- support for innovative research in biomedical informatics
- informatics problem areas in the application domains of health care, public health, basic biomedical research, bioinformatics, biological modeling, translational research and health information management in disasters
- informatics projects of interest to NLM involve the application of computer and information sciences concepts to information problems in a biomedical domain
- also supports research projects focused on biomedical (rather than informatics) research questions, but approached exclusively by novel or advanced informatics techniques applied to information and data produced by others.
- high priority on innovation in the research
Scope of NLM's research interests
- Information & knowledge processing
- Advanced information retrieval, knowledge discovery in databases, discovery mining, and other techniques for in silico discovery
- Incorporation of machine intelligence into decision tools and resources
- Modeling and presentation approaches to enhance decisions, learning or understanding
- Innovative approaches for ensuring accuracy, privacy and security of clinical and biomedical research data
Budget - $250,000 per year in direct costs.
Period - maximum project period is 4 years
Eligibility - Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Deadline - October 5th 2016
Full details - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-300.html
