Funding Opportunities
Innovations in Cancer Sample Preparation: RFA
Funding opportunity announcements for 2008 are in the process of being planned and synthesized. Please visit the IMAT homepage for current information and receipt dates.
New Research Program: "Biospecimen Research for Molecular Medicine"
The NCI recently approved a new extramural research program to (1) systematically define the impact of key pre-analytical variables in human biospecimens of specific type on downstream molecular data generated from specific molecular analysis platforms and (2) to develop innovative approaches to the control, monitoring and assessment of biospecimen quality. This research program will fund directed research and development in biospecimen science that broadly supports the mission of the NCI. The two funding mechanisms to be developed are:
- A request for proposals (RFP) for research studies on multiple, defined pre-analytical variables in normal and cancer tissues and their effects on quality-controlled downstream molecular analysis
- A broad agency announcement (BAA) for research and development in biospecimen quality evaluation and control
More information on this important new research initiative will be posted as it becomes available.
