Grant Opportunities

Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award

See:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-001.html

The goal of the Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award is to support creative new investigators who propose innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on important problems in biomedical and behavioral research relevant to type 1 diabetes and its complications.

The Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award will use the DP2 grant mechanism.

Total funding for this five-year program in FY2008 is $20 million.  It is anticipated that at least 8 awards will be made.

Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Awards will be for up to a total of $1.5 million in direct costs (average of $300,000 per year) for a five-year budget/project period, plus applicable Facilities & Administrative (indirect) costs to be determined at the time of award.

Applications for the Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award include:

1) an abstract (no more than 300 words)
2) a 10-page essay (including project description, innovativeness, and investigator qualifications)
3) 2-page biographical sketch
4) list of current and pending support

Electronic applications must be submitted/received by April 10, 2008

Funding decisions and awards will be made in September 2008.

Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award website:  http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Funding/FundingOpportunities/RFA/RFA_T1D_Pathfinder_Award.htm

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