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Currently Funded Resources

The following resources are available to investigators seeking assistance with clinical laboratory technologies:

• Consensus Laboratory Assay Protocols.
• Consensus immunological assay protocols and virological assay protocols have been developed for implementation in multi-site HIV/AIDS clinical investigations.
• Development, Implementation and Quality Assessment of Laboratory Methodologies.
• DAIDS staff are available to provide assistance with approaches to the development, standardization, validation and quality assessment (proficiency testing) of immunological assays and virological assays for multi-site HIV/AIDS investigations. Also available is assistance with approaches to comparative evaluations of methodologies, kits, instruments and service laboratories (flow cytometry labs).

Grant Mechanisms

The following describes grant-based funding opportunities for investigators in the area of clinical laboratory technologies:

• The NIH Grants and Contracts home page provides links to general information regarding NIH and SBIR/STTR grant mechanisms and to the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
  
• The NIAID Council News - Extramural Information Center home page provides links to specific programs sponsored by The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to which investigators can submit applications.