News for Researchers
NIH requires that grant applications be submitted via the Web portal Grants.gov using Form 424 (Research and Related, or R&R, application). To find out more, go to era.nih.gov/electronicreceipt. For more information on the funding opportunities below and others, go to nccam.nih.gov/cgi-bin/grants/funding.pl.
NOT-AT-08-001: Availability of Data from the 2002 and 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): Public Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sponsors: NCCAM and NIH. Data from a supplement on CAM use in the 2007 edition of the NHIS, a national study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), is expected to be released in Summer 2008. Data from the 2002 edition of this survey are currently available. NCCAM and other NIH institutes are accepting research grant applications for secondary analyses of this information.
NOT-AT-07-005: Administrative Supplements for CAM Practitioner Research Experiences (see Opening Doors to Research Experience)
PA-07-393: Biology of Manual Therapies
Sponsors: NCCAM, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and two components of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This initiative will fund basic, mechanistic, and preclinical studies focused on the possible mechanisms of action underlying the effects of manual therapies such as spinal manipulation, mobilization, and massage therapy. These therapies are often used for musculoskeletal conditions such as low-back pain and neck pain.
PAR-07-378: Omics and Variable Responses to CAM: Secondary Analysis of CAM Clinical Trials
Sponsors: NCCAM and the National Cancer Institute. Recipients of these grants will study genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and other omic variations in individuals' responses to CAM therapies and to biologically active food components that could be of benefit in cancer, such as in prevention and treatment and the management of symptoms.
PAR-07-384: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowship Training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sponsor: NCCAM. These awards are intended to help develop a diverse pool of highly trained scientists to study CAM.
