Notice Number: NOT-AI-09-050
Key Dates
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Issued by
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov)
Purpose
The purpose of this Amendment is to provide additional clarification/language for the following NIAID program announcements:
Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R01) PA-08-256 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-256.html
Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R21) PA-08-257 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-257.html
The following bolded language has been added to both FOAs:
Executive Summary
Part II - Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
1. Research Objectives
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research that will contribute to the overall understanding of vaccine safety. This research opportunity invites studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4) creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies to improve knowledge of vaccine safety.
Examples of research topics include, but are not limited to:
Section VII. Agency Contacts
ADDITIONAL CONTACT:
Misrak Gezmu, Ph.D.
Mathematical Statistician
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
6700B Rockledge Dr. MSC 7609
Bethesda, MD 20892-7609
Tel: 301-435-3722
Fax: 301-480-0912
Email: mgezmu@niaid.nih.gov
Weekly TOC for this Announcement
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
Office of Extramural Research (OER) |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
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