Weekly new calls from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) March 8, 2013

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. It is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions around the world.

These are the weekly NIH funding opportunities of March 8, 2013:
• Mechanisms of Cellular Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date June 24, 2013;
• Preclinical Innovation Program (PIP) (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date July 1, 2013;
• Mucosal Environment and HIV Prevention (MEHP) (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date June 25, 2013;
• Collaborations for Macromolecular Interactions in Cells (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date April 30, 2013;
• PsychENCODE: Identification and Characterization of Non-coding Functional Elements in the Brain, and their Role in the Development of Mental Disorders (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date May 10, 2013;
• Advancing Eating Disorders Research through Dimensional Studies of Biology and Behavior (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date May 11, 2013;
• Dimensional Approaches to Research Classification in Psychiatric Disorders (R01): Letter of Intent Due Date May 27, 2013; 
• Gut-Microbiome-Brain Interactions and Mental Health (R21/R33): Letter of Intent Due Date September 10, 2013;
• Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program (Si2): Letter of Intent Due Date May 24, 2013; 
• Program for Extramural/Intramural Alcohol Research Collaborations (U01): Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement; 
• High Throughput Screening (HTS) to Discover Chemical Probes (X01): Letter of Intent Due Date(s) 30 days before the application due date. Application Due Date(s) 2013: August 6 and December 4; 2014: April 4, August 6 and December 4; 2015: April 3, August 6 and December 4, all by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization;
• High Throughput Screening (HTS) to Discover Chemical Probes (R03): Letter of Intent Due Date(s) 30 days before the application due date. Application Due Date(s) 2013: August 6 and December 4; 2014: April 4, August 6 and December 4; 2015: April 3, August 6 and December 4, all by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization; 
• Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences (R21): Letter of Intent Due Date(s) 30 days before the application due date. Application Due Date(s):
- 2013: May 1, June 3, July 1, August 1, September 3, October 1, November 1 and December 2,
- 2014: January 2, February 3, March 3, April 1, May 1, June 2, July 1, August 1, September 2, October 1, November 3, December 1, 
- 2015: January 2, February 2, March 2, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 1, August 3, September 1, October 1, November 2, December 1, 
- 2016: January 4, February 1, March 1, April 1,
all by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization;
• Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01): Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

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