September 10, 2021
PAR-21-154 - Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This Notice announces that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is participating, effective immediately, in Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PAR-21-154 "Academic Research Enhancement Award for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Required)".
The following modifications have been added to PAR-21-154, reflecting NHLBI's participation in this FOA:
Currently Reads:
Part 1. Overview Information
Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Assistance Listing Number(s)
93.279, 93.867, 93.172, 93.866, 93.273, 93.395, 93.399, 93.393, 93.394, 93.396, 93.853, 93.865, 93.173, 93.242, 93.361
Modified to Read (changes shown in bold italics):
Part 1. Overview Information
Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.279, 93.867, 93.172, 93.866, 93.273, 93.395, 93.399, 93.393, 93.394, 93.396, 93.853, 93.865, 93.173, 93.242, 93.361, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.233
Additionally, the following section was modified to add:
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
The NHLBI supports basic and clinical research pertaining to the structure, function, and diseases of the cardiovascular system, lungs, blood and blood vessels, and sleep disorders. The NHLBI also supports research in stem cell biology and transplantation, transfusion medicine, and blood resources. The NHLBI carries out its mission through a number of research programs that provide support for projects ranging from studies at the molecular level to whole body studies in man and animals. Examples of research areas supported by the NHLBI include atherosclerosis, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease (directed at the dependent variable of blood, heart, or blood vessel), coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular diseases, arrhythmias, heart failure, and shock, congenital and rheumatic heart diseases, cardiomyopathies and infections of the heart, circulatory assistance, lung cell and molecular biology, chronic obstructive lung diseases, pediatric pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis, sleep-disordered breathing, asthma, fibrotic and immunologic lung diseases, acute respiratory failure, pulmonary vascular diseases, HIV-associated lung disorders and bone marrow suppression, bleeding and clotting disorders, disorders of the red blood cell such as sickle cell disease and Cooley's anemia, bone marrow failure syndromes, and blood resources.
All remaining aspects of the FOA PAR-21-154 remain the same.
Aaron D. Laposky, PhD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Telephone: 301-827-7837
Email: [email protected]