Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs)(U54)

Post Date

May 28th 2009

Application Due Date

October 14th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-CA-09-012

CFDA Number(s)

93.393
93.394
93.395
93.399

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Health

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
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
Small Businesses
Other

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Regional Organizations; U.S. Territory or Possession.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $3200000

Grant Description

Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits grant applications to establish a collaborative network of Centers for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs) within the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer (The Alliance) program (http://nano.cancer.gov). Whereas CCNEs will form the core of the Alliance, they will be accompanied by smaller awards for cancer nanotechnology platform projects (CNPPs) and training programs. This initiative is open to all qualified applicants regardless of whether or not they participated in the previous issuance of the program. CCNEs are designed to link physical scientists, engineers, and technologists working at the nanoscale with cancer biologists and oncologists specializing in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer to enable multi-disciplinary team research. CCNE awards will support the development of techniques and tools based on nanotechnology and applicable to: early disease diagnosis using in vitro assays and devices and in vivo imaging techniques; multifunctional therapeutic solutions; and techniques for cancer prevention and control. Multi-disciplinary research teams to be established should collectively have the breadth of expertise that would allow them to: (a) identify innovative research approaches and (b) demonstrate the translational potential of the technological solution in oncology. The overall goal is a rapid advance of nanotechnology discoveries and their transformation into cancer-relevant applications with a potential clinical utility.

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-CA-09-012.html