Characterizing the Functional Elements in the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Catalog (UM1)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HG-16-003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.172Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationFor profit organizations other than small businessesSmall businessesOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-NIH11Closing Date: Mar 21, 2016Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Jan 15, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: This FOA seeks applications to develop and apply generalizable approaches to characterize the role of candidate functional elements identified by the ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) in specific biological contexts.ENCODE has identified different classes of candidate functional regions based on their correlation with biochemical s...
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