NHLBI Funding Opportunity Announcements, July 18, 2013

The following funding opportunity announcements from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest:

NIH Guide Notice:

NOT-OD-13-087: Notice of Change to Page Limits and Application Due Date in RFA-OD-13-008 Limited Competition: Restoring Research Resources Lost Due to Hurricane Sandy (R24)

• The purpose of this Notice is to revise the page limits for the Research Strategy section and to extend the due date of RFA-OD-13-008.

NOT-DK-13-012: Notice to Include AIDS Application Due Dates for PA-12-179 Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity (R21)

• Effective immediately, applicants may submit AIDS-related research applications to PA-12-179 "Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity (R21)" on the standard AIDS Application Due Dates.

NOT-HL-13-184: Correction of Key Dates for PAR-13-009 Secondary Dataset Analyses in Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Sleep Disorders (R21)

• Key dates for PAR-13-009 "Secondary Dataset Analyses in Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Sleep Disorders (R21) have been revised.

Requests for Applications (RFAs):

RFA-HL-14-010: Developing a Point-of-Care Device for the Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease in Low Resource Settings SBIR (R43/ R44)

• This announcement encourages applications that propose to develop a point of care device for the diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) in infants and young children in low-income and low-resource settings. The aim of this program is to provide rapid diagnosis of SCD to children such that appropriate therapy can be given to reduce the risk of future complications.