Diabetes Research Centers (P30)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Diabetes Research Centers that are designed to support and enhance the national research effort in diabetes, its complications, and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. Diabetes Research Centers support two primary research-related activities: Research Core services and a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program. All activities pursued by Diabetes Research Centers are designed to enhance the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness, and multidisciplinary nature of research in Diabetes Research Center topic areas. The NIDDK Diabetes Research Centers pro...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 12, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Understanding the Glycemic Profile of Pregnancy - Biostatistics Research Center (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This FOA invites applications for a Biostatistics Research Center to participate in a clinical consortium to carefully characterize the course of glycemia over the entire duration of pregnancy and understand the evolution of dysglycemia when it occurs. A separate FOA (RFA-DK-18-018) invites Clinical Centers to recruit and study pregnant women starting in the first trimester, and continuing at least through delivery. All awardees will form a cooperative research consortium in conjunction with NIDDK to design and implement a uniform protocol. Information obtained from this study is expected to lead to improved approaches for...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 11, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Understanding the Glycemic Profile of Pregnancy - Clinical Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This FOA invites applications for Clinical Centers to carefully characterize the normal course of glycemia over the entire duration of pregnancy and understand the evolution of dysglycemia when it occurs. Clinical Centers will recruit and study pregnant women starting in the first trimester and continuing at least through delivery. A separate FOA (RFA-DK-18-019) will solicit a Biostatistics Research Center. Each Clinical Center applicant will propose a study design and provide detailed information about recruitment capacity. All awardees will form a cooperative research consortium in conjunction with NIDDK to design and im...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 11, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type-2 Diabetes (HPAP-T2D) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites cooperative agreement applications to expand the operational scope of the existing Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP) to the study of pancreata recovered from tissue donors with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and related metabolic disorders. This FOA will support one team of investigators with combined expertise in human pancreas physiology and pathophysiology; collection, processing and multimodal analysis of human pancreatic tissues; and biological database building, curation and management, that will be tasked to: 1) identify, collect and intensively characterize primary pa...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 10, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites cooperative agreement applications to continue the mission of the existing Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP). This FOA will support one team of investigators with combined expertise in human pancreas physiology and pathophysiology; collection, processing and multimodal analysis of human pancreatic tissues; and biological database building, curation and management, that will be tasked to: 1) identify, collect and intensively characterize primary pancreatic tissues from patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), beta cell specific autoimmunity, or rare forms of islet dysfunc...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 10, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby notify Principal Investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants, listed in the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that funds may be available for competitive revisions to meet immediate needs to help address a specific public health crisis in a timely manner, but that were unforeseen when the new or renewal application or grant progress report for non-competing continuation support was submitted. Applications for Urgent Competitive Revisions will be routed directly to the NIH awarding component listed on the NoA of the most recent parent award.Contact the...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 3, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Predoctoral Training in Advanced Data Analytics for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) - Institutional Research Training Program [T32]
This FOA solicits applications for new Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) predoctoral training programs that focus on innovative computational and/or data science analytic approaches and their incorporation into training for the future BSSR health research workforce. The vision of the Advanced Data Analytics for BSSR training program is to support the development of a cohort of specialized predoctoral candidates who will possess advanced competencies in data science analytics to apply to an increasingly complex landscape of behavioral and social health-related big data.Luke E. Stoeckel, Ph.D. | RFA-OD-19-011 (S...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 3, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby notify Principal Investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants, listed in the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that funds may be available for competitive revisions to meet immediate needs to help address a specific public health crisis in a timely manner, but that were unforeseen when the new or renewal application or grant progress report for non-competing continuation support was submitted. Applications for Urgent Competitive Revisions will be routed directly to the NIH awarding component listed on the NoA of the most recent parent award.Contact the...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - October 3, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

NIH Administrative Supplements to Recover Losses Due to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Non-Construction (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this funding opportunity is for investigators and institutions impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and with active NIH grants to request: 1) a 24-month extension of the current budget period, with 12-months of funding at the same funding level as the current year of the grant; and/or, 2a) one-time administrative supplements of up to $50,000 in direct costs (excluding consortium F and A costs) to replace lost and/or damaged research resources; and/or 2b) up to $100,000 to replace a single item of equipment so long as that request is accompanied by well-documented support for the need to replace tha...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 24, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This FOA invites a limited competition, renewal application to participate in the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium (ISCC) as the Coordinating Center. The consortium Coordinating Center will facilitate activities of the consortium and facilitate communication of research results, data and methods within the consortium and to the community.Patricia Greenwel, Ph.D. | RFA-DK-18-508 (Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities)
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 21, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Research Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Limited Competition Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from the Program Directors/Principal Investigators of the nine current Research Centers (RCs) of the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium (ISCC) to submit collaborative projects to characterize the minimal, required niche factors that support intestinal stem cells in health and disease, using an integrated, multidisciplinary team science approach. The nine current RCs have been collaborating for the past 4 years, answering major questions in stem cell biology of the intestinal epithelium and also accelerating research by making information and ...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 21, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Analytical and/or Clinical Validation of a Candidate Biomarker for Pain (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
The overarching purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the validation of strong candidate biomarkers and endpoints for pain that can be used to facilitate the development of non-opioid pain therapeutics from discovery through Phase II clinical trials. Specifically, the focus of this FOA is on advanced analytical and clinical validation of pain biomarkers, biomarker signatures, and/or endpoints using retrospective and/or prospective methods. It is assumed that: 1) a candidate biomarker has already been identified, 2) assay technology has already been developed, and 3) a working hypothesis regar...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 19, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the discovery and validation of novel therapeutic targets to facilitate the development of pain therapeutics. Specifically, the focus of this FOA is on the basic science discovery of targets in the peripheral nervous system, central nervous system, immune system or other tissues in the body that can be used to develop treatments that have minimal side effects and little to no abuse/addiction liability. Research supported by this FOA must include rigorous validation studies to demonstrate the robustness of the target as a pain treatment target. This wi...
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 19, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding

Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This R21 NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant supports exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of pain target discovery and validation projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a pain treatment.Teresa L.Z. Jones, M.D. | RFA-NS-18-042 (Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities)
Source: NIDDK Funding Opportunities - September 19, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: funding