Opportunity ID: 131893

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-RM-12-001
Funding Opportunity Title: Stem/Progenitor Cell-Derived Human Micro-organs and -tissues (U18)
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Assistance Listings: 93.310 — Trans-NIH Research Support
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Nov 23, 2011
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 26, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 26, 2012
Archive Date: Feb 26, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Award Floor:

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
For a Diversity FOA that restricts eligibility by targeting diverse institutions, insert standard Diversity language regarding eligible institutions here. (see Lisa Evans,OER). Note that FOAs can target institutions or individuals but not both.

Additional Information

Agency Name: National Institutes of Health
Description: This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds from the NIH Common Fund (Common Fund) and participating NIH Institute(s) and Center(s), invites applications for the development of human multi-cellular models that can replicate aspects of human organ physiology. Disease pathogenesis, cell-type diversity, genomic complexity, monitoring of cell to cell and cell to matrix interactions and microenvironment regulation are key aspects to be addressed by these model systems. The multi-cellular architecture will represent characteristics of the organ being modeled and will demonstrate reproducible cellular signatures and functional outputs under physiological conditions. It is anticipated that these human cell/tissue models could lead to the development and commercialization of cellular 3D modules that would eventually become part of larger organ systems targeted for rapid and high fidelity safety and efficacy evaluation of candidate therapeutics.

Applications unresponsive to this FOA are those developing 3D tissues for transplantation, engineering non-human tissue models or developing simple 3D models that do not go significantly beyond those currently available and in use.

Funds from the NIH will be made available through the U18 cooperative agreement award mechanism. These 2 year awards will support studies to develop multi-cellular models representative of the cellular diversity, genomic complexity, cellular architecture and function of the tissues or organs being modeled.Multi-cellular models that reflect disease pathologies including but not limited to cardiomyopathy, endocrinopathies, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, autoimmunity, fibrosis, muscular dystrophies, neuromuscular disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, seizures, pulmonary hypertension and cystic fibrosis are of particular interest.

The NIH is collaborating with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enable coordination of separate but parallel efforts in development of in vitro microphysiological systems as they relate to regulatory science.

Link to Additional Information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-001.html
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

NIH OER Webmaster
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

Email:FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

Version History

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Related Documents

Packages

Agency Contact Information: NIH OER Webmaster
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

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Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
93.310 ADOBE-FORMS-B2 Adobe-Forms-B2 PKG00086650 Dec 26, 2011 Jan 26, 2012 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

131893 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf

131893 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf

131893 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf

131893 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf

131893 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf

131893 PHS398_CoverPageSupplement_1_4-1.4.pdf

131893 PHS398_ResearchPlan_1_3-1.3.pdf

131893 PHS398_Checklist_1_3-1.3.pdf

Optional forms

131893 RR_SubawardBudget30-1.2.pdf

131893 PHS_CoverLetter_1_2-1.2.pdf

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