Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-08-161
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 25, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 25, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 07, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 07, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

• Education
• Health

Category Explanation:
CFDA Number: 93.213 -- Research and Training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CFDA Number: 93.361 -- Nursing Research
CFDA Number: 93.393 -- Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
CFDA Number: 93.849 -- Kidney Diseases, Urology and Hematology Research
CFDA Number: 93.866 -- Aging Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Description -Purpose. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage submission of research grant applications on fatigue and fatigability in aging. This FOA is intended to promote research studies employing transdisciplinary approaches that could lead to increased understanding of mechanisms contributing to, assessment of, or potential interventions for, increased fatigue or fatigability in older persons. Both animal models and humans are appropriate for study under this FOA. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-08-162, that encourages applications under the Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Full Announcement.