News for Researchers
Visit nccam.nih.gov/cgi-bin/grants/funding.pl for more information on these and other NCCAM-funded opportunities
PA-05-046: Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Sponsors: NCCAM and 12 other components of NIH.
An estimated 70 million people in the United States suffer from sleep problems, which cost $66 billion per year in health care and lost productivity. In addition to conventional therapies for sleep problems, many people turn to CAM approaches such as meditation, yoga, and valerian. The goals of this initiative are to increase understanding of both sleep and sleep disorders, encourage early identification of problems, and identify safe and effective treatments.
RFA-MH-05-011: Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease
Sponsors: NCCAM and 14 other components of NIH.
Diseases of the nervous system pose a significant public health and economic challenge, affecting nearly one in three Americans at some point in their lives and costing more than $500 billion per year. This RFA is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a trans-NIH partnership formed to speed discoveries in neuroscience research and translate them to clinical benefits. The RFA will support graduate-level courses on the neurobiology of disease. Applying institutions must already have a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award institutional training grant, with certain parameters.
Note: Application receipt date is May 25, 2005.
DK-05-0130: Silymarin Product Development Program
Sponsors: NCCAM and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
The awarded company will provide silymarin (a component of the milk thistle plant, Silybum marianum) for
studies looking at the prevention and treatment of two liver disorders, chronic hepatitis C and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
NCCAM-NCI Medical Oncology-CAM Fellowship
Sponsors: NCCAM, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the FDA.This 3-year fellowship will train academic oncologists in both medical oncology and CAM, as well as in legal and regulatory issues in the field. For information, go to nccam.nih.gov/research/intramural/camoncology_fellow.htm.
The NCCAM Web site has two new pages that include information and resources specifically for researchers: the NCCAM Office of International Health Research and the NCCAM Office of Special Populations.
