Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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National Institutes of Health (HHS-NIH11)

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Others

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Health

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Grant

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Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes
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    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a funding opportunity for the establishment of Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers under the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) RFA-OD-25-011. This initiative aims to support the creation, preservation, and distribution of high-quality laboratory animals and biological materials, while also integrating new approach methodologies (NAMs) that complement traditional animal-based research. The program is crucial for enhancing research infrastructure and ensuring the availability of resources that facilitate scientific rigor and reproducibility in biomedical research. A total funding amount of $1.3 million is anticipated to support at least two awards annually from FY 2023-2025, with applications due by January 9, 2029. Interested applicants can reach out to the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs at ORIPDCM@mail.nih.gov for further information.

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    The Department of Health and Human Services (NIH) has reissued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (RFA-OD-25-011) for Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). This NOFO, reissuing RFA-OD-23-001, encourages grant applications for centers that create, collect, develop, characterize, preserve, and distribute special colonies of high-quality laboratory animals and animal-related models, as well as biological materials, informatics tools, data, and analytical expertise. The goal is to support research infrastructure and resource programs under the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) and to integrate new approach methodologies (NAMs) that complement traditional animal-based research. Projects focusing on specific diseases or limited national impact, or those primarily involving human subjects, will not be supported. Applications must demonstrate a national need, serve various research areas, ensure resource quality, include an Applied Research Component (up to 15% of direct costs), and have a Curation and Informatics component. Funding of $1.3 million is anticipated to support at least two awards annually from FY 2023-2025, with a maximum project period of five years. Eligibility extends to various organizations, but foreign entities are excluded. Applications are multi-component, requiring an Overall, Resource, Curation and Informatics, and Applied Research component. Review criteria emphasize overall impact, significance, investigator qualifications, innovation, approach, and environment, with specific merit descriptors for each component.
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