Non-PGFI Funding Opportunities

The following are genomics-related funding opportunities that may be of interest to the PGFI community.

Please check the original sources for deadlines and other important information. PGFI typically copies these from secondary sources and is unable to verify the accuracy of the information.

NIH | NSF | Other  (last updated 11/6/09)

Expiration date: November 19, 2009
Title: RFA-AI-09-030--HLA Region Genomics in Immune-Mediated Diseases (U01, U19)
Keywords: GWAS, genetic variation, sequencing exons, gene regions, broad design strategy
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-09-030.html

Expiration date: December 11, 2009
Title:RFA-HG-09-014--Comparing Design Approaches for Sequencing Disease-Associated Regions found in Genome-Wide Association Studies (U01)
Keywords: HLA Region Genomics in Immune-Mediated Diseases Consortium (HLAGC), association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and natural killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor(KIR) genetic regions and immune-mediated diseases, autoimmune diseases, primary immunodeficiencies, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), graft rejection in organ, tissue, and cell transplantation
Institute: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-09-014.html

Expiration date: December 23, 2009
Title: RFA-DA-10-011--Exploring Epigenomic Processes and Non-Coding RNAs in HIV/AIDS (R21)
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and epigenomics
Institute: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-10-011.html 

Expiration date: January 10, 2010
Title: Enabling Technologies in DNA Repair Research (R21)
Keywords: multidisciplinary, DNA damage and repair, human population or clinical studies, new tools, identification and verification of reproducible biomarkers, pilot testing
Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-016.html

Expiration date: March 2, 2010
Title: RFA-DE-10-003--Metagenomic Evaluation of Oral Polymicrobial Disease (R01)
Keywords: polymicrobial communities, archaea, bacteria, fungi
Institute: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-10-003.html

Expiration date: May 8, 2010
Title: Implicating Noncoding RNAs in the Genetics of Mental Disorders (R21)
Keywords: microRNAs, noncoding RNAs, sequence specific modulators of post-transcriptional gene expression into a theoretical framework of disease pathophysiology
Institute: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-372.html

Expiration date: June 19, 2010
Title: Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Existing Data Sets for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01)
Keywords:
Institute: National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-123.html

Expiration date: September 25, 2010
Title: Genetic Screens to Enhance Zebrafish Research (R01)
Keywords: detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processes, physiological processes, and disease processes
Institute: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-138.html

Expiration date: September 25, 2010
Title: Genetic and Genomic Resources for Emerging Non-Mammalian Model Organisms (R24)
Keywords: minimum of 5X coverage, basic biological, developmental, or behavioral mechanisms
Institute: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-457.html

Expiration date: May 8, 2011
Title: Metagenomic Analyses of the Oral Microbiome (R01)
Keywords: human oral health and disease, total oral microbial community (microbiome) using metagenomic approaches built upon recent developments in DNA sequencing, gene assembly and bioinformatics
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-090.html

Expiration date: May 8, 2011
Title: In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R01)
Keywords: bioactive food components, environmental chemicals in utero , hormonal growth factor response, gene expression or epigenetic changes, mammary cancer risk, preclinical models, high-throughput genomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies
Institute: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-140.html

Expiration date: July 2, 2011
Title: Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Genotyping Resource Access (X01)
Keywords: high-throughput genotyping, statistical genetics
services, genes that contribute to human health and disease, multi-factorial hereditary disease
Institute: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-258.html

Expiration date: September 8, 2011
Title: Resource Program Grants in Bioformatics (P41)
Keywords: operation, improvement, and dissemination of databases, digital information, or software tools; research using animal models of embryonic developmental processes
Institute: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-180.html

Expiration date: September 8, 2011
Title: Deep Sequencing and Haplotype Profiling of Mental Disorders (R01, collaborative R01)
Keywords: new technologies for cost effective whole genome analysis, in-depth sequencing and analysis of candidate genes and genomic regions in pedigrees, sample of unrelated cases with mental disorders, large-scale haplotype analysis, development of new analytical methods
Institute: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-198.html, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-199.html

Expiration date: September 8, 2011
Title: Investigational Nutrigenetic Studies for Cancer Prevention (R01)
Keywords: individual genetic variations; Human Genome and International HapMap Projects; pilot dietary intervention studies
Institute: National Institutes of Health/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-220.html

Expiration date: October 1, 2011
Title: Genetic and Genomic Analysis of Xenopus (R03, R21, R01)
Keywords:
Institute: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-242.html, http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-241.html, http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-240.html

Expiration date: September 8, 2012
Title: Proteomics in Auditory Developmental and Disease Processes (R01)
Keywords:
Institute: National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-228.html

Expiration date: September 8, 2012
Title: Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology Initiative (SBIR [R43/R44]; R01; STTR [R41/R42])
Keywords: Small Business Innovation Research; database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, tools for electronic collaboration, computational & mathematical research, development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations; Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant
Institute: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Link: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-220.html, http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-218.html, http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-221.html

National Science Foundation

Expiration date: January 26, 2010
Title: Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
Keywords:
Institute: Directorate for Biological Sciences/NSF
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09611/nsf09611.htm

Expiration date: March 3, 2010
Title: Biosensing
Keywords: monitoring, identification, quantification of biological phenomena, technological breakthroughs at the intersection of engineering, life science, and information technology
Institute: Directorate for Engineering/NSF
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503353&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Other

Expiration date: 12/15/2009
Title: Genetics Prize
Keywords: award, leading scientist/group of scientists in recognition of genetics research; medal and unrestricted $500,000
Institute: Gruber (Peter and Patricia) Foundation
Link: http://www.petergruberfoundation.org/Nominations/Genetics.php

Expiration date:01/15/2010
Title: Archon X Prize for Genomics
Keywords: award, radically new technology, sequence 100 human genomes within ten days, accuracy of no more than one error in 10,000 base pairs, covering at least ninety-eight percent of the genome, no more than $10,000 per genome.
Institute: X Prize Foundation
Link: http://genomics.xprize.org