A total of five of the National Institutes of Health invite applications for their assay development and screening for discovery of probes or therapeutic agents (R01) funding opportunity. This supports research in discovery and development of novel, small molecules for their potential use in studying disease treatment, and to generate new insight into the biology of relevant diseases and processes that are not yet drug targets. Stages of discovery research covered include:

鈥ssay development;

鈥rimary screen implementation to identify initial hits;

鈥it validation

Eligibility

  • Higher Education Institutions
  • Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
  • For-Profit Organizations
  • Governments
  • Other

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Available Funding

Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project, for a period of up to four years.

Useful Links

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Deadlines

CORIS Internal Deadline for Review Please contact your Heloise Emdon
cuResearch Checklist Deadline Prior to submission to sponsor
Submission to Sponsor Earliest submission date is September 5, 2017; opportunity is recurring and has no due date

Submitting Your Checklist Application

  • Checklists聽must be submitted via聽, through which Departmental and Associate Dean鈥檚 approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
  • More information on cuResearch can be found聽here.

Internal Contacts

If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact Heloise Emdon.