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National Center For Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
The National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine has issued a request for applications to study "Frontier Medicine," which is defined by the center as those complimentary and alternative medicine practices for which there is no plausible biomedical explanation. The goal of the program is to create an infrastructure to nurture and therefore advance the field of biomedical research by providing institutional support and resources necessary for rigorous scientific investigation of areas that have not been previously subjected to rigorous scientific scrutiny. Each exploratory program grant is intended to facilitate collaborations among exploratory and developmental research subprojects, providing an enriched training and career development environment, and create the opportunity for pilot research projects.
Applications may be submitted by domestic for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the public or private sectors. These grants are given to a group of a minimum of three independent investigators who, together, represent experience in both basic and clinical research, have access to patient care and the capacity to design, and will conduct and evaluate both basic mechanistic studies and clinic studies. Applications will follow the NIH P20 exploratory grants mechanism. Up to four awards will be made, with a total commitment of $2.4 million during the initial year’s funding. Applicants may request up to three years of support, and maximum awards will be $600,000 total costs during the first year of award. Further information is available on the Web site at: grants.nih.gov\grants\guide\rfa-files\RFA-AT-00-002.html. Deadline for letters of intent is Aug. 7, 2000, and the application deadline is Nov. 14, 2000.
The National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging has issued a program announcement to encourage the submission of applications to support research on the relationship between oxidative stress and apoptosis and how these biological processes are involved in aging and/or change with age. The mechanism of support will be the NIH individual research project grant (RO1). The total project period may be up to five years and applicants may request up to $250,000 direct cost per year. Further information is available at the Web site: grants.nih.gov\grants\guide\pa-files\PA-00-0081.html.
National Cancer Institute Howard Temin Award for Junior Investigators Support
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is inviting applications to help new investigators to make the transition from a mentored position to an independent research career. This award is intended for young scientists who have demonstrated an unusually high potential. Applicants must have a PhD or MD and have completed at least three years of postdoctoral research. The applicant must identify a mentor for the early phase of the award.
Areas of research include a broad variety of topics in human biology and clinical science, with emphasis on the etiology pathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis control, and treatment of human cancer. Further information is available at: grants.nih.gov\grants\guide\pa-files\PAR-00-066.html or by contacting Andrew Vargosko at (301) 496-8580 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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