Office of Research

George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30)

Limited Submissions

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for the George M. O’Brien Kidney Research  Centers to support both basic and clinical research on kidney disease.  The goal of the O'Brien Kidney Research  Center program is to make state-of-the art technologies and resources readily accessible to a broad spectrum of investigators who are pursuing studies in relevant topic areas.  The emphases for this program are fourfold: (1) to attract new scientific expertise to and develop new tools for the study of human kidney physiology and disorders in humans and in animal and other models; (2) to encourage multidisciplinary research in these areas; 3) To explore new areas with translational potential; and 4) to generate Developmental Research (DR)/Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) studies which should lead to new and innovative approaches to study kidney disease.  Information about the current George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Centers may be found at the following URL:http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/Centers/CenterPrograms/. 

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
  3. 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 August 25, 2016. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 11/14/16 so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 11/4/16 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

RFA-DK-16-031

Deadlines
08/25/2016 UW Internal Deadline Closed
11/04/2016 OSP Deadline
11/14/2016 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding amount

$3,750,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

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.