Tuesday, July 19, 2011

NIH Biomarkers of Infection-Associated Cancers (Exploratory R21)

This grant seeks applications that propose to identify biomarkers for cancers where the cause of the disease is attributed to infectious agents.


Specifically projects that look at either:
1.) Molecular profiles of normal, precancerous, and cancerous lesions following infection and of body fluids from infected individuals.
-or-
2) Evaluating these molecular profiles for use in gaining a better understanding of the role of infectious agents in cancer development and use in early detection, risk assessment, and prevention of cancer


For more information, see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-159.html


This grant opportunity has regular submission deadlines every October, February, and May.  The grant is worth $275,000 over two years.