National Institutes of Health

Description

The purpose of this FOA is to provide support for a Biobank for the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program. The goal of the program is to build a research cohort of one million or more U.S. volunteers who are engaged as partners in a longitudinal, long-term effort to transform the understanding of factors contributing to individual health and disease. The PMI Cohort Program Biobank will have the responsibility of establishing state of the art methods and technologies for sample collection, processing, handling, management, storage, and providing all support services needed for biospecimen collection.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

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