Limited Competition Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) Clinical Research Sites (U01)

Post Date

March 8th 2013

Application Due Date

July 11th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-AI-13-011

CFDA Number(s)

93.242
93.279
93.394
93.395
93.399
93.855
93.856

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Health

Number of Awards

4

Eligibility Categories

Other

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: 1. Eligible Applicants Eligible Organizations Only applications from the current MACS clinical research sites (CRSs) may be submitted in response to this limited competition: U01-AI035039, Northwestern University (Chicago, IL) к Chicago MACS U01-AI035040, University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) к Natural History of HIV/AIDS in Homosexual Men: Los Angeles MACS U01-AI035041, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) к The Pittsburgh Men's Study: Pittsburgh MACS U01-AI035042, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) к The Study to Help the AIDS Research Effort (SHARE): Baltimore MACS Foreign Institutions Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. See announcement for more detailed information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $17900000

• Award Range:

  $None - $4200000

Grant Description

The purpose of this FOA is to renew the clinical research sites (CRSs) of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and continue support for clinical, epidemiologic and basic research on a cohort of men who report sex with men (MSM). The MACS will continue to characterize the long-term, natural and treated history of HIV infection in MSM, provide insight into the clinical epidemiology of HIV, and further our understanding of predictors of disease among HIV positive MSM. The MACS CRSs will also transition to a rolling cohort design to replace existing cohort members who die or otherwise are permanently lost to follow-up. Due to the demonstrated capacity to recruit and retain this unique population, the depth of data and specimens collected over decades, and the need for continued follow-up, this competition will be limited to the current four clinical awardee institutions for the MACS CRSs.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

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• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-13-011.html