National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R34 grant applications that propose to develop novel interventions that will improve functioning in domains commonly affected by neurodevelopmental disorders. It provides resources for evaluating the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel approaches, and for obtaining the preliminary data needed to support the development of a larger-scale efficacy trial. This FOA is intended to encourage a broad scope of new treatment approaches with potential for widespread, cost-effective application across a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders based on the targeted domain(s) of functioning. The treatment approaches may include psychopharmacologic, other physiological, cognitive, psychosocial, psychoeducational, and behavioral approaches or novel combinations of any of these approaches. Also of interest are particularly innovative and theoretically-based intervention approaches currently in clinical use that have not been adequately evaluated for safety and tolerability. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIMH Clinical Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R34) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scope, RFA-MH-09-161, which solicits applications using the Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation grant (R21/R33) award mechanism. The R21/R33 may be more appropriate for projects in an earlier phase of development, and includes resources for technical development and proof-of-principle projects.

Who can apply

• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• 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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