Reminder: Annual Reports to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare due December 1, 2023
Notice NOT-OD-24-008 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 10, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Feedback Sought on Cephalopod Care and Use
Cephalopods are aquatic invertebrate animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses. Earlier this month, we released a Request for Information (NOT-OD-23-176) seeking public input on the humane care and use of laboratory cephalopods at Assured institutions. The proposed guidance acknowledges the evidence suggesting these animals would benefit from oversight, but also that there are not yet specific care and use standards to allow them to be regulated under the Public Health Service Policy for the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy). Instead, the U.S. Government Principles p...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare Request For Information (RFI) rigor Source Type: funding
Pre-Solicitation Notice: Virology Core Laboratory (VCL), RFP: 75N93023R00017
Notice NOT-AI-23-066 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 6, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: October 6, 2023 Program Guidelines: NSF 23-604The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act1 aims to ensure the continuing leadership of the United States (U.S.) in quantum information science and technology. In conformance with the NQI goals, an argument2-5 was set forth for a renewed emphasis on identifying and fostering early adoption of quantum technologies to transform the field of Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and to accelerate broader impacts on society. A systematic approach to maturing ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/506131This is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - September 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Animal Welfare Noncompliance: Data and Process
Brent C. Morse, DVM, DACLAM, Director, OLAW Division of Compliance Oversight Office of Extramural Research, NIH
As part of proper stewardship of taxpayer funds, we at NIH are obligated, both legally and ethically, to ensure the welfare and reduce risks for those involved in our supported research activities. This obligation includes research animals. Their humane care and use is something we take very seriously. We appreciate that Congress, the research community, interest groups, and other members of the public look towards us to observe this commitment. Today we are taking some time to touch upon our policies to protec...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare Grants policy Source Type: funding
National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI) (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HD-24-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. TheEunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), through the Fertility and Infertility (FI) Branch, provides funding for a limited number of research centers in the reproductive sciences. These centers provide an arena for multidisciplinary interactions among basic and clinical scientists interested in establishing high quality translational research programs in these scientific areas. The purpose of this NOFO is to announce the re-competition of the National Centers for Translational Research in Repr...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 17, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NCI Research Specialist (Core-based Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-243 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This FOA is specifically for laboratory-based scientists.The Research Specialist Award is designed to encourage the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists who want to continue to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded basic, translational, clinical, or population science cancer research program, but not serve as independent investiga...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 9, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NCI Research Specialist (Laboratory-based Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-242 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This FOA is specifically for laboratory-based scientists.The Research Specialist Award is designed to encourage the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists who want to continue to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded basic, translational, clinical, or population science cancer research program, but not serve as independent investiga...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 9, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
A Consortium for Gut-Brain Communication in Parkinsons Disease (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The objective of this consortium is to accelerate research on the role gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and changes in gut-brain communication in the initiation and pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease in order to facilitate development and validation of innovative early-phase GI-based diagnostic tools and biomarkers for PD. The research centers of the GBPDC will serve as sites for enrollment of PD patients with and without GI symptoms, patients with GI symptoms considered to be at risk for PD, and healthy age-matched controls for laboratory-based studies on biological samples obtained from these patients. The NIDDK strongly e...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 31, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Webinar Available on Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE)
As part of our efforts to strengthen rigor of NIH-supported research involving animal models, the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare recently hosted an informative webinar that provided an overview of the ARRIVE Essential 10, how each relates to study quality, and how to operationalize them for inclusion in research protocols and grant proposals. The “Essential 10” are statistically-based items essential for ensuring study rigor and reproducibility. However, reporting is not enough – study quality and reliability can be achieved only if these items are built into the study before data are collected.
NIH aims ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Animal Welfare Source Type: funding
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) Quantum Science and Technology Demonstrations (QSTD): I. Pilot Phase
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23604/nsf23604.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23604/nsf23604.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf23604Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - July 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: funding
OLAW Publishes Final Guidance on Flexibilities for Conducting Semiannual Program Review
The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has provided flexibilities that are available to IACUCs when conducting semiannual program review. These flexibilities may be used alone or in combination to meet institutional needs and circumstances, provided that animal welfare and the quality and rigor of the program review are not compromised.
Be sure to visit the updated Semiannual Program Review webpage on the OLAW website for additional resources, such as an updated Semiannual Program Review and Inspection Checklist! (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 27, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Animal Welfare Source Type: funding
NEI Translational Research Program for Therapeutics (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-200 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is the rapid and efficient translation of innovative laboratory research findings into therapeutics for use by clinicians to treat visual system diseases or disorders. Multidisciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians must focus on generating preclinical data that will lead to the development of biological, pharmacological, medical device and/or combination product interventions. The ultimate goal of this program is to make new technological, biological and pharmacological resources ava...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 27, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NEI Translational Research Program for Therapeutics (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-205 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this NOFO is the rapid and efficient translation of innovative laboratory research findings into therapeutics for use by clinicians to treat visual system diseases or disorders. Multidisciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians must focus on generating preclinical data that will lead to the development of biological, pharmacological, medical device and/or combination product interventions. The ultimate goal of this program is to make new technological, biological and pharmacological resources available to clinicians and their p...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 27, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-184 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) high-throughput genotyping, sequencing and supporting statistical genetics services are designed to aid the identification of genes or genetic modifications that contribute to human health and disease or to enhance existing collections of well-phenotyped specimens in biorepositories by the addition of genotype or next-generation sequence data. The laboratory specializes in genomic services that cannot be efficiently carried out in individual investigator laboratories. CIDR provides the most up-to-...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 26, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
