National Cancer Institute: Early-Stage Technology Development for Biospecimen Science Grant (R21)

This grant from the National Cancer Institute aims to support innovative feasibility studies for the development of technologies addressing pre-analytical variations in cancer-relevant biospecimens. Projects should focus on creating tools and methods to enhance sample quality, integrity, and storage, ultimately improving downstream analyses. The goal is to accelerate research in cancer biology, diagnosis, treatment, and disparities by reducing variations affecting biospecimen quality. Applicants must include quantitative milestones to measure project success. Applications for this grant opportunity must be submitted by Sep 20, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 206215

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	RFA-CA-13-003
Funding Opportunity Title::	Early-Stage Development of Innovative Technologies for Biospecimen Science (R21)
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Education
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	4
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.393 — Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Nov 09, 2012
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Sep 20, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Sep 20, 2013
Archive Date::	Oct 21, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 800,000
Award Ceiling::	$200,000
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Independent school districts

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.

Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Institutes of Health
Description::	This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early-stage development of technologies that address issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens or their derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or samples derived from those biospecimens for downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These technologies are expected to potentially accelerate and/or enhance research in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations that affect biospecimen sample quality. All projects must include quantitative milestones (i.e., technical metrics that determine whether the specific aims have been accomplished).
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:
Competition ID:	ADOBE-FORMS-B2
Competition Title:	Adobe-Forms-B2
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00151431
Opening Date:	Jan 20, 2013
Closing Date:	Sep 20, 2013
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