Research Resource for a National Swine Resource and Research Center (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications under a cooperative agreement to continue support for a National Swine Resource and Research Center. The center will serve as a centralized national resource for the creation, breeding, cryopreservation, and distribution of genetically modified swine models, along with genotyping and phenotyping services, infectious disease monitoring, protocol distribution, and related training and information support. The effort is intended to provide specific pathogen-free models that improve reproducibility, reduce duplication and cost, and support biomedical research on human health and disease, with emphasis on faithful model representation and related alternative approaches. The opportunity allows no cost sharing, anticipates one award, and lists an award range of about $960,898 to $1,008,943, with questions directed to ORIPDCM@mail.nih.gov.