Notice Number: NOT-GM-10-106

Key Dates
Release Date:  July 15, 2010

Issued by
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (http://www.nigms.nih.gov)

Purpose

This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) announces its participation, effective immediately, on the Program Announcement (PA) PAR-10-146 (R21), entitled Social Network Analysis and Health.

The NIGMS Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology supports research and research training including  social and behavioral modeling. This new program seeks to encourage research in systems science approaches to health – including modeling approaches such as systems dynamics, agent based modeling, and network analysis.

Participating Organizations for PAR-10-146

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), (http://obssr.od.nih.gov/)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), (http://www.nci.nih.gov)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (http://www.ncrr.nih.gov)
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), (http://www.nichd.nih.gov)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), (http://www.nida.nih.gov)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), (http://www.nimh.nih.gov)
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov)
National Institute on Aging (NIA), (http://www.nia.nih.gov)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (http://www.nigms.nih.gov)

All other aspects of these FOAs remain the same.

Inquiries

For scientific/research inquiries to the NIGMS, contact:

Stephen E. Marcus, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist and Program Director
Social and Behavioral Modeling Research Program
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
45 Center Drive Room 2As.55A MSC 6200
Bethesda MD  20892-6200
(301) 594-2987 (phone)
(301) 480-2802 (fax)
[email protected]