WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has announced a funding opportunity for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia as part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. This initiative invites both new and renewal applications for cooperative agreements aimed at advancing and improving the diagnosis, management, and treatment of numerous rare diseases. The program emphasizes highly collaborative, multi-site, patient-cen more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity under the PRIMED-AI: Translating Models to Clinic program. This initiative, part of the NIH Common Fund, aims to develop reliable and cost-effective AI-based tools that integrate clinical imaging with other health data types. The goal is to enhance personalized medicine for patients dealing with chronic and other health conditions. The program's "Translatin more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity for a Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program. This initiative, titled "SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program Technical Assistance and Late Stage Development (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)," aims to facilitate the transition of previously or currently funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Tran more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity to support Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers. This program, managed by the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, aims to provide support for the development and maintenance of animal (mammalian and nonmammalian) models, related biological material resources, and new approach methodologies (NAMs). These resources are intended to be availab more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a limited competition funding opportunity for Investigator-Initiated Studies under the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project. This initiative, led by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), aims to support continuing research that advances the field of regenerative medicine using adult stem cells, leveraging remaining funds authorize more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a limited competition funding opportunity for Investigator-Initiated Studies under the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project. This initiative, led by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), intends to support continuing research that advances the field of regenerative medicine using adult stem cells, utilizing remaining funds authoriz more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity for the renewal of the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center. This initiative, led by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), aims to continue supporting a national resource for clinician-investigators focusing their careers on aging research. The mission of the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center is to convey scientific and res more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity to continue support for the Informatics, Coordination and Service Center unit of the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers consortium. This initiative aims to assist in the development and availability of animal models, biological materials, and new approach methodologies (NAMs) for human disease research. The ICSC plays a role in enhancing the MMRRC c more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has forecasted a funding opportunity for the NINDS Human Biospecimen and Data Repository. This initiative, led by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), seeks applications to establish a central repository for human biospecimens and data related to neurological disorders. The selected repository will be tasked with maintaining the current collection of biospecime more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health is set to issue a funding opportunity to continue providing operations support for the National Biocontainment Laboratories at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. This initiative from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ensures these facilities remain vital national resources for biodefense an more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health, is forecasting a funding opportunity for a limited competition focused on the 'Outcomes of Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network - Clinical Sites.' This initiative aims to extend follow-up and collect additional outcome data from the 25,000 participants who received g more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Common Fund and other NIH Institutes and Centers plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the "PRIMED-AI: Logistics Center." This initiative is part of the broader Precision Medicine with Artificial Intelligence - Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) program, which aims to develop innovative, reliable, and cost-effective AI-based tools that integrate clinical imaging w more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the GREGoRi Technology Integration Center.  This initiative is part of the renewed Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Disease (GREGoR) program, now known as GREGoR: Innovation (GREGoRi). The overarching goal of GREGoRi is to accelerate rare disease diagnosis by innovating the tools, m more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Common Fund and other NIH Institutes and Centers, plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the "PRIMED-AI: Validation Center." This initiative is part of the broader Precision Medicine with Artificial Intelligence - Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) program, which aims to develop innovative, reliable, and cost-effective AI-based tools that integrate clinical imaging more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its National Institutes of Health Common Fund and other NIH Institutes and Centers, plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the "PRIMED-AI: Academic-Industrial Partnerships' program."  This initiative is part of the broader Precision Medicine with Artificial Intelligence - Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) program, which aims to develop innovative, reliable, and cost-effective AI-base more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health plans to issue a new Notice of Funding Opportunity for "Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function." This initiative aims to support research focused on developing, applying, and testing predictive models and performing integrative analyses to determine how genomic variation impacts genome function. The estimated total program funding for this cooperativ more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the renewal of the Adult-Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), along with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), intends to solicit applications for the Data Analysis, Informatics and Resource Center, and the Coordinating Center for this study. The ABCD study is the largest long-term study o more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Advancing Research Careers through Mentoring Networks program. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), along with other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), intends to solicit applications for networks that will provide research education activities, including mentoring in scientific, technical, and professional res more ST

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. State Department Mission to Mauritius has announced a public diplomacy small grants program aimed at strengthening the bilateral relationships between the United States and Mauritius, and the United States and Seychelles. This program invites organizations to submit statements of interest for projects that promote these international ties. While the total program funding is not yet specified, individual awards are expected to range from a floor of $5,000 to a ce more ST