Current Funding Opportunities

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Integrating Biospecimen Science Approaches into Clinical Assay Development (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

PAR-22-049

Posted date: October 22, 2021
Open date (Earliest submission date): December 11, 2021
Application Receipt Dates: September 13, 2022; January 11, 2023; June 07, 2023; September 13, 2023; January 11, 2024; June 07, 2024; September 13, 2024 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support extramural research to investigate and mitigate challenges facing clinical assay development and subsequent analytical validation due to preanalytical variability in tumor tissue biopsies and blood biospecimens utilized as “liquid biopsies.” Extramural research funded under this FOA may include investigations of preanalytical variability associated with the procurement and study of small biopsies (core biopsies, small excision samples), pleural aspirates, and blood utilized for liquid biopsies. Investigator-designed experiments will explore how different biospecimen preanalytical conditions affect emerging and clinically relevant biomarkers quantified by a variety of testing platforms. The results from this research program will improve the understanding of how analytical quantification of clinically relevant biomarkers is affected by variation in biospecimen collection, processing, and storage procedures. The overall goal is to expedite biomarker clinical assay development through evidence-based standardization of biopsy handling practices.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-049.html

CDP contact:
Dr. Abhi Rao, 240-276-5715, abhi.rao@nih.gov
Dr. Lokesh Agrawal, (240) 276-5718, lokesh.agrawal@nih.gov

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