The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORC) program is designed to support and enhance the national research effort in nutrition and obesity. NORCs support three primary research-related activities: Research Core services, a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program, and an Enrichment program.
Recent Opportunities
| Title | FOA | Post | Expire | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NIDDK |
High-Resolution Exploration of the Human Islet Tissue Environment [HIRN Human Pancreas Analysis Consortium (HPAC)] (U01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA-DK-21-017 | 2021-08-12 | 2022-03-04 | This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites cooperative agreement applications that will contribute to a higher resolution understanding of the organization of the human pancreatic tissue environment by describing the composition and function of important components of the pancreatic islet and peri-islet tissue architecture, the cell-cell relationships and means of communications used by cell types and cell subtypes within the pancreatic tissue ecosystem, and the contribution of adjacent tissues to islet cell function and dysfunction. |
| AMP-CMD Opportunity Pool Funding Opportunity Announcement 2021 | 2021-09-10 | 2025-06-30 | The current 5-year AMP-CMD award includes funding for an annual opportunity pool (OP) to support projects to address research directions that would further consortium goals but are not currently ongoing in the consortium. The OP funds are allocated from the NIDDK limited competition award (UM1DK105554), and OP project awards are administered by the Broad Institute. In the first round (Fall 2021), applications for years 1 and 2 are being considered. |