Features

The EUREKA program will award R01 research grants for exceptionally innovative research. This one-time RFA solicits applications from investigators who want to test novel, unconventional hypotheses or pursue major methodological or technical challenges. The participating Institutes have each defined their areas of interest, which are described in the announcement http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-008.html. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is particularly interested in projects that involve discovery mining; NLM�s areas of focus are:

1. Integrated discovery mining for biology and medicine: employing two or more sources to generate a new and meaningful hypothesis in biomedical science, capable of being tested by bench or clinical research.

2. Integrated hypothesis testing for biology and medicine: employing two or more sources to test rigorously in silico a new and meaningful scientific hypothesis in biomedicine, one which otherwise would require laboratory or clinical verification.

Those interested can find detailed information on the NLM grants division website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/eureka.html

Letters of intent are due to NIH by September 29, 2008; applications are due by October 28, 2008.

Inquiries about the NLM interests should be addressed to Dr. Valerie Florance at florancev@mail.nih.gov.