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NIH funding notice PAR-21-123

Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Development and Validation of Model Systems to Facilitate Neurotherapeutic Discovery (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed on October 21, 2024.

Posted
March 11, 2021
Close date
October 21, 2024
Activity codes
R61, R33
Institutes taking part
NINDS

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

  1. Reissues: PAR-18-763 Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Development and Validation of Model Systems and/or Pharmacodynamic Markers to Facilitate Neurotherapeutic Discovery (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  2. 2 steps back: RFA-NS-16-013 Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Development and Validation of Model Systems and/or Pharmacodynamic Markers to Facilitate the Discovery of Neurotherapeutics (R21/R33)

Replaced by PAR-25-060.

Who won it before

29 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $12,453,076 in first-year total cost, median $397,709.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Neurological Sciences and Disorders A Study Section[NSD-A]16
  2. Neurological Sciences and Disorders B Study Section[NSD-B]11
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZNS1 SRB-M (16)]1
  4. Special Emphasis Panel[ZNS1 SRB-N (24)]1

Most frequent institutions

  1. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR2
  3. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH2
  4. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS1
  5. AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY1
Competing awards under PAR-21-123 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2025Development and validation of a tumor-bearing model of oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy1R61NS140684-01SHEPHERD, ANDREW JOHNUNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR, TX$408,277NSD
2025Modeling Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome for improved clinical and neurobehavioral outcomes1R61NS140683-01A1VELISEK, LIBORNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE, NY$396,804NSD
2025The translational potential of next-generation sporadic mouse and human models of ALS/FTD1R61NS140724-01COHEN, TODD JONATHANUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NC$374,349NSD
2024Development and Validation of a Mouse Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration-Induced Low Back Pain to Facilitate Non-Addictive Analgesic Discovery1R61NS136569-01A1STONE, LAURA SUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MN$774,930NSD
2024A novel platform for the discovery and characterization of migraine therapies1R61NS133274-01A1CHARLES, ANDREW CPRADHAN, AMYNAH AMIR ALIUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$455,371NSD
2024Establishment and Validation of a Novel Animal Model of Fibromyalgia1R61NS133083-01A1MAO, JIANRENMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$417,500NSD
2024Development of murine glioblastoma model for oncolytic HSV therapy1R61NS128191-01A1HONG, BANGXING BKAUR, BALVEENAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY, GA$395,812ZNS1
2024Validation of a Translational Model of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain1R61NS133264-01A1KING, TAMARA EWACHS, REBECCA ANNARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS, AZ$366,975NSD
2023Generation of a Large Animal Model of Sialidosis to Enable Future Translation of Novel Therapeutics1R61NS123756-01A1GRAY-EDWARDS, HEATHER LUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER, MA$505,640NSD
2023Interrogation of Neurological Pathologies Associated with Mutations in Kif1a1R61NS133266-01LUTZ, CATHLEEN MJACKSON LABORATORY, ME$441,984NSD
2023Development of a Genetic Rabbit Model of Kcnh2-Mediated Epilepsy, SUDEP, & Long QT Syndrome Type 21R61NS133273-01AUERBACH, DAVID SCOTTUPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, NY$417,873NSD
2023Human-iPSC derived neuromuscular junctions as a model for neuromuscular diseases.1R61NS133212-01MIRANDA, HELEN CCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OH$390,007NSD
2023Development and Validation of a Transgenic Rabbit Model of Dravet Syndrome1R61NS130070-01ISOM, LORI L.UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MI$372,094NSD
2023A Novel Assay to Improve Translation in Analgesic Drug Development1R61NS133217-01NEGUS, SIDNEY SVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VA$243,988NSD
2022A Phenotype-Optimized Zebrafish Model of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy1R61NS125280-01 · under PAR-18-763BURTON, EDWARD ALANSCHOPPIK, DAVIDNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NY$497,436NSD
2022Development and Validation of a Novel Rat Model of Fibromyalgia1R61NS123758-01A1TAYLOR, NORMANUNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UT$411,053NSD
2022Development and Validation of a Clinically Relevant Swine Model of Neurologic Injury After Cardiac Arrest to Translate Neuroprotective Therapies1R61NS123760-01A1HSU, CINDY HSING-LIANGKORLEY, FREDERICK KOFIUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MI$397,709ZNS1
2022A novel clinically- relevant mouse model of chronic overlapping pain conditions for screening analgesics1R61NS123753-01A1NACKLEY, ANDREA GDUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$352,733NSD
2020iPSC-derived neurovascular tissue model of cerebral amyloiad angiopathy1R61NS112445-01A1 · under PAR-18-763LIPPMANN, ETHANVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, TN$831,660NSD
2020Development and Validation of a Clinically Relevant Animal Pain Model1R61NS116423-01 · under PAR-18-763SHEN, SHIQIANMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$420,000NSD
2020Modeling West Syndrome to Prevent Neurobehavioral Disabilities1R61NS112553-01A1 · under PAR-18-763SWANN, JOHN WILLIAMBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TX$400,938NSD
2019Combining synucleinopathy and mitochondrial deficits in a novel mouse model of Parkinsons disease1R21NS106078-01A1 · under RFA-NS-16-013BRUNDIN, PATRIKKORDOWER, JEFFREY HVAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MI$471,170NSD
2019Development and Validation of a Zebrafish Model for Vanishing White Matter Disease1R21NS109441-01 · under RFA-NS-16-013BONKOWSKY, JOSH LEITCHUNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UT$376,556NSD
2019Validation of a novel mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy1R61NS112549-01 · under PAR-18-763PEREZ-REYES, EDWARDUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VA$363,375NSD
2018Internal and external validation of a porcine dystrophinopathy model1R21NS106112-01 · under RFA-NS-16-013SELSBY, JOSHUA TIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, IA$341,138NSD
2017Development and validation of a genetically engineered model of neurofibromatosis type 2 to facilitate discovery of neurotherapeutics1R21NS099417-01A1 · under RFA-NS-16-013KISSIL, JOSEPHSCRIPPS FLORIDA, FL$477,230NSD
2017The Rat Pre-Formed Alpha-Synuclein Fibril Model of Parkinson's Disease1R21NS099416-01A1 · under RFA-NS-16-013SORTWELL, CARYL EMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, MI$397,700NSD
2017Innovation Grant to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE) to Neurotherapeutic Approaches in Minipig Models of PKU Disorders1R21NS099450-01A1 · under RFA-NS-16-013DOBROWOLSKI, STEVEN FNICHOLLS, ROBERT DUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$383,610NSD
2017New GAA expansion mouse for efficacy studies of treatments for Friedreich ataxia1R21NS101145-01 · under RFA-NS-16-013NAPIERALA, MAREKUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, AL$369,164NSD

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