This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites U54 Cooperative Agreement applications aiming to establish multi-component Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Translational Centers for Microphysiological Systems (MPS) (AD/ADRD MPS Translational Centers). The overarching purpose of this Centers program is to develop 2D and 3D models of AD/ADRD as reproducible and scalable platforms that recapitulate key features of human AD/ADRD pathophysiology to be used as precision medicine research tools to investigate the complex biology of AD/ADRD and to accelerate multiple aspects of drug discovery and preclinical drug development.
Deadlines:
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Letter of Intent Due Date(s): January 15, 2024
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Application Due Date: February 15, 2024
RFA-AG-24-040 Expiration Date February 16, 2024
An application may request a budget of up to $2.5 million direct costs per year. Budgets should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
An application may request a project period up to five years.