NOTICESSCHEDULE FOR
THE
REVIEW
AND
AWARD
OF SMALL GRANTS FOR
EPIDEMIOLOGY9
DIVISION OF
ohwyANCER
ETIOLOGYP.T. 34;
K.W.
0785055, 07550309 0715035National Cancer InstituteExperience to date with the review and award
of
small
grants for epidemiology
(R03,
for amounts up to $25,000 direct costs) suggests the following schedule:ReceiptCommittee
Earliest
Possible
Date
ReviewFunding
Date
October
1
Feb ./Mar.JuneFebruary
1
May/ JuneSeptemberJune 1
Oct
.
/Nov
.
FebruaryDATED ANNOUNCEMENTS (RFPs
AND
RFAs
AVAILABLE)
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS USING FETAL CELLS OBTAINED FROM
MATERNAL
BLOOD
RFP
AVAILABLE:
RFP-NICHD-CRMC-86-14
P.T.
34;
K.W.
07450209 0775025, 0750010, 0785135,
1002019,
0710070, 10020089 1002012National
Institute
of
Child Health and Human DevelopmentThe Center for Research for Mothers and Children of the National Institute of ChildHealth and Human Development
(NICHD),
National Institutes of Health
(NIH),
is
seeking proposals for
a
project to develop
a
safe, relatively inexpensive, accurateand non-invasive diagnostic technique for prenatal diagnosis of genetic disordershat can be performed early in pregnancy, preferably during the
first
trimester.
\&he study
will
consist of two phases. Phase
I
will
involve the development of themethodology and limited testing of samples obtained from
at
least 75 women.Proposals offering to obtain non-invasively fetal
cells
from sources other thanmaternal blood
will
be
considered. The aim of this study
is
to develop non-invasiveand accurate techniques for the prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders in order toenhance the opportunity and success for
fetal
therapy. Phase
I1
will
be competed
as
a
separate procurement
if
the results from Phase
I
indicate the need for
a
full
scale
clinical trial to
test
the methodology developed in Phase
I.
Offerors musthave expertise in obstetrics, biochemical genetics, immunology, molecular biology,cytogenetics and biostatistics. In addition, they must have
access
to
a
populationof women who
are
being screened prenatally using current diagnostic techniques, such
as
amniocentesis
or
chorionic villus sampling.This
is
not
a
Request for Proposal. The Request for Proposals, NICHD-CRMC-86-14,
will
be issued on or about September
22,
1986. Proposals
will
be due
at
the close
of business on December 12, 1986. Those organizations desiring
a
copy of the above
RFP may send their written requests to:
Carletha Gates
Contract Management Section,
OGC
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Landow Building, Room 6C29
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Bethesda,
ND
20892.
All
requests should
cite
the RFP number
as
set
forth above.
All
requests received by November 10, 1986,
will
be honored.
After
that date they
will
be honored
as
long as the supply
lasts.
Once the supply
is
exhausted,
a
~opy
of
the RFP
will
be available for the perusal of any requestor
at
the above officeduring normal business hours. An appointment
is
required to review the office copy
of
the
RFP.
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