Stem Cells and Cancer (R21)

The summary for the Stem Cells and Cancer (R21) 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:	Stem Cells and Cancer (R21)
	CFDA Number:	93.393
	CFDA Description:	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	PA-08-165
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 02, 2008
	Creation Date:	Dec 05, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 07, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 07, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jun 07, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; U.S. Territory or Possession.
Grant Description: Purpose. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), encourages research in all aspects of tumor stem cell biology, including the molecular and biochemical regulation of embryonic and adult stem cell behavior relevant to tumor formation. Tumor stem cells are a rare population of cells that can recapitulate all the cell types represented in the original tumor. Tumor stem cells are capable of self-renewal and asymmetric cell division. These cells are putatively responsible for the transplantability and metastatic properties of tumors. This FOA intends to stimulate efforts on isolation and characterization of tumor stem cells from a large spectrum of tumors. Such studies are important in order to understand the progression of malignant diseases. They may also inspire the development of new therapeutic strategies based on specific targeting of tumor stem cells. In addition, more research is encouraged to understand the genetic and biochemical regulatory mechanisms that control the self-renewal phenotype, asymmetric cell division, and the stem cell microenvironment (or niche). It is anticipated that the results of such research will ultimately improve the specificity and long-term effectiveness of cancer therapy.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/pa-08-165.html
Grant Announcement Contact: NIH OER WebmasterFBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster [FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV]
Similar Government Grants: • Alliance of Glycobiologists for Detection of Cancer (U01); • Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTDD) Network (U01); • Community Clinical Oncology Program Research Bases (U10); • Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program Groups (U10); • Community Clinical Oncology Program Groups (U10); • Pilot Studies in Pancreatic Cancer; • CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH SMALL GRANT PROGRAM; • MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR NUTRIENTS IN PROSTATE CANCER PREVENTION; • Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program (R03); • Pilot Studies in Pancreatic Cancer (R03)