Limited Competition Centers of Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (CEER) (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HG-19-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is soliciting grant applications for the support of Centers of Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (CEERs). The CEER Program is designed to support the establishment of sustainable trans-disciplinary research teams with the expertise and flexibility to anticipate, conduct research on, and quickly address a range of cutting edge ethical, legal, and social issues related to genetics and genomics. The Program is intended to create new research opportunities that cr...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 27, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Avenir Award Program for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-223 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Avenir means future in French, and this award looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. The award will support those in an early stage of their career who may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant, but who propose high impact research and who show promise of being tomorrow's leaders in the field. NIDA has developed two Avenir Award Programs, one for HIV/AIDS research and the other for genetics or epigenetics studies. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 18, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest: Development of Cryogenic or Other Long-term Preservation and Revival Methods for Drosophila and Zebrafish Genetic Stocks
Notice NOT-OD-19-089 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 14, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Functional Target Validation for Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRDs) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-19-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This FOA invites applications that propose the comprehensive functional validation of newly identified therapeutic target candidates for Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRDs). This FOA seeks to promote critical target validation approaches to help de-risk subsequent translational research and accelerate the advancement of novel therapies for ADRD. Target(s) or molecular pathway(s) to be considered for validation must have been already identified using tissue expression or genetic data generated in human samples. In its initial phase, ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 6, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Dear Colleague Letter: Genetic Underpinnings for Life in Antarctica (LIA)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19045/nsf19045.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19045/nsf19045.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf19045This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - March 1, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Mechanisms Underlying the Contribution of Sleep Disturbances to Pain (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-19-201 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOAs are to encourage mechanistic research to investigate the impact of sleep disturbances on chronic pain. The mechanisms and processes underlying the contribution of sleep disturbances to chronic pain development and maintenance may be very broad. This FOA encourages interdisciplinary collaborations by experts from multiple fieldsneuroscientists, psychologists,endocrinologists, immunologists, geneticists, pharmacologists, chemists, physicists, behavioral scientists, clinicians, caregivers, and others in relevant fields of in...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Mechanisms Underlying the Contribution of Sleep Disturbances to Pain (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-19-200 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to encourage mechanistic research to investigate the impact of sleep disturbances on pain. The mechanisms and processes underlying the contribution of sleep and sleep disturbances to pain perception and the development and maintenance of chronic pain may be very broad. This FOA encourages interdisciplinary research collaborations by experts from multiple fieldsneuroscientists, psychologists, endocrinologists, immunologists, geneticists, pharmacologists, chemists, physicists, behavioral scientists, clinicians, caregivers...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Resource-Related Research Project Applications for Developing Methods for Cryogenic or Other Long-term Preservation and Revival of Drosophila and Zebrafish Genetic Stocks
Notice NOT-OD-19-081 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 27, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Post-Stroke Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID) in the United States Including in Health Disparities Populations (U19 Clinical Trial not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-19-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute on Aging (NIA) intend to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for a large prospective clinical research study to determine the specific subsets of stroke events that predict cognitive impairment and dementia in post-stroke populations in the United States, including in health disparities populations, and what additional clinical factors and comorbidities along the AD/ADRD spectrum may causally synergize with stroke to...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 15, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-175 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for the continued support and advancement of the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (MMRRC). The MMRRC consortium is expected to facilitate research by identifying, acquiring, evaluating, characterizing, cryopreserving, and distributing mutant mouse strains to qualified biomedical investigators. A regional network of four MMRRCs and an Informatics, Coordination and Service Center (ICSC) collectively serve the needs of the biomedical research community for transgenic, knocko...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 30, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

High Quality Human Reference Genomes (HQRG) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HG-19-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) seeks applications for the production of High Quality Human Reference Genomes (HQRG) as a component of the NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP). One aim of the HGRP is to develop a genome reference that is representative of human population genetic diversity. To help achieve this goal, this HQRG initiative is expected to establish metrics for high quality-genome assemblies; collaborate with other HGRC awardees on sample selection and prioritization; produce on the order of 350 haplot...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 30, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Methods Development for Cryogenic or Other Long-term Preservation and Revival of Drosophila and Zebrafish Genetic Stocks (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-176 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports exploratory research projects aimed at developing cryogenic or other long-term preservation and revival approaches for Drosophila or zebrafish genetic stocks, which are essential laboratory animal models for biomedical research. The proposed project should address critical knowledge and technology gaps and describe approaches towards the development of reliable, easy-to-use and cost effective cryogenic or other long-term preservation and revival methods for wild-type and mutant strains of Dros...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 29, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

The KUH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-18-024 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the KUH/NIDDK Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to recruit exceptional graduate students who are recognized by their institutions for their high potential and to incentivize them to pursue a Kidney, Urologic or Hematologic (K, U, or H) postdoctoral position that ultimately positions them to become independent K, U, or H researchers. This two-phase award will facilitate completion of the doctoral dissertation and stablize the transition of highly talented Ph.D candidates from a variety of fields, i...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 28, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

The KUH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of the KUH/NIDDK Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to recruit exceptional graduate students who are recognized by their institutions for their high potential and to incentivize them to pursue a Kidney, Urologic or Hematologic (K, U, or H) postdoctoral position that ultimately positions them to become independent K, U, or H researchers. This two-phase award will facilitate completion of the doctoral dissertation and stablize the transition of highly talented Ph.D candidates from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, engineering, statistics, data science, imaging, bioc...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - January 28, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

The KUH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of the KUH/NIDDK Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to recruit exceptional graduate students who are recognized by their institutions for their high potential and to incentivize them to pursue a Kidney, Urologic or Hematologic (K, U, or H) postdoctoral position that ultimately positions them to become independent K, U, or H researchers. This two-phase award will facilitate completion of the doctoral dissertation and stablize the transition of highly talented Ph.D candidates from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, engineering, statistics, data science, imaging, bioc...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - January 28, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding