Human Pancreas Procurement and Analysis Program (HPPAP) (UC4)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DK-15-027 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Food and NutritionHealthCFDA Number: 93.847Eligible 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 ha...
Source: Grants.gov - October 30, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Food and Nutrition Health Source Type: funding

Human Pancreas Procurement and Analysis Program (HPPAP) (UC4)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-15-027 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites cooperative agreement applications to develop and operate a Human Pancreas Procurement and Analysis Program (HPPAP). This FOA will support the assembly of a team of investigators with combined expertise in human pancreas physiology and pathophysiology; collection, analysis and distribution of human pancreatic tissues; and analysis and integration of complex biological datasets, that will be tasked to: 1) collect and intensively characterize primary pancreatic tissues from patients with T1...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 29, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Welcoming the Inaugural Director of the NIH Division of Biomedical Research Workforce Programs
I am pleased and excited to announce that in August, Dr. Kay Lund will join NIH as the inaugural director of the NIH Division of Biomedical Research Workforce Programs. As you might recall, the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director‘s Biomedical Workforce Working Group recommended that NIH recruit a leader and establish a dedicated office to guide NIH’s training and development of a well-prepared biomedical workforce. Dr. Lund is both an exemplary leader and a highly accomplished biomedical researcher and mentor. She was the first to clone the proglucagon gene that led to the discovery of two new hormones now being use...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 31, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Sally Rockey Tags: Rock Talk Biomedical Workforce NIH Source Type: funding

Lymphatics in Health and Disease in the Digestive, Urinary, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-12-259 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Food and NutritionHealthCFDA Number: 93.83793.83893.83993.847Eligible 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 hav...
Source: Grants.gov - July 25, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Food and Nutrition Health Source Type: funding

Lymphatics in Health and Disease in the Digestive System, Kidney, and Urinary Tract (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-15-306 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Food and NutritionHealthCFDA Number: 93.847Eligible 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) st...
Source: Grants.gov - July 25, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Food and Nutrition Health Source Type: funding

Lymphatics in Health and Disease in the Digestive System, Kidney, and Urinary Tract (R01)
Funding Opportunity PAR-15-306 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This FOA is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications for research into aspects of lymphatic vessel physiology, development and pathophysiology related to health and diseases of the digestive system, kidney, and urinary tract organs. However, studies with the major focus on immune mechanisms are not encouraged. Studies to understand the factors that control local lymphatic vessel functional anatomy and physiology and development during health or disease in these organs/systems, and the mechanisms by which alterations of lymphatic...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 24, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding

A Community Research Resource of Microbiome-Derived Factors Modulating Host Physiology in Obesity, Digestive and Liver Diseases, and Nutrition (R24)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DK-15-012 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Food and NutritionHealthCFDA Number: 93.847Eligible 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)...
Source: Grants.gov - June 20, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Food and Nutrition Health Source Type: funding

A Community Research Resource of Microbiome-Derived Factors Modulating Host Physiology in Obesity, Digestive and Liver Diseases, and Nutrition (R24)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-15-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite applications from multidisciplinary research teams to create a community research resource of key members of the microbiota and factors they elaborate which modulate host physiology and pathophysiology related to obesity, nutrition, or liver, exocrine pancreatic, or digestive diseases, and to disseminate it broadly to the research community, in order to advance the development of microbiome-based interventions for prevention and treatment of these diseases.The resource will ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 19, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Changing Tides – Bivalve Bioassay and Analysis Component
Funding Opportunity Number: P15AS00797 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 15.945Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-NPSClosing Date: Jun 25, 2015Award Ceiling: $200,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 16, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide publ...
Source: Grants.gov - June 17, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding

Plant Genome Research Program
Funding Opportunity Number: 15-548 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 47.074Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: NSFClosing Date: May 27, 2015Award Ceiling: $10,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 20Creation Date: Feb 27, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This program is a continuation of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) that began in FY 1998 as part of the Nat...
Source: Grants.gov - March 4, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

Innovative Invasive Species Control and Bioremediation via RNAI Treatment
Funding Opportunity Number: G15AC00082 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 15.808Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-USGS1Closing Date: Mar 12, 2015Award Ceiling: $165,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Feb 26, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Phragmites australis has become a major problem in wetlands ecosystems in North America since the introduction of an aggressive genotype from Europe early in the twentieth...
Source: Grants.gov - March 4, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding

Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) Foundational Science Research Unit (FSRU)- Broad Agency Announcement for Basic Scientific Research (FY 2015)
Funding Opportunity Number: W911NF-15-R-0007 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantOtherProcurement ContractCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 12.431Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationIndividualsFor profit organizations other than small businessesSmall businessesAgency Name: DOD-AMCClosing Date: Jun 05, 2015...
Source: Grants.gov - February 20, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

Delta Smelt Research and Refuge Population Development
The objectives of the project are to: 1) Continue the development of a delta smelt refugial population as a safeguard against species extinction in the wild; 2) Create a genetically sound population of captive fish for research purposes, and 3) Conduct a series of experiments on smelt physiology, health, condition and behavior. (Refer to the Notice of Intent to Award Announcement No. R15AN20003 for additional information) A Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed financial assistance based upon Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(2) & (4) is solely within the discretion of the Government. ...
Source: Grants.gov - February 15, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Environment Source Type: funding

Intramural NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (FI2)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-15-094 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.859Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-NIH11Closing Date: Oct 03, 2017Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Jan 16, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The NIGMS Postdoctoral...
Source: Grants.gov - January 17, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Intramural NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program (FI2)
Funding Opportunity PAR-15-094 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program's overarching goal is to provide high quality postdoctoral research training in the basic biomedical sciences, in NIH intramural research laboratories, to a diverse group of postdoctoral fellows to prepare them for leadership positions in biomedical careers. The research projects proposed should focus on NIGMS mission-related areas of basic biomedical science. These include cell biology, biophysics, genetics, developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, computa...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 16, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: funding