Continuation and Expansion of the National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank for Translational Research (U24)
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA is funding a cooperative agreement to support the continuation and expansion of the National Mesothelioma Virtual Bank for Translational Research. The selected recipient will manage a centralized, internet-based database and virtual tissue bank that provides investigators with public access to mesothelioma biospecimens, demographic data, and clinical records. Eligible applicants must be domestic U.S. institutions with an established registry and tissue bank capable of operating as a national virtual registry. The agency expects to make one award with an estimated total program funding of $5,500,000, and applications must be submitted electronically by November 2, 2026, or March 2, 2027.
Eligible Applicants
Applicant institution must have an established registry and tissue bank with the capability of functioning as a national virtual registry and tissue bank for mesothelioma, one in which participating institutions will make available their independent stores of mesothelioma tissue for public access and use through a centralized Internet-based database or registry. This virtual registry and tissue bank must be able to provide a resource for investigators engaged in the research of mesothelioma, to include, but not limited to, biospecimens (blood, plasma, white blood cells, and normal and malignant mesothelioma tissues) together with demographic data such as age, sex, race, occupational history and other epidemiologic information, and clinical data (stage, treatment and survival information).Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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