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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-CA-09-002
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 12, 2009
Creation Date:
Jan 12, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
May 29, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
May 29, 2009
Archive Date:
Jun 29, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$24,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$3,000,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
93.393
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Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
93.394
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Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research
93.396
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Cancer Biology Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; U.S. Territory or Possession.
Agency Name
National Institutes of Health
Description
Purpose. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is to promote thorough and efficient identification of genomic regions associated with cancer susceptibility. The FOA specifically solicits applications proposing transdisciplinary research projects designed to: a) take advantage of the existing Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of cancer by exploiting previously generated initial scan GWAS data; and b) accelerate and coordinate integrative post-GWAS discovery research. To address these goals, each application should consist of two to three component sub-projects closely pertinent to a single unifying research theme. At least one of these sub-projects must address the replication or expansion of prior GWAS findings and at least one sub-project must center on epidemiologic aspects. In addition, biological and/or mechanistic studies complementing and connecting the required sub-projects are strongly encouraged as a third sub-project. The long-term goal is to provide a rigorous knowledge base that would enable clinical translation and public health dissemination of the GWAS findings. It is anticipated that these goals will require collaboration of multi-center teams comprising both epidemiologists and basic scientists.
