Funding News - Stroke

NINDS invites applications for specialized programs of translational research in acute stroke (SPOTRIAS).

These programs support collaboration of clinical researchers from different specialties whose collective efforts will lead to new approaches to early diagnosis and treatment of people with acute stroke.  The goal of SPOTRIAS is to reduce the disability of and mortality in people with stroke by promoting rapid diagnosis and effective interventions.  This announcement invites new and renewal grant applications.

Potential applicants should contact Dr. Scott Janis, Clinical Research Project Manager, Clinical Trials Group, NINDS; telephone: 301-496-9135; email: sj151t@nih.gov.  For a more detailed description of this announcement, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-351.html.