NIDCD Clinical Research Center Grant (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders intends to reissue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO, prior funding opportunity PAR-22-025 ) to solicit applications for Clinical Research Center Grants in the mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language. For this announcement, Clinical Research is defined as research involving individuals with a sensory and/or communication disorder, or data/tissues from individuals with a sensory and/or communication disorder. The Clinical Research Center provides a vehicle for integrated, multidisciplinary approaches to critical clinical research questions that advance the study of prevention, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, management or epidemiology of a disease or disorder of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language. The P50 provides an avenue for forming a multidisciplinary team that is intended to bring innovative ideas and distinct perspectives to the generation and evaluation of high impact solutions to complex clinical problems. Responsive applications must include a multidisciplinary team collaborating on a synergistic set of 3-4 research projects addressing a unifying theme. The synergistic and substantial integration of research projects is intended to generate breakthrough solutions to the unifying problem. The research efforts are further supported by an administrative core and 1-2 optional scientific cores to ensure rigorous and efficient progress towards the center’s unifying theme. Overall, the clinical research center provides a whole that will have impact beyond the sum of its parts. Applications may propose a low-risk clinical trial but are not required to (optional). Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This NOFO will utilize the P50 activity code. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators with expertise and insights into clinical research on human sensory and communication disorders are encouraged to begin to consider applying for this re-issued NOFO.