
as neuroregulatory problems in heart, lung, and blood diseases, and sleep
disorders. Animal studies demonstrate that stem or progenitor cells can be
derived from a variety of tissues and from hosts of different ages, however,
the requirements and potential for differentiation of each cell type appears
to be unique. In a recently-issued Program Announcement (PA-01-078)), NINDS
and other institutes at NIH invited studies to investigate the influence of
extrinsic signals in the nervous system on the biology of non-human stem
cells. Development of treatments for human conditions ultimately will require
understanding the biology of human stem cells. To achieve this goal, NINDS,
NIA, NIMH and NHLBI encourage applications to study the fundamental
properties of all classes of human stem cells, and to confirm, extend, and
compare the behavior of human stem cells that are derived from different
sources and ages or exposed to different regimes in vitro and in vivo. Of
high priority are studies to develop methods for identifying, isolating and
characterizing specific human precursor populations at intermediate stages of
differentiation into neurons and glia. Because our current understanding of
stem cell biology comes mainly from studies conducted on murine stem cells, a
comparison between human and non-human cells will be crucial for translating
the results of animal studies to clinical trials. This Program Announcement
(PA) invites applications for support of research that characterizes
cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms that allow human stem and
precursor cells to express plasticity and lineage choices. Projects that
address comparisons between different classes of human stem cells, and
between human and non-human stem cells would also be directly relevant to
this PA.
Expiration Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2004 NOFO Number: PA-02-022 Release Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 Notice Type: PA
The International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research Training
Award for AIDS and Tuberculosis (ICOHRTA-AIDS/TB) Program provides extended
support for training to foster collaborative, multidisciplinary research in
developing country sites where AIDS, TB or both are significant problems. As
used in this Program Announcement (PA), the term ICOHRTA-AIDS/TB should be
interpreted as building capacity for integrated clinical, operational, and
health services research encompassing the full range of conditions and issues
(e.g., opportunistic infections, HIV malignancies, neurological and mental
health consequences, behavioral issues, hematologic conditions, blood safety
issues, pulmonary manifestations, ophthalmologic manifestations,
gastrointestinal conditions, drug and alcohol usage, gender-related issues and
oral health manifestations) that relate to care of adult and pediatric
patients with HIV/AIDS or TB. This program is an integral and critical
component of a comprehensive global strategy of the NIH and Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) to address the needs of the millions
suffering from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and related conditions in resource-
limited nations by extending and intensifying efforts to provide clinically
appropriate and sustainable care to these individuals in a manner that
supports continuing and expanding prevention activities. These efforts will
have direct health, economic and security benefits for the United States as
well as the global community. This program will increase research training
across the span of clinical science and public health practice and involve a
wide range of health professionals (e.g. nurses, midwives, physicians,
dentists, health care administrators and public health workers).
Expiration Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 NOFO Number: RFA-TW-02-001 Release Date: Monday, November 19, 2001 Notice Type: RFA
The Fogarty International Center, in partnership with the National Institute
of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National
Human Genome Research Institute and National Institute on Drug Abuse, invites
applications from nonprofit, private or public, domestic or international
educational and research institutions in developed countries to establish
research-training programs that contribute to the capacity of developing
country investigators and institutions to conduct human genetics research
relevant to the health needs of the country. Applications are solicited to
create innovative research training programs within existing scientific
collaborations between developed and developing country researchers to begin
to build a critical mass of scientists, health professionals and academics
with human genetics expertise and a sustainable research environment at the
collaborating developing country institution.
Expiration Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 NOFO Number: RFA-AT-02-002 Release Date: Thursday, November 8, 2001 Notice Type: RFA
The goal of this initiative is to stimulate crossing cutting, integrative
research aimed at delineating the underlying mechanisms by which a placebo leads
to its ultimate physiological and psychological effects. In the context of this
initiative, integrative research is defined as the combined use of approaches
from several different scientific disciplines such as sociology, psychology,
cell biology, physiology, genetics, and/or molecular biology to probe
neurological, endocrinological, immunological and other relevant systems in
order to define the mechanisms underlying placebo effects.
Expiration Date: Thursday, September 30, 2004 NOFO Number: PAR-02-017 Release Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Notice Type: PAR
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institute of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) are continuing joint sponsorship of a predoctoral research
training program in the neurosciences. The aim of the program is to encourage
and support broad, early-stage (pre-thesis) training in the neurosciences by
offering institutions a single comprehensive training grant. It is expected
that these training programs will contribute to basic and disease-related
neuroscience research that is relevant to the participating NIH Institutes.
Expiration Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 NOFO Number: PAR-02-010 Release Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 Notice Type: PAR
Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research
Partnerships (BRPs) for basic and applied multi-disciplinary research that
addresses important biological or medical research problems. A BRP is a multi-
disciplinary research team applying an integrative, systems approach to develop
knowledge and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat disease or to
understand health and behavior. The partnership must include appropriate
bioengineering or allied quantitative sciences in combination with biomedical
and/or clinical investigators. A BRP may propose hypothesis-driven, discovery-
driven, developmental, or design-directed research at universities, national
laboratories, medical schools, large or small businesses, or other public and
private entities or combinations of these entities.
Expiration Date: Thursday, May 18, 2006 NOFO Number: PA-02-011 Release Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 Notice Type: PA
Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research
Grants (BRGs) for basic and applied multi-disciplinary research that addresses
important biological or medical research problems. The BRGs support multi-
disciplinary research performed in a single laboratory or by a small number of
investigators that applies an integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge
and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat disease or to understand
health and behavior. A BRG application may propose hypothesis-driven,
discovery-driven, developmental, or design-directed research at universities,
national laboratories, medical schools, large or small businesses, or other
public and private entities.
Expiration Date: Saturday, January 19, 2002 NOFO Number: RFA-NS-02-011 Release Date: Thursday, October 4, 2001 Notice Type: RFA
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
invites grant applications for the formation of cross-disciplinary
networks of scientists interested in studying the neural mechanisms of
cognition and other complex behaviors. These research networks will
allow the formation of novel collaborations among cognitive scientists,
neuroscientists, behavioral and computational neuroscientists, imaging
specialists and clinical scientists in order to develop integrative and
cutting edge research programs that advance our understanding of the
circuits and pathways of cognitive function. The research plan for
these networks must be driven by a cognitive neuroscience question
(e.g., neural mechanisms of attention, emotion, language acquisition,
memory, perception, sensorimotor integration in various model systems
and in various clinical populations) and must combine imaging
techniques with other psychophysiological methods. This RFA is intended
to begin a process where scientists from various disciplines can
overcome barriers to cross-disciplinary research agendas addressing the
dynamic nature of underlying physiological and cognitive systems.
Expiration Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 NOFO Number: RFA-HL-02-003 Release Date: Friday, September 7, 2001 Notice Type: RFA
This RFA supports novel basic research designed to elucidate effects of
whole-body ischemia and subsequent blood flow restoration on cardiovascular
and neurological function. The ultimate goal is to provide a rational basis
for development of effective new therapeutic strategies to restore heart
function and preserve neurological function after cardiopulmonary arrest.