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

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

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

Federal Grant Title:	Announcement of a Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) (U01)
Federal Agency Name:	National Institutes of Health
Grant Categories:	Food and Nutrition Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-DK-08-501
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.848
CFDA Descriptions:	Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Research
Current Application Deadline:	No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline:	Nov 13, 2008
Posted Date:	Mar 13, 2008
Creation Date:	Mar 13, 2008
Archive Date:	Dec 14, 2008
Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:	7
Cost Sharing or Matching:	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.
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