INCLUDE Project: Transformative Research Awards for Down syndrome
Funds bold, unconventional Down syndrome research that could open an entirely new scientific or clinical direction.
The INCLUDE Project is NIH's cross-institute effort to improve health and quality of life for people with Down syndrome, covering the condition itself and everything that co-occurs with it. This notice is the big-swing award in the INCLUDE family: a Transformative Research Award for work that could change what the field considers possible.
What is asked for is groundbreaking, exceptionally innova…
Transformative Research Award applications proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original or unconventional research on any topic relevant to Down syndrome or its co-occurring conditions, with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, clinical approaches or technologies. No preliminary data are required. A clinical trial is not allowed under this R01 mechanism.
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