Deadline: 5-Jan-23
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites grant applications that seek to advance or clinically validate emerging novel approaches for the development of safe, real-time, non-invasive (or minimally invasive) methods to assess the development and function of the human placenta across pregnancy.
This FOA is for the advancement of novel methods for assessing the placenta’s real time in vivo status with the ultimate goal of human use across pregnancy. Special consideration will be given to applications that develop methods that are applicable throughout pregnancy, preferably starting in early gestation during the period of trophoblast invasion and remodeling of the uterine spiral arteries, and which facilitate assignment of relative risk for pregancy complications.
The placenta is a dynamic organ which changes over the course of pregnancy. To be helpful, assessments need to yield results within a time frame that reflects the current structural/functional status. However, real-time is not meant to imply instantaneous results.
Program Priorities
As the goal of this FOA is to support research-driven technology development to meet the objectives of the HPP, program priority will be given to applications that are exceptional in the following aspects:
- potential for safe assessment of real time placental status in vivo during gestation,
- the level of innovation,
- the uniqueness within the portfolio of currently supported HPP projects,
- the expected timeline for human applicability. Funds requested are expected to be used primarily to support technology development and validation.
Duration
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Independent school districts
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Others
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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