National Institutes of Health

Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient collection, banking and sharing of biospecimens and associated clinical data from critically ill patients, ultimately for use in mechanistic research on sepsis. The goals of this FOA are to determine the scientific value of existing or newly collected sepsis human biospecimen sets as testbeds for studies on human sepsis, and to provide guidance on the best practices for collecting, utilizing and analyzing human biospecimens, thus maximizing their value for the entire sepsis research community.

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
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV