This funding opportunity supports innovative projects to develop, improve, characterize, and preserve animal models and related biological materials, technologies, and new approach methodologies for research relevant to human health and disease. Projects must have broad applicability across multiple NIH Institutes or Centers and explore multiple body systems or disease categories. Disease-specific or single IC-focused models are not acceptable. Clinical trials are not allowed under this opportunity.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of U.S.-based institutions such as private and public higher education institutions, nonprofits, small businesses, government entities, tribal governments, and certain minority-serving institutions. Non-domestic entities and non-domestic components of U.S. or
