Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10)

The summary for the Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10) 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.

Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet) (U10): -Purpose. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by NHLBI, NIH, is to invite applications to participate in the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet), a clinical research network that will develop and conduct multiple clinical trials to address the most important asthma management questions and new treatment approaches in pediatric and adult populations. AsthmaNet is designed to promote cooperation and coordination, facilitate scientific exchange, provides training opportunities, and leverage resources. AsthmaNet will include multiple Clinical Centers and one Data Coordinating Center. The protocols will include clinical trials to evaluate and/or compare existing or new therapeutic approaches to asthma management as well as a limited number of proof-of-concept studies to advance the development of novel therapies and studies that investigate the mechanistic bases for interventions examined in AsthmaNet. This FOA solicits applications for clinical centers and runs in parallel with a separate FOA that solicits applications for the data coordinating center (see RFA-HL-08-011). -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the cooperative agreement mechanism of support (U10). -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The total amount to be awarded for AsthmaNet (the Clinical Centers and the Data Coordinating Center) will be a maximum $104.8 million total costs for the project period. It is anticipated that up to 9 Clinical Centers under this FOA, and 1 Data Coordinating Center under the related FOA (see RFA-HL-08-011) will be awarded. As an optional program, and included in the total amount designated for AsthmaNet, up to 3 Clinical Research Skills Development Cores may be awarded to Clinical Centers participating in AsthmaNet if they apply for a CRSD core.