Programming Grants to Accompany NEH on the Road Exhibitions

Deadline :  8-15-2018

Funding Opportunity :  PAR-15-297

CFDA :  93.393|000000

Agency :  Department of Health and Human Services

Contact :  NIH OER Webmaster
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Eligibility :  State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Native American Tribal Governments (Federally recognized)
Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
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 business
Small businesses
Others

Details :  
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of applications that propose to advance research in cancer etiology and early detection biomarkers, utilizing the advantages of the unique biorepository resources of the NCI-sponsored Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer (PLCO) Screening Trial. The PLCO Biorepository offers high-quality, prospectively collected, serial pre-diagnostic blood samples from the PLCO screened arm participants, and a onetime collection of buccal cells from the control arm participants. Available data associated with the biospecimens includes demographic, diet, lifestyle, smoking, screening results, and clinical data. This FOA supports a wide range of cancer research including, but not limited to, biochemical and genetic analyses of cancer risk, as well as discovery and validation of early detection biomarkers. The proposed research project must involve use of PLCO biospecimens; additionally, it should also take advantage of the unique characteristics of the PLCO biospecimens. Research projects that do not involve the use of PLCO biospecimens will not be supported under this FOA.