National Institutes of Health

Description

NHGRI is soliciting grant applications to develop new and improved technologies for the efficient, comprehensive and high-throughput identification, validation and characterization of all types of sequence-based functional elements in eukaryotic genomes. This FOA will use the R21 (Exploratory/Developmental Research) grant mechanism; the R21 mechanism is intended to encourage new exploratory/developmental research projects by providing for support for the early stages of their development. R21 projects are funded to demonstrate feasibility of a subsequent project and to obtain preliminary data testing innovative ideas. This FOA is being used in conjunction with FOAs with identical scientific scopes, RFA-HG-11-013, that solicits applications under the R01 Research Project grant mechanism, and RFA-HG-11-015, that solicits applications under the R43/R44 Small Business Innovation Research grant mechanism. This solicitation continues a technology development effort initiated in 2003 as part of the ENCODE project.

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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