Tropical Medicine Research Centers (P50)

The summary for the Tropical Medicine Research Centers (P50) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Tropical Medicine Research Centers (P50): The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) invites applications for Tropical Medicine Research Centers (TMRC). Each Center must be located in a geographic area where at least one of the following diseases is endemic: Leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease, and human African trypanosomiasis. The focus of the application should be on only one of these diseases.
Federal Grant Title: Tropical Medicine Research Centers (P50)
Federal Agency Name: National Institutes of Health
Grant Categories: Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AI-06-006
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 93.85593.856
CFDA Descriptions: Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation Research 93.856 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research
Current Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline: Jul 22, 2006
Posted Date: Mar 03, 2006
Creation Date: Mar 03, 2006
Archive Date: Aug 21, 2006
Total Program Funding: $2,600,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Foreign institutions are eligible to apply. Non-US organizations and institutions must be located in areas endemic for leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease, or human African trypanosomiasis in order to be eligible to apply. Applications may be submitted by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, public and private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories and government agencies only if in the endemic country. To achieve the goals identified in the application, subcontract or consortium arrangements are permitted with other institutions. To ensure uninterrupted conduct of the research studies and the safety of the study personnel, the TMRC should be located in a politically stable setting. Anticipated safety concerns and security threats should not impede the conduct of the research during the period of the award. In order to permit adequate NIH oversight and monitoring of the clinical studies, the country should not have experienced protracted U.S. State Department travel warnings (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html ) advising against travel to the country or the site where the TMRC is proposed.
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