Isolation, Purification, and Synthesis of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with Antimicrobial Activity (R41)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-15-007 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthIncome Security and Social ServicesCFDA Number: 93.865Eligible Applicants Small businessesAgency Name: HHS-NIH11Closing Date: Jul 31, 2014Award Ceiling: $150,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 29, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate the small business community to develop innovative methods to: (1) identify human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) that have antimicrobial activity; (2) isolate and purify promising HMOs; (3) characterize the structure of these HMOs in order to develop a library of bioactive HMOs to serve as templates for chemical or biological synthesis of promising HMOs; and (4) ramp up synthetic procedures using GMP to produce batches of HMOs in kilogram quantities for preclinical testing.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Income Security and Social Services Source Type: funding