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Global Health MattersSeptember - October, 2008 | Volume 7, Issue 5
NIH offers high-risk grantsThe NIH recently announced a new five-year $250 million program to foster radical or risky science proposals outside the traditional application process. In response to the complaints that the current R01 investigator-initiated grant process discourages bold, creative and risky research proposals, the NIH created the T-R01 program--the T standing for "transformative." "The T-R01 Program will pilot novel approaches to peer review to facilitate identification and support of the most ground-breaking, high impact research and augment the existing Pioneer and New Innovator Awards programs," said NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni. The purpose of the T-R01 Program is to support exceptionally innovative, original or unconventional research that will allow investigators to seize unexpected opportunities and cultivate bold ideas regardless of the anticipated risk. Studies favored under the new program would come from the following fields--science of behavior change, protein capture, functional variation in mitochondria, complex 3-D tissue models, acute to chronic pain transition and pharmacogenomics. The program's goals are to:
Applications are being accepted now. For more information go to http://tinyurl.com/4508fh. Should you require Adobe Acrobat for viewing PDFs, current and free accessible plug-ins are available at the Adobe website.
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