National Cooperative Drug/Device Discovery/Development Groups (NCDDG) for the Treatment of Mental Disorders (U19)
Funds a coordinated multi-project program discovering and testing new drugs, ligands or neurostimulation devices for mental or substance use disorders.
Some drug and device discovery programs are too large for one investigator's project — they need several linked efforts, sharing resources and a common target, moving together. This notice is NIH's mechanism for exactly that scale of coordination.
This reissue of PAR-20-119 funds a research program of multiple projects, each contributing to discovery, preclinical development or proof-of-concept t…
A coordinated, multidisciplinary research programme of multiple linked projects sharing one major objective in discovery, preclinical development or proof-of-concept testing of candidate agents, neurostimulation approaches, ligands or circuit-engagement devices for mental disorders, substance use disorders or alcohol use disorder, with shared basic resources across projects. Clinical trials are optional.
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