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Inflammation, Inflammatory Mediators and Aging

announced:	Jun 8, 2005
total funding:	$2,000,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	Inflammatory processes, particularly those mediating chronic inflammation, have been implicated as predictors or initiators of, or contributors to, chronic diseases and conditions of aging including cardiovascular disease,... (see full announcement)

Developmental Research on Elder Mistreatment

announced:	May 24, 2005
total funding:	$1,700,000
max award:	$200,000
min award:	none
description:	- NIA announces the availability of Exploratory/Developmental awards (R21) to initiate the systematic scientific study of Elder Mistreatment. Several of the more basic priority areas elaborated in the National Academy of Sciences... (see full announcement)

Pilot and Feasibility Program Related to the Kidney

announced:	May 6, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (DKUHD) of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the Division of Cancer Biology of the National Cancer Institute (NCI ), the National... (see full announcement)

Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan

announced:	May 4, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- This Program Announcement (PA) solicits applications for collaborative research projects, involving investigators in developed and developing countries, focusing on brain disorders throughout life relevant to developing nations.... (see full announcement)

Mechanisms of Transmission and Dissemination of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs)

announced:	Apr 26, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) encourages submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to study mechanisms of transmission and dissemination of Transmissible Spongiform... (see full announcement)

Collaborative Awards in Epilepsy Research for Junior Investigators

announced:	Apr 25, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate basic, translational and clinical research in the field of epilepsy by promoting collaborations among junior investigators. - This program announcement invites both research... (see full announcement)

Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers

announced:	Apr 21, 2005
total funding:	$10,500,000
max award:	$750,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications from qualified institutions for support of Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers (ADCCs). These Centers are designed to serve as shared research resources that will facilitate... (see full announcement)

Interactions Between Stem and Progenitor Cells and the Microenvironment In Vivo

announced:	Apr 21, 2005
total funding:	$2,700,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute on Aging... (see full announcement)

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

announced:	Apr 15, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The goal of this program announcement is to encourage research that will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected in the behavioral and social sciences, relevant to the missions of the participating NIH... (see full announcement)

Nutrition and Diet in the Causation, Prevention, and Management of Heart Failure

announced:	Apr 15, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this Program Announcement is to encourage submission of investigator-initiated research applications on the role of nutrition and diet in the causation, prevention, and treatment of cardiomyopathies and heart... (see full announcement)

Stem Cells and Cancer

announced:	Apr 12, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	Stem cells play a crucial role in all aspects of biology from the development of early embryos to the repair and maintenance of adult tissues. Embryonic stem cells can give rise to all the tissue types in the adult organism. Adult... (see full announcement)

Tools for Zebrafish Research

announced:	Mar 30, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- This Program Announcement (PA) encourages investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit the power of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for biomedical and behavior research. Applications are welcome proposing to... (see full announcement)

Neurologic Motor Speech Disorders and Speech Motor Control

announced:	Mar 24, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The NIDCD and NIA are encouraging applications in motor speech disorders and speech motor control. Applications in response to this PA should be submitted at the standard receipt dates indicated by the NIH. There are no funds set... (see full announcement)

Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease

announced:	Mar 23, 2005
total funding:	$1,200,000
max award:	$75,000
min award:	none
description:	- This RFA is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov), a trans-NIH partnership to accelerate neuroscience research. Fifteen Institutes and Centers are participating in the... (see full announcement)

International Research Collaboration Behavioral, Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS)

announced:	Mar 22, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$32,000
min award:	none
description:	- The Fogarty International Research Collaboration - Behavioral, Social Sciences Research Award (FIRCA-BSS) facilitates collaborative behavioral and social science research between scientists supported by the National Institutes of... (see full announcement)

International Research Collaboration Basic Biomedical (FIRCA-BB)

announced:	Mar 18, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$32,000
min award:	none
description:	- The Fogarty International Research Collaboration- Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Award (FIRCA-BB) facilitates collaborative basic biomedical research between scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and... (see full announcement)

Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity

announced:	Mar 2, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- NIA announces the availability of dissertation awards (R36) in all areas of research within the Institute's mandate to increase the diversity of the research workforce on aging. These awards are available to qualified predoctoral... (see full announcement)

Targeting Diseases Caused by Protein Misfolding or Misprocessing

announced:	Feb 22, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The purpose of this PAR is to invite qualified scientific investigators to submit applications designed to identify small molecule reagents that specifically prevent or ameliorate a protein folding or processing defect in simple... (see full announcement)

Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences

announced:	Feb 18, 2005
total funding:	$1,500,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences supports broad and fundamental, early-stage graduate research training in the neurosciences via institutional training grants. - Because the nature and... (see full announcement)

Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior

announced:	Feb 14, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of... (see full announcement)

Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders

announced:	Feb 9, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- As summarized in the 2003 National Sleep Disorders Research Plan (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/res_plan/index.html), multiple scientific areas in sleep and sleep disorders need additional research. In addition,... (see full announcement)

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) to Improve The Chemistry and Targeted Delivery of RNAi Molecules

announced:	Jan 31, 2005
total funding:	$1,700,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The participating institutes of the National Institutes of Health invite the small business community to apply cutting edge-technology to develop new approaches and chemical modifications that will increase the long term... (see full announcement)

Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Aging Diseases (SBIR/STTR)

announced:	Jan 31, 2005
total funding:	$4,500,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will... (see full announcement)

Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, And Blood, and Aging Diseases (R21)

announced:	Jan 31, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	-This funding opportunity will define the factors and mechanisms controlling the differentiation of embryonic or adult stem or progenitor cells, either in vitro or in vivo. It is designed to stimulate new scientific advances in... (see full announcement)

Biology of the Perimenopause: Impact on Health and Aging in Non-Reproductive Somatic and Neuronal Tissues

announced:	Jan 31, 2005
total funding:	$2,500,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	-The goal of this RFA is solicit applications for research studies to better understand underlying biologic mechanisms associated with the increased risk for, or decreased protection leading to, health problems and conditions... (see full announcement)

Retirement Economics

announced:	Jan 5, 2005
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for research on retirement economics. The research objectives of this Program Announcement include, but are not limited to: (1) the determinants of retirement behavior, (2)... (see full announcement)

Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

announced:	Dec 28, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and the National Institute of Arthritis and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)... (see full announcement)

Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health

announced:	Dec 20, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage the development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. - This announcement invites applications to (a) elucidate... (see full announcement)

Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health

announced:	Dec 13, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices listed above, invite applications in support of research on mind-body interactions and health. "Mind-body interactions and... (see full announcement)

R21 Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery

announced:	Nov 30, 2004
total funding:	$1,500,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	In 1999, at the direction of Congress, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), in conjunction with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National... (see full announcement)

Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials

announced:	Nov 30, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	In 1999, at the direction of Congress, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), in conjunction with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National... (see full announcement)

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

announced:	Nov 23, 2004
total funding:	$60,000,000
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The NIH hereby notifies Principal Investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants (listed in the full announcement) that funds are available for administrative supplements to improve the diversity of the research... (see full announcement)

IMPROVING MEASUREMENT TOOLS FOR STERNAL SKIN CONDUCTANCE AND HOT FLASHES: PHASE I SBIR

announced:	Nov 16, 2004
total funding:	$1,500,000
max award:	$250,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and the Office of Research on Womens Health... (see full announcement)

Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance

announced:	Nov 3, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	Obesity has become a major focus of public health efforts at the national, State, and local levels. The major focus of the Program Announcement (PA) is to solicit projects that enhance the state-of-the-science on the causes of... (see full announcement)

Planning Project for Testosterone Trials in Aging Men

announced:	Oct 19, 2004
total funding:	$700,000
max award:	$700,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for planning and protocol development for a coordinated set of clinical trials of the efficacy and safety of testosterone treatment in older men for specific symptomatic... (see full announcement)

MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES (SBIR/STTR)

announced:	Oct 7, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	On February 26, 2004, Executive Order 13329 (http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov /2004/pdf/04-4436.pdf)was signed by President George W. Bush requiring SBIR/STTR agencies, to the extent... (see full announcement)

Ancillary Studies to the Ad Neuroimaging Initiative

announced:	Sep 29, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$50,000
min award:	none
description:	This PA invites research grant applications for ancillary studies to the Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a multi-site, longitudinal, prospective, naturalistic study of normal cognitive aging, mild cognitive... (see full announcement)

Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity

announced:	Sep 28, 2004
total funding:	$4,750,000
max award:	$100,000
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this RFA is to solicit applications to develop and validate new and innovative bioengineering technology to address clinical problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure. Novel sensors, devices,... (see full announcement)

BIOENGINEERING APPROACHES TO ENERGY BALANCE AND OBESITY (SBIR/STTR)

announced:	Sep 8, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this PA is to solicit applications to develop and validate new and innovative bioengineering technology to address clinical problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure. Novel sensors, devices,... (see full announcement)

DEVELOPING INTERVENTIONS FOR MULTIPLE MORBIDITIES

announced:	Sep 8, 2004
total funding:	$1,000,000
max award:	$150,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) requests R34 and R21 applications exploring potential interventions to decreasing morbidity, mortality, and disability associated with multiple, co-occurring diseases in elderly patients. ... (see full announcement)

AGING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN: LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSES

announced:	Aug 31, 2004
total funding:	$2,500,000
max award:	$275,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites research grant (R01) applications that will utilize existing human longitudinal data and specimens, and/or conduct ancillary studies to longitudinal studies, to gain information and... (see full announcement)

GENETICS AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

announced:	Aug 31, 2004
total funding:	$2,250,000
max award:	$200,000
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this Program Announcement with set-aside funds (PAS) is to invite applications to study the biological basis of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). VCI causes a burden of illness similar to that caused by... (see full announcement)

TECHNOLOGY AND AGING: NIA SBIR/STTR PROGRAM INITIATIVE

announced:	Aug 25, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$750,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks small business applications in specific areas to enhance the coordination and optimization of the SBIR and STTR grant programs across and within NIA's four programs of research:... (see full announcement)

JOINT DEGENERATION: MOUSE MODELS

announced:	Aug 16, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$200,000
min award:	none
description:	This announcement solicits proposals of research employing genetically defined and genetically modified mouse models to explore the biological mechanisms underlying non-inflammatory joint degeneration, or osteoarthritis. ... (see full announcement)

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE CLINICAL SCIENTIST DEVELOPMENT AWARD

announced:	Aug 16, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$150,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will accept applications for the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) or Mentored Research Scientist Award (K01) in the area of Alzheimers disease and related dementias... (see full announcement)

SUPPLEMENTS TO PROMOTE REENTRY INTO BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CAREERS

announced:	Jul 16, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The participating Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) along with the Office of Research on Womens Health announces a continuing program for administrative supplements to research grants to support... (see full announcement)

NOVEL APPROACHES TO ENHANCE ANIMAL STEM CELL RESEARCH

announced:	Jul 12, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$200,000
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to encourage the submission of applications for research to enhance animal stem cells as model biological systems. Innovative approaches to isolate, characterize and identify... (see full announcement)

SOCIOBEHAVIORAL DATA ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING IN AGING

announced:	Jul 12, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$50,000
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is seeking small grant (R03) applications to: 1) stimulate and facilitate data archiving and secondary analyses of data related to caregiving, cognition, demography, economics, epidemiology,... (see full announcement)

UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING HEALTH LITERACY (R03)

announced:	Jun 28, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The participating Institutes, Centers and Offices of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invite investigators to submit R03 research grant applications on health... (see full announcement)

UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING HEALTH LITERACY (R01)

announced:	Jun 28, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The participating Institutes, Centers and Offices of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invite investigators to submit R01 research grant applications on health... (see full announcement)

MIDCAREER INVESTIGATOR AWARD IN PATIENT-ORIENTED RESEARCH (K24)

announced:	Jun 14, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of the Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research is to provide support for clinician investigators to allow them protected time to devote to patient-oriented research (POR) and to act as research... (see full announcement)

CHARACTERIZATION, BEHAVIOR AND PLASTICITY OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

announced:	May 10, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	$137,500
min award:	none
description:	Stem cells appear to possess great plasticity, but the cellular mechanisms regulating their behavior and fate are not understood. If these mechanisms can be harnessed to obtain cells specifically required for therapy, diagnosis... (see full announcement)

HETEROGENEITY OF FAT DEPOTS: UNDERLYING BASIS AND ASSOCIATION WITH MORBIDITY

announced:	Apr 27, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) invite investigator-initiated Research Projects (R01... (see full announcement)

LONG-TERM WEIGHT MAINTENANCE: BASIC AND CLINICAL STUDIES

announced:	Apr 19, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The goal of this program announcement is to invite research applications investigating basic and clinical aspects of long-term weight maintenance. Applications investigating mechanisms underlying weight stability and/or weight... (see full announcement)

RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS FOR IMPROVING FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES

announced:	Mar 23, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invite applications for R01 awards to support Research Partnerships for Improving... (see full announcement)

HEALTH PROMOTION AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY MALES

announced:	Jan 29, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic,... (see full announcement)

ELSI SMALL GRANT RESEARCH PROGRAM (R03)

announced:	Jan 20, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	This PA is designed to solicit research projects that anticipate, analyze and address the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of the discovery and use of new information and technologies resulting from human genetic... (see full announcement)

ELSI REGULAR RESEARCH PROGRAM (R01)

announced:	Jan 20, 2004
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	This PA is designed to solicit research projects that anticipate, analyze and address the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of the discovery and use of new information and technologies resulting from human genetic... (see full announcement)

ORAL HEALTH OF SPECIAL NEEDS AND OLDER POPULATIONS

announced:	Dec 15, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	This Program Announcement is to encourage investigator-initiated clinical research focused on the oral health of special needs populations, including those with developmental or acquired physical or mental disabilities, people... (see full announcement)

DIET COMPOSITION AND ENERGY BALANCE

announced:	Dec 15, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The goal of this program announcement is to invite research applications investigating the role of diet composition in energy balance, including studies in both animals and humans. Both short and longer-term studies would be... (see full announcement)

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RESEARCH (R01)

announced:	Dec 15, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and participating Institutes and Centers, National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite grant applications for... (see full announcement)

BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

announced:	Nov 24, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRPs) for basic, applied, and translational... (see full announcement)

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN OLD AGE

announced:	Nov 24, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The goal of this program is to foster biomedical research that will lead to a better understanding of the biology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and medical management of the acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in old age. ... (see full announcement)

NIH CLINICAL TRIAL PLANNING GRANT (R34) PROGRAM

announced:	Oct 22, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The purpose of the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial, including the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management... (see full announcement)

NEUROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENHANCEMENT

announced:	Oct 22, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	This Program Announcement replaces PA-02-003. The purpose of this Program Announcement (PA) is to encourage submission of new research project grant (R01) and exploratory/developmental grant (R21) applications to research and... (see full announcement)

ANCILLARY STUDIES TO OBESITY-RELATED CLINICAL TRIALS

announced:	Oct 22, 2003
total funding:	Not Available
max award:	none
min award:	none
description:	The goal of this initiative is to solicit research grant applications for ancillary studies investigating obesity-related research questions in conjunction with six NIDDK-sponsored cooperative agreement clinical trials and... (see full announcement)

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