National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications for research awards designed to develop and evaluate new clinical trial outcomes measures to assess the adverse events, and the link between efficacy and effectiveness of therapies employed to treat diseases, illnesses and injuries of interest to the NIAMS. This FOA seeks to facilitate the development and initial evaluation of new clinically-relevant and patient-important outcome measures and instruments that could be further tested with existing or novel clinical trials designed to gain widespread acceptance and application in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of diseases, illnesses and injuries of interest to the NIAMS. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the U01 cooperative agreement grant mechanism. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The NIAMS intends to commit approximately $1.0 million in FY 2010 to fund four or five new grants in response to this FOA. These awards are not renewable.

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