Office of Research
Consortium for Food Allergy Research: Clinical Research Units (UM1)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the Clinical Research Units (CRUs) for the NIAID Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR). The CoFAR CRUs are responsible for implementation of clinical trials and studies for the Consortium. In addition the CoFAR CRUs will propose multi-center cutting edge clinical trials in the areas of prevention and treatment of food allergy. To achieve Consortium objectives, the CoFAR CRUs will work closely and in collaboration with the CoFAR Leadership Center which will provide the scientific strategy and organizational structure of the CoFAR.
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
- Biosketch or CV of the PI
- A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally
to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, April 7, 2016. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 6/30/16, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 6/22/16 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.