This grant, an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, aims to develop and disseminate knowledge about the structural and functional connectivity of the human brain. Its purpose is to optimize cutting-edge non-invasive imaging technologies to acquire comprehensive in vivo data, including structural, functional, demographic, behavioral, and genetic information, from hundreds of healthy adults. The project will develop models to interpret this data, link connectivity patterns to existing architectonic information, and establish a user-friendly platform for immediate data and tool dissemination. Over five years, the project expects to deliver integrated imaging tools, a high-quality dataset of human connectivity, and rapid, accessible resources for the research community, accelerating discoveries related to nervous system disorders.
Opportunity ID: 48472
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-MH-10-020 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | The Human Connectome Project (U54) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Environment Health Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.113 — Environmental Health |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 15, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 25, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Special district governments Small businesses For profit organizations other than small businesses City or township governments Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) State governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education County governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Regional Organizations; U.S. Territory or Possession. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institutes of Health |
| Description: | Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued as an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. The Neuroscience Blueprint is a collaborative framework through which 16 NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices jointly support neuroscience-related research, with the aim of accelerating discoveries and reducing the burden of nervous system disorders (for further information, see http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/). The overall purpose of this five year Human Connectome Project (HCP) is to develop and share knowledge about the structural and functional connectivity of the human brain. This purpose will be pursued through the following specific efforts: Existing, but cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging technologies will be optimized and combined to acquire structural and functional in vivo data about axonal projections and neural connections from brains of hundreds of healthy adults. Demographic data and data regarding sensory, motor, cognitive, emotional, and social function will also be collected for each subject, as will DNA samples and blood (to establish cell lines). Models to better understand and use these data will be developed. Connectivity patterns will be linked to existing architectonic data. Data and models will be made available to the research community immediately via a user-friendly system to include tools to query, organize, visualize and analyze data. Outreach activities will be conducted to engage and educate the research community about the imaging tools, data, models, and informatics tools. After five years, these specific efforts are expected to deliver: 1) A set of integrated, non-invasive imaging tools to obtain connectivity data from humans in vivo; 2) A high quality and well characterized, quantitative set of human connectivity data linked to behavioral and genetic data as well as to general, existing architectonic data, and associated models, from up to hundreds of healthy adult female and male subjects; and 3) Rapid, user-friendly dissemination of connectivity data, models, and tools to the research community via outreach activities and an informatics platform. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-10-020.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 |
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