Weekly new calls from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) August 15, 2014

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. It is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions around the world.

These are the weekly NIH funding opportunities of August 15, 2014:
• Research Planning Infrastructure to Develop Therapeutic Target-ID Strategies Based on Favorable Genetic Variants of Human Longevity or Health Span (U24): Letter of Intent Due Date(s) October 6, 2014;
• Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Clinical Centers (U01): Letter of Intent Due Date(s) November 3, 2014;

For more active Requests for Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements (PAs) please click here.