Get $1.8M for Craniofacial Malformation Research
Posted: December 8, 2009
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Summary
This grant from the CDC offers up to $1.8 million to researchers focused on understanding and preventing craniofacial malformations like clefts and craniosynostosis. The funding aims to identify risk factors and develop interventions to improve health outcomes for affected children.
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CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a funding opportunity announcement entitled, “Public Health Research on Craniofacial Malformation (U01).” Approximately $ 1,800,000 will be available in fiscal year 2010 to fund 2 awards. The purpose of this FOA is (1) to identify risk factors for the occurrence of orofacial clefts and of craniosynostosis that could lead to future prevention strategies, and (2) to better understand adverse consequences that occur in children with orofacial clefts or with craniosynostosis, including risk factors for these adverse consequences, with the goal of identifying intervention strategies to improve the health of children with these conditions.For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the Grants.gov website at www.grants.gov. The estimated funding period is September 2010.