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Miscellaneous NIH Announcements

This Web page contains links to miscellaneous NIH announcements that ASRM felt were relevant enough to archive on the ASRM Web Site.

Active Funding Opportunity Announcements: (More information can be found at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/foa/foa.cfm?select_doctype=PA%2FPAR#)
»PA-07-182: Vulvodynia-Systematic Epidemiologic, Etiologic or Therapeutic Studies (R01)(Parrott)
»PA-07-219: Fragile X Pre-Mutation and Ovarian Function (R01)(Taymans)
»PA-07-220: Fragile X Pre-mutation and Ovarian Function (R21)(Taymans)
»PA-07-445: Interdisciplinary Research on Implantation (R01)(Yoshinaga)
»PA-07-453: Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences (F05) – December 8, 2008 and 2009 (Yoshinaga)
»PA-08-059: Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R01) (DePaolo)
»PA-08-060: Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R21) (DePaolo)
»PAR-08-10 -102: Leiomyomata Uteri: Basic Science, Translational and Clinical Research (R01) (Parrott) – May 20, 2009, 2010/SEP review
»PA-08-103: Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (P01) (Tasca)
»PA-08-104: Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (R01) (Tasca)
»PAR-08-10: Optimizing Technologies for the Preservation of Fertility (R21) (Lamar) – September 16, 2008/SEP Review
(July 2008)
News from NICHD (from the Spring 2008 ASRM News) (July 2008)
Program Announcement (PA) Title: PA-08-103 (P01) ; PA-08-104 (R01) Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Receipt Date: Standard
Sponsor/Co-Sponsor(s): The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Purpose: This NICHD-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigator-initiated applications designed to study the ways in which assisted reproductive technologies (ART) may directly affect eggs, sperm or preimplantation embryos that could, in turn, lead to adverse outcomes during fetal development, the perinatal period, childhood, adulthood or even subsequent generations. While most ART offspring appear to be healthy, there are reports of adverse outcomes. This FOA encourages research on human subjects and animal models that can include a wide variety of basic, clinical, behavioral and epidemiological approaches that link reproductive health to overall health and quality of life.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-104.html (June 2008)
Program Announcement: Optimizing Technologies for the Preservation of Fertility (R21) PAR
This FOA, issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits applications that propose to develop or enhance technologies designed to increase the fertility preservation options for individuals who are or may become infertile secondary to chronic disease or disease treatment, exposure to environmental or occupational hazards, advanced reproductive age, or genetic predisposition. These technologies may be developed and applied in animal models or clinical studies.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-105.html
This PAR has one receipt date, which is September 16, 2008. (June 2008)
Program Announcement: PA-08-059 (R01); PA-08-060 (R21) Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility– standard receipt dates
The National Institute on Child Health and Human Development is interested in stimulating research to better understand the role of adipose tissue in the normal physiological regulation of reproduction, to discern its possible role in the etiology of diseases and disorders that impact fertility, and to probe its potential importance in different racial/ethnic prevalence rates of certain reproductive disorders. Examples of possible projects in response to the initiative:
How sex steroids modulate adipose tissue biology with a focus on sex and gender-based differences in the synthesis and secretion of adipokines that could impact fertility status
The role of adipose tissue in mediating the effects of changed energy status (i.e., over/under nutrition, exercise, etc.) on reproduction; The role of adipose tissue dysfunction in the genesis of human reproductive diseases and disorders; An examination of possible racial/ethnic differences in adipocyte biology and pathobiology that could account for an increased incidence of fertility problems in some minority populations
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-059.html (June 2008)
News from NICHD (from the Winter 2008 ASRM News) (April 2008)
ASRM Bulletin: President’s Budget For Fiscal Year 2009 Released; Many Cuts, A Few Increases For Health-Related Programs (February 2008)
ASRM Bulletin: NIH to Sponsor Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Training Course March 4-13 in Orange, California (January 2008)
NIH has increased the incentives for scientists to serve as chartered or permanent members of its peer review groups. These researchers will now have more flexibility in submitting their own grant applications. An NIH Guide Notice published last week announced that these reviewers now will have the option to submit R01, R21 or R34 applications at any time. According to the NIH Center for Scientific Review, "This new policy was developed to better compensate chartered reviewers, who can be disadvantaged by deadlines that force them to develop their own applications while reviewing those submitted to NIH by others." http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-026.html (January 2008)
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (available every year)
NIH Announces New BIRCWH Awards to Promote Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (October 2007)
Interdisciplinary Research on Implantation (R01) requests to stimulate interdisciplinary approaches to study the mechanisms of blastocyst implantation, with an emphasis on immunological approaches. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/foa/foa.cfm?select_doctype=PA%2FPAR# (October 2007)
Fragile X Pre-mutation and Ovarian Function (R01) solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose basic, clinical or translational research on the effects of the Fragile X pre-mutation on ovarian function, with a focus on premature ovarian failure or early menopause, in women and/or animal models. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/foa/foa.cfm?select_doctype=PA%2FPAR# (October 2007)
Multiple Loan Repayment Options http://www.lrp.nih.gov/ The CIR-LRP provides for the repayment of up to $35,000 of the principal and interest of the extant educational loans of health professionals conducting contraception and/or infertility research for domestic non-profit or government entities for each year of obligated service. (October 2007)
Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences (F05): provides a unique opportunity to qualified Latin American reproductive scientists, at junior or mid-career level, to receive up to three years of research training in the United States (U.S.) or Canada. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/foa/foa.cfm?select_doctype=PA%2FPAR# (October 2007)
News from NICHD (from the Fall 2007 ASRM News) (October 2007)
News from NICHD (from the Spring 2007 ASRM News) (June 2007)
News from NICHD (from the Winter 2007 ASRM News) (April 2007)
ASRM Bulletin: NIH Receives Funding Increases In Omnibus Appropriations Bill For FY2007; Senate Is Expected To Pass The Legislation In The Next Two Weeks (February 2007)
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NIH Pelvic Pain/Endometriosis Study (June 2003)

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