Announcement of a Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) (U01)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Announcement of a Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) (U01)
	CFDA Number:	93.848
	CFDA Description:	Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Research
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
	Category of Funding Activity:	Food and Nutrition Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-DK-08-501
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 13, 2008
	Creation Date:	Mar 13, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 13, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Dec 14, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	7
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply.
Grant Description: -Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by NIDDK, National Institutes of Health is a limited competition RFA soliciting cooperative agreement (U01) applications from investigators currently supported under RFA-DK-03-006, Bariatric Surgery Clinical Research Consortium to continue the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Consortium to study bariatric surgery and its role in the understanding and treatment of obesity and its complications. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Cooperative Agreement (U01) grant mechanism -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The total amount of funding that the NIDDK expects to award through this announcement is $4 million per year for five years; the anticipated number of awards will be up to six clinical centers (CC) and one data coordinating center (DCC).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-501.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-501.html
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