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Comparative Medicine
Laboratory Animal Sciences
 

The Laboratory Animal Sciences (LAS) Program supports animal research, related resources, and research training through the award of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Through its Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), NCRR awards animal research grants and resource grants to develop, characterize, and improve mammalian animal models for human disease and to study, diagnose, and control diseases of laboratory animals.

Research and resource grants help to improve and assure the health and quality of laboratory animals, determine environmental and welfare requirements of animals, and establish and maintain special types of animal colonies to meet research needs. Special colonies of research animals are defined as animals that are valuable for biomedical research; however, they are not generally available to investigators due to issues related to breeding, maintenance, or procurement. Some of the costs specifically associated with the establishment, improvement, or expansion of special resources may be supported by resource grants. Support for such resources is limited to those that span the interests of two or more categorical institutes or centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Costs specifically associated with the establishment, improvement, or expansion of supply and long-term resource maintenance is recovered from users through a charge schedule acceptable to the NIH.

Training in laboratory animal science, comparative pathology, and comparative medicine is supported at the postdoctoral level. Investigators who are interested in establishing an LAS resource or pursuing funds for related career development and training are encouraged to explore Research Career Development and Training. Applications should be submitted on PHS Form 398. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their applications with DCM program staff prior to submission.

 
 
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For further information, contact:

Director, Division of Comparative Medicine
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza, Room 948
6701 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 4874
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874
Telephone: 301-435-0744
FAX: 301-480-3819
e-mail: CMADIR@mail.nih.gov

 

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