This cooperative agreement funds multi-component research service centers that offer specialized technical, consulting, and research support services to clients outside their institution. Centers focus on NIDDK mission areas including integrative physiology, metabolic phenotyping, nutrition, and diseases such as obesity and diabetes. The program encourages experiential training and may include pilot and feasibility grant programs to enhance research impact and collaboration.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of government entities, educational institutions, tribal governments and organizations, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, small businesses, and other specified entities. Specific eligibility details are provided in the announcement.
