Solicitation Number: 09-527
Department/Area: Business, Capital Small Business Development Center, Rural and Small Business Development, Small Businesses

Title: RIDGE 2000

Brief Description: Ridge 2000 is a science initiative focused on integrated geological, biological, and geochemical studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the Ridge 2000 program is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle to the seafloor and ocean via magmatic and hydrothermal systems. To sharpen our knowledge of mid-ocean ridge systems, the first phase of the Ridge 2000 program involved integrated field, laboratory, and modeling studies of three representative, but geographically limited study sites. Research activities spanned a broad range of disciplines: from geophysics to geochemistry and from geology to biology to hydrothermal vent fluid dynamics.With this solicitation, Ridge 2000 moves into its integration and synthesis phase where results from previous and on-going interdisciplinary field expeditions and laboratory studies are to be brought to bear on advancing our conceptual and quantitative understanding of mid-ocean ridge systems and the processes that link geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrothermal, and biological processes. As such, the program now shifts its focus from field data acquisition to integration and synthesis to help the program achieve its science goals.

Proposed Funding: $5,300,000

Expected Number of Awards: 20

Agency Deadline: Apr 07, 2009 Full Proposal Deadline(s): April 07, 2009 April 7, Annually Thereafter active from 2009 to 2012

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Solicitation Number: PA-08-121
Department/Area: Nursing, Business, Center for Rural And Small Business Development, Health Research Center

Title: Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R01)

Brief Description: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to (a) identify and assess biobehavioral interactions among two or more related and co-occurring symptoms; (b) characterize mechanisms and pathways underlying the symptom interactions; (c) elucidate the level of interaction necessary for categorization as a symptom cluster; and/or (d) design and test interventions targeted to interacting or clustered symptoms that are hypothesized to lead to beneficial patient outcomes. A rationale for the choice of symptoms is needed, not just co-occurrence of two or more symptoms, and they must be associated with a target disease or syndrome or its treatment. Studies at any point in the disease trajectory, or during the survivorship period are encouraged. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the R01 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-08-122, that encourages applications under the R21 grant mechanism. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Proposed Funding: N/A

Agency Deadline: May 7, 2011

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