NEW BRAIN MOLECULAR ANATOMY PROJECT INITIATIVE
The National Eye Institute wishes to alert the vision research
community that it is participating in an NIH-wide, $3.75 million
initiative to solicit exploratory/development research grant (R21)
applications for up to two years funding to support feasibility
studies for profiling gene expression patterns in the mammalian
nervous system.
"Gene Expression Profiling in the Nervous System" is a Request for
Applications (RFA) to foster the objectives of the Brain Molecular
Anatomy Project (BMAP), a multi-disciplinary, multi-NIH institute and
center project to support research on both gene discovery and gene
expression in the nervous system. This RFA will support proposals to
develop exploratory research projects which utilize neural
tissue-specific cDNA reagents and state-of-the-art microarray
technology, in order to quantify in a highly parallel way expression
profiles of genes in mammalian neural tissue. The creation of
collaborative teams is encouraged, in which scientists with expertise
in neuroscience research, genomics, and bioinformatics work to apply
innovative approaches for analyzing microarray data.
Further information is available on the NEI web page
(http://www.nei.nih.gov). Potential applicants are strongly
encouraged to contact NEI program director Dr. Maria Y. Giovanni
(301-496-0484, myg@nei.nih.gov) to discuss their application. The
full text of the RFA, which requires a letter of intent by February
28, 2000, for a receipt date of March 29,2000, is available on the
web site:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-00-002.html