National Institutes of Health

Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites cooperative agreement applications for investigator-initiated clinical trials of natural products to treat clinical symptoms such as those associated with sleep disturbance, pain conditions, or some mental health conditions (e.g., mild to moderate depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress), or examine the effects of probiotics and other natural products on gut-microbiome interactions with the brain and/or immune system. All applications submitted under this FOA must be supported by sufficient preliminary data of bioavailability and documentation that the natural product produces a replicable and measurable biological signature (i.e., measure of the mechanism of action), whenever it is possible or practical to measure and used by the patient population of interest.

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

NIH OER Webmaster<br/>FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV<br/>
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV