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NIH funding notice PAR-20-156

Translational Bioinformatics Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy Development for Alzheimers Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Closed on September 7, 2023.

Posted
March 31, 2020
Close date
September 7, 2023
Activity codes
R01
Institutes taking part
NIA

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

  1. Reissues: PAR-17-032 Translational Bioinformatics Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy Development for Alzheimers Disease (R01)

Replaced by PAR-25-374.

Who won it before

44 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $38,287,268 in first-year total cost, median $793,231.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZAG1 ZIJ-6 (J2)]5
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZAG1 ZIJ-6 (J4)]5
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZAG1 ZIJ-6 (M3)]4
  4. Special Emphasis Panel[ZAG1 ZIJ-6 (O3)]4
  5. Special Emphasis Panel[ZAG1 ZIJ-6 (M2)]3

Most frequent institutions

  1. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL4
  2. HUNTER COLLEGE3
  3. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH3
  4. BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS2
  5. CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU2
Competing awards under PAR-20-156 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2024Systematically screening and validating drug repurposing candidates for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias1R56AG084550-01FENG, QIPINGWEI, WEI-QIVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN$874,542ZAG1
2024Combination Therapy with Semaglutide and Anti-Amyloid Antibodies for Alzheimers Disease1R01AG084531-01LEMERE, CYNTHIA ABRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$859,410ZAG1
2023Harnessing Diverse Bioinformatic Approaches To Repurpose Drugs For Alzheimers Disease And Related Dementias2R01AG058063-06ALBERS, MARK WSORGER, PETER KARLMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$1,054,706ZAG1
2023AI-Powered Quantitative Systems Pharmacology for AD Drug Repurposing2R01AG057555-06XIE, LEIHUNTER COLLEGE, NY$693,857ZAG1
2023Drugs repositioning to target TREM2 in Alzheimer disease1R01AG081228-01SONG, YUHUAUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, AL$611,134ZAG1
2022Develop AD Connectivity Maps with Human iPSC-Derived Brain Cells and their Use1R01AG078164-01HUANG, YADONGJ. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES, CA$941,764ZAG1
2022TREM2 Genotype-Informed Drug Repurposing and Combination Therapy Design for Alzheimer’s Disease1R01AG076448-01CHENG, FEIXIONGGAN, LIWANG, FEICLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU, OH$831,528ZAG1
2022Computational Drug Repurposing for AD/ADRD with Integrative Analysis of Real World Data and Biomedical Knowledge1R01AG076234-01BIAN, JIANGWANG, FEIWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV, NY$807,473ZAG1
2022Detecting synergistic effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for AD/ADRD1R01AG078154-01XU, HUAZHANG, RUIUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MN$781,522ZAG1
2022MWAS+ – A Novel Drug Repurposing Strategy for ADRD Prevention1R01AG073474-01A1AHMED, ALIZAMRINI, EDWARD YZENG, QINGGEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, DC$764,056ZAG1
2022The hippocampal dentate gyrus in aging and Alzheimer's disease: boosting transcription of retinoic acid-sensitive genes through vitamin A supplementation and HDAC inhibition1R01AG073826-01A1LAWRENCE, JOHN JOSHUATEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER, TX$636,809ZAG1
2022SmartAD for Intelligent Alzheimer’s Disease(AD) Personalized Combination Therapy1R56AG074951-01A1XIE, XIANG-QUNXUE, YINGUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$395,417ZAG1
2021Repurposing drugs for Alzheimer´s disease using a reverse translational approach1RF1AG067996-01A1HAGG, SARAKAROLINSKA INSTITUTE$1,562,430ZAG1
2021Drug repositioning for Alzheimer's disease via genetics, electronic health records, and human iPSC models1R01AG069900-01 · under PAR-17-032LI, BINGSHANWEI, WEI-QIWEN, ZHEXINGVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TN$838,304ZAG1
2021Translational big data analytic approaches to advance drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease1R01AG071470-01KIM, DOKYOONNING, XIASHEN, LIUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PA$809,200ZAG1
2021Systematic modeling and prediction of cell-type-specific and spatiotemporal crosstalk pathways in Alzheimer's Disease1R01AG071496-01KIM, DOO YEONWONG, STEPHEN TCMETHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TX$806,177ZAG1
2021Advancing Drug Repositioning for Alzheimer’s Disease using Real-world Data1R56AG069880-01 · under PAR-17-032BIAN, JIANGCHEN, YONGWU, YONGHUIXU, HUAUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FL$798,718ZAG1
2021CICADA: clinical informatics and computational approaches for drug-repositioning of AD/ADRD1R56AG074604-01CHEN, YONGTAO, CUIUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PA$793,964ZAG1
2021Advancing drug repositioning and development for Alzheimer's Disease using functional genomics and computational phenomics1R56AG068026-01A1GAMAZON, ERIC RVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN$755,981ZAG1
2021TargetAD: A systems multi-omics approach to drug repositioning in Alzheimer's disease1R01AG069901-01A1ARNOLD, MATTHIASKRUMSIEK, JANWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV, NY$624,944ZAG1
2020Compound repositioning for Alzheimer's Disease using knowledge graphs, insurance claims data, and gene expression complementarity1R01AG066750-01 · under PAR-17-032SU, ANDREW ISCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE, CA$885,874ZAG1
2020Novel Network Biology Approaches to Reposition FDA-approved Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease1R01AG068030-01 · under PAR-17-032BRENNAND, KRISTEN JENNIFERCAI, DONGMINGZHANG, BINICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, NY$845,873ZAG1
2020Finding combinatorial drug repositioning therapy for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias1R01AG066749-01 · under PAR-17-032JIANG, XIAOQIANZHENG, WENJIN JIMUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON, TX$781,522ZAG1
2020Endophenotype Network-based Approaches to Prediction and Population-based Validation of in Silico Drug Repurposing for Alzheimer’s Disease1R01AG066707-01 · under PAR-17-032CHENG, FEIXIONGCLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU, OH$634,650ZAG1
2020Combine Genomics and Symptoms Data Driven Models to Discover Synergistic Combinatory Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease1R56AG065352-01A1 · under PAR-17-032LI, FUHAIWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$500,322ZAG1
2019Big data and small molecules for Alzheimer's disease1RF1AG063913-01 · under PAR-17-032GOLDSTEIN, LEE E.XIA, WEIMINGBOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS, MA$2,035,223NIA
2019Predictive Networks-based in-silico approach for Precision Medicine-repurposing for Alzheimer's Disease1R56AG062620-01 · under PAR-17-032BRADSHAW, ELIZABETH MCHANG, RUIKANEKIYO, TAKAHISAUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, AZ$836,812ZAG1
2019The Alzheimer's Disease Resiliome: Pathway Analysis and Drug Discovery.1R01AG062547-01 · under PAR-17-032HIDE, WINSTON ALEXANDERKIM, DOO YEONTANZI, RUDOLPH EMILEMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$686,190ZAG1
2019Personalized Combination Therapy for AD with Common Comorbidities1R56AG062493-01 · under PAR-17-032WANG, LIRONGXIE, XIANG-QUNUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$377,443ZAG1
2018SYSTEMATIC DRUG REPURPOSING TARGETING IMMUNE ACTIVATION NETWORKS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD)1RF1AG059319-01 · under PAR-17-032EHRLICH, MICHELLE EGANDY, SAMUEL E.ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, NY$4,186,456ZAG1
2018Harnessing Diverse BioInformatic Approaches to Repurpose Drugs for Alzheimers Disease1R01AG058063-01A1 · under PAR-17-032ALBERS, MARK WMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$828,046ZAG1
2018Quantitative systems pharmacology and translational study of pramlintide for Alzheimer's disease1R56AG059805-01 · under PAR-17-032QIU, WEI QIAO WENDYBOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS, MA$810,558ZAG1
2018Drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease using both observational and chemical genomics data1R56AG059428-01 · under PAR-17-032TROPSHA, ALEXANDERUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NC$794,078ZAG1
2018A knowledge map to find Alzheimer's disease drugs1R01AG061105-01 · under PAR-17-032LICHTARGE, OLIVIERBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TX$792,498ZAG1
2018Phenotypic screening and computational modeling for development of combination therapies for Alzheimer's disease1R56AG059612-01 · under PAR-17-032LEZON, TIMOTHY RSCHURDAK, MARK EUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$782,279ZAG1
2018Drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease using structural systems pharmacology.1R01AG057555-01A1 · under PAR-17-032XIE, LEIHUNTER COLLEGE, NY$779,392ZAG1
2018Leveraging the Human Non-Coding Transcriptome to Identify Therapeutics for Healthy Aging and Alzheimers Disease1R56AG061911-01 · under PAR-17-032VOLMAR, CLAUDE-HENRYWAHLESTEDT, CLAES ROBERTUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, FL$749,747ZAG1
2018Systematic Alzheimer's disease drug repositioning (SMART) based on bioinformatics-guided phenotype screening and image-omics1R01AG057635-01A1 · under PAR-17-032WONG, STEPHEN TCMETHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TX$694,058ZAG1
2018Omic analyses for stratifying Alzheimer's subtypes and identifying novel drug targets1R56AG061163-01 · under PAR-17-032CHEN, CHI-HUAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA$560,128ZAG1
2018A Translational Bioinformatics Approach to Rescuing Synaptic and Neurophysiologic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease1R01AG059854-01 · under PAR-17-032TEICH, ANDREW FRANKLINCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, NY$460,731ZAG1
2017ApoE Genotype-Directed Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease1R01AG057683-01 · under PAR-17-032HUANG, YADONGSIROTA, MARINAJ. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES, CA$875,721ZAG1
2017Harnessing Diverse BioInformatic Approaches to Repurpose Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease1R56AG058063-01 · under PAR-17-032ALBERS, MARK WSORGER, PETER KARLMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$835,424ZAG1
2017Drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease using structural systems pharmacology1R56AG057555-01 · under PAR-17-032XIE, LEIHUNTER COLLEGE, NY$770,770ZAG1
2017An Integrated Reverse Engineering Approach Toward Rapid drug Re positioning for Alzheimer's Disease1R01AG057557-01 · under PAR-17-032XU, RONGYAN, RIQIANGCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OH$541,537ZAG1

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