NOTICE OF LIMITED COMPETITION FOR COMPETING APPLICATIONS: FEASIBILITY 
PROJECTS TO TEST STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING OR SLOWING PROGRESSION OF 
DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY 

RELEASE DATE:  February 27, 2004

NOTICE: NOT-DK-04-005

National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
 (http://www.niddk.nih.gov)

The NIDDK is requesting competing applications from the current awardees of 
RFA-DK-02-025: Feasibility Projects to Test Strategies for Preventing or Slowing 
Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy.  Applications submitted in response to 
the RFA were for feasibility studies to test new therapeutic interventions in 
the setting of diabetic kidney disease. The grant awards were made in 
September 2002. The current grantees possess the necessary infrastructure, 
study population base, organization, and leadership to address the important 
objectives of obtaining new therapies that will enhance our understanding of 
the processes that determine progression of renal disease, and provide a 
rational bases for further definitive clinical studies in diabetic 
nephropathy.

NIDDK staff will contact the current grantees directly regarding application 
procedures and format.

INQUIRES

Written and telephone inquires concerning this Notice should be directed to:

Catherine M. Meyers, M.D.
Director, Inflammatory Renal Diseases Program
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 641
Bethesda, MD  20892-5458
Telephone: (301)594-7717
FAX:  (301)480-3510
Email: [email protected]

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