Research Resource for Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials (R24)

Post Date

August 9th 2011

Application Due Date

November 15th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-AT-12-001

CFDA Number(s)

93.213

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $600000

• Award Range:

  $None - $600000

Grant Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, seeks to support a research resource consisting of a database of primary reports of the full spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) controlled clinical trials. This resource will facilitate the conduct of high quality systematic reviews and when possible meta-analyses of published reports of clinical trials of CAM treatments and interventions.The review of all published controlled clinical trials on a given topic and summary of the results in a systematic and unbiased manner provide a current best evidence for health care practitioners, patients, health care policy and research administration.In addition, the application must describe how the investigators will ensure access and availability of the resource to the broader scientific community and provide editorial, methodological and technical support to those utilizing the resource for systematic reviews.Applications will be considered non-responsive if they do not include plans for development and/or maintenance of a research resource consisting of a CAM clinical trial database; and conduct of a minimum of two to three systematic reviews per year and when possible meta-analyses.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster

• Agency Email Address:

  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-12-001.html