Call for Proposals: Preterm Birth Initiative

Call for Proposals: Preterm Birth Initiative Application deadline: Dec 1, 2014 by 4:00pm EST The Preterm Birth Initiative was created to increase the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying parturition and spontaneous preterm birth and will provide up to $600,000 over a four-year period ($150,000 per year).  The initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach the problem of preterm birth using creative basic and translation science methods.  Postdoctoral fellows nearing their transition to independent investigator status through senior established investigators are encouraged to apply.  Molecular and computational approaches such genetics/genomics, immunology, microbiology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, engineering, and other basic sciences hold enormous potential for new insights independently or in conjunction with more traditional areas of parturition research such as maternal fetal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics. The formation of new connections between reproductive scientists and investigators who are involved in other areas will give preterm birth research a fresh and unique look, and stimulate a new workface to tackle this challenge. Despite medical and technological advances, the rate of preterm births in the United States remains higher today than 20 years ago.  Approximately 12 percent of births in the U.S. are considered preterm, which is define...
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