WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the validation of molecular, cellular, and imaging markers for cancer detection. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to accelerate the pace of translation of NCI-supported methods/assays/technologies (referred to as "assays") to the clinic. Specifically, the focus of this FOA is more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for mental health research. The agency description of the grant states: "The overall goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to identify, in animals, in vivo neurophysiological and behavioral measures for use as assays in the early screening phase of treatment development. The FOA will support efforts to optimize and evaluate measures of more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for small community-based development projects in Lesotho. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Ambassador's Special Self-Help (SSH) program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. This Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants (one year) to community groups th more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement on research on mood and psychosis symptoms during menopause transition. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "The purpose of this FOA is to advance translational research to better understand the emergence and worsening of mood and psychotic disorders (e.g., perimenopausal depression (PMD), generalized anxiety disor more ST