Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54)

The summary for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54)
	CFDA Number:	93.27393.393
	CFDA Description:	Alcohol Research Programs 93.393 Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Health Food and Nutrition
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-OD-08-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Feb 08, 2008
	Creation Date:	Feb 08, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 20, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Sep 20, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$8,750,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	93.394 -- Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) For profit organizations other than small businesses Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities County governments Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Special district governments City or township governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Small businesses Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Independent school districts
Additional Information on Eligibility: Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. Eligible agencies of the Federal Government can apply. Faith-based or community-based organizations can apply.
Grant Description: -The NIH ORD, NIAMS, NIDDK, NICHD, NINDS, NIA, NIAAA, NCI, NIDCR and NHLBI invite new and renewal cooperative agreement applications to continue the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN). The Network has two main components: Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) and a Data Management and Coordinating Center (DMCC) (formerly known as Data Technology Coordinating Center, DTCC). The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite new and renewal cooperative agreement applications for RDCRCs that individually focus on a subset of related rare diseases. A separate FOA has been published to invite new and renewal cooperative agreement applications for DMCC at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-08-002.html. -The purpose of the Network is to facilitate clinical research in rare diseases through support for 1) collaborative clinical research in rare diseases, including longitudinal studies of individuals with rare diseases, clinical studies and/or phase I , II and II/III trials; 2) training of clinical investigators in rare diseases research; 3) pilot and demonstration projects 4) a test bed for distributed clinical data management that incorporates novel approaches and technologies for data management, data mining, and data sharing across rare diseases, data types, and platforms; and 5) access to information related to rare diseases for basic and clinical researchers, academic and practicing physicians, patients, and the lay public. Items 1-3 and 5 must be addressed in RDCRC application and item 4 must be addressed in DMCC application (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-08-002.html)
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