COLLABORATIVE STUDIES ON ALZHEIMER AND RELATED DISEASES

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-AG-05-006
Posted Date:	Sep 08, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Dec 21, 2004
Current Due Date for Applications:	Dec 21, 2004
Archive Date:	Jan 20, 2005
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Health
Expected Number of Awards:	3
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,000,000.00
Award Ceiling:	$350,000.00
Award Floor:	none
CFDA Number:	93.853 -- Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders 93.866 -- Aging Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

For profit organizations other than small businesses

Small businesses

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Private institutions of higher education

State governments

County governments

City or township governments

Special district governments

Independent school districts

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities

Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible agencies of the Federal Government are eligible to apply.
Foreign institutions are eligible to apply.

Agency Name

Description

The NIA and NINDS encourage wider use of data and samples generated by
grants supported by the institute(s) including the Alzheimers Disease
Centers (ADCs). The purpose of this RFA is to accelerate collaborative
cross-disciplinary and multi-institutional approaches that will
contribute new and vital information about the clinical and
pathological course of normal aging and the neurodegenerative diseases
associated with aging.

This RFA requires the utilization of data and/or samples from at least
three currently funded NIA ADCs with the possibility of using
additional relevant data or samples from outside of the Centers. The
project must use the National Alzheimers Coordinating Center (NACC)
http://www.alz.washington.edu/ for expert advice on planning, study
design, and also utilize NACC for statistical analyses and data
management during conduct of the research projects. Applicants can be
from the Alzheimers Disease Centers, the Morris K. Udall Centers, or
the research community at large. There should be a plan to share data
originating from these studies by archiving them at NACC or another
appropriate National databank so that other investigators will be able
to conduct additional analyses when appropriate. There must also be a
plan to encourage sample utilization after the current study.

This is a research opportunity for scientists both within and outside
the ADCs to gain access to unique resources related to Alzheimers
Disease, other neurodegenerative diseases, and normal aging and to
support collection of new data and samples. Applicants can also propose
to utilize Center data and samples to investigate other age-related
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Vascular dementia, Parkinsons
dementia, Lewy Body disease, Fronto-Temporal dementia, as well as study
psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia, sociobehavioral aspects
of dementia, and management and care of dementia patients.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is
interested in those specific applications which include the Morris K.
Udall Centers of Excellence, or other Parkinsons research centers, in
the pursuit of those research objectives focused on Parkinson's Disease
(PD) or related parkinsonisms.  The PD center need not be located with
ADCs, but collaboration with those ADCs with existing samples and data
sets focused on PD is required. Specific scientific projects of
interest include the use of clinico-pathological correlations to study
mechanisms of pathogenesis in PD or other parkinsonian conditions,
characterization of the pathological features of these conditions, and
the collection of patient data on their associated symptoms.

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