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The purpose of this funding opportunity is to solicit applications for UH2/UH3 cooperative agreements to support and inform the future development and use of COAs for cBCIs in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The UH2/UH3 cooperative agreement involves two milestone driven phases: 1) the UH2 Phase will include a systematic landscape analysis of the available literature, relevant data sources, and interviews with key opinion leaders (KOLs) to document COAs for cBCIs used clinically and identify gaps between current COAs used in cBCI studies and other outcome measures that could demonstrate functional benefits for ALS patients with severe communication limitations; 2) the UH3 phase will consist of patient and caregiver focus groups to collect information about symptoms, functional status, and perceived benefits/risks of cBCIs.Each phase will have a limit of 1 year for a total award period of 2 years. The UH2/UH3 application must be submitted as a single application, and applicants should note specific instructions for each phase in this FOA.

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to fund innovative research that will strengthen and advance minority health and health equity research.Areas of interest include:Proposals that focus on advancing equity in clinical trials by supporting efforts to advance diversity in clinical trials, equitable data efforts by increasing data available on diverse groups including, but not limited to, ethnicity, race, age, disability and geography, and equity of voices by increasing understanding of diverse patient perspectives, preferences, and unmet needs.

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient natural history studies and/or biomarker studies that fill unmet needs for rare neurodegenerative diseases for children and adults. Through the support of prospective natural history and/or biomarker studies with high quality and interpretable data elements, FDA expects to address critical knowledge gaps, remove major barriers to progress in the field, exert a significant and broad impact on a specific rare neurodegenerative disease or multiple rare neurodegenerative diseases with similar pathophysiology, and facilitate rare disease product development.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research projects that enhance biosimilar and interchangeable product development and regulatory science.

The intended outcome of this FOA is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system (IFSS) by supporting Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) programs, Dietary Supplement (DS) programs, and special projects. For the purposes of this FOA, the term State encompasses all eligible organizations as defined in Section 3.MFRPS Development or Maintenance:The purpose of this FOA section is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system by assisting State manufactured food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain conformance with the most current version of the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). The MFRPS are intended to ensure that State manufactured food regulatory programs implement a high-quality regulatory program through the development and maintenance of a regulatory framework that builds on and emphasizes mutual reliance with all programs. Also, the program standards are intended to enhance food safety by establishing a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance of manufactured food regulatory programs in the United States. Conformance with these program standards will help Federal and State programs better direct their regulatory activities at reducing foodborne illness hazards in plants that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods.Food Protection Task Force (FPTF):The purpose of this funding option is to establish and/or support a Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) with diverse membership representative of stakeholders across the state that is responsible for promoting the integration of an efficient statewide human and animal food (HAF) protection system that addresses state and region-specific needs and that maximize the protection of the public health. These efforts include: establishing a food safety/protection network of subject matter experts, fostering educational opportunities, developing replicable resources and systematically fostering communication, education, outreach, cooperation and collaboration within the states among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial HAF protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies, industry, academia, and consumers to initiate and/or support HAF protection activities to improve public health.A strong FPTF can also help improve human and animal food emergency surveillance, response, and post-response systems by focusing on preparedness, building strong communication channels, and establishing relationships with key players before food-related incidents occur.Dietary Supplements:The goal of this funding option is to facilitate the development of state driven dietary supplement regulatory framework and programs. The overall objective of this funding opportunity is to advance the adoption and implementation of the cGMPs for Dietary Supplements Rule codified at 21 CFR Part 111. Specifically, this track will provide funding support for training and program development activities.Special Projects:The purpose of this funding option is to develop and implement special projects that support innovation and integration in a nationally Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) using the MFRPS framework. This track will support other emerging food safety priorities that develop over the lifespan of the project. State programs will be expected to share project deliverables and resources developed with other programs.

The purpose of this FOA is to develop and maintain Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation to the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal/state/local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including:1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab and environmental health/regulatory components;2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection programs to include using Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts; and3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis, communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and other resources to support national response capacity/capability development.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is for FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity's (OMHHE) Health Equity Innovation Award: Racial & Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (REACH). The consortium will consist of multiple cooperative agreement (U01) recipients that will strengthen and advance minority health and health equity focused research, outreach, and communications as well as support training and mentoring of diverse students, fellows, and/or researchers.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research and development that will characterize the specific and unique considerations relevant to evaluating the bioequivalence (BE) of rectal and vaginal (topical) drug products. A specific emphasis of this funding opportunity involves the development of biorelevant performance tests as a component of product characterization-based BE approaches.

The intended goal of this FOA is to facilitate the development, production, and distribution of pediatric medical devices. Although the FOA is issued by the FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development, the grant application is intended to encompass devices for all pediatric diseases and conditions, not just those that are rare. Applicants will request funding to serve as a nonprofit consortium to provide expert advising and support services to innovators of pediatric medical devices. The advising and services will focus on the total product life cycle for medical devices from concept, through pre-market development, to commercialization, and replacement by subsequent generations of devices. In addition, consortia should also provide expertise on evidence generation, including use of real-world evidence (RWE), for pediatric device development. As the consortia execute their mission, they are encouraged to collaborate with each other and the broader community and to maintain a commitment to health equity, diversity, and inclusion to foster innovation, development, and improve access to medical devices for all pediatric patients.Pediatric medical devices treat or diagnose diseases and conditions in individuals who are 21 years of age or younger (that is, up to but not including the 22nd birthday) at the time of diagnosis or treatment (21 CFR 814.3(s)).

The purpose of this research is to systematically evaluate the diastereomeric composition of LEQVIO (Inclisiran), an FDA-approved, N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-conjugated siRNA drug, and to understand the biological/pharmacological activity of each diastereomer in LEQVIO through stereochemically-controlled synthesis and biological activity assessment using in vitro and animal models. The proposed studies will focus on 1) synthesis of each diastereomer of LEQVIO (Inclisiran) in stereochemically pure form; 2) assessment of the biological activity of each stereochemically pure diastereomer in inhibiting PCSK9 activity using in vitro assays and in a transgenic mouse model; 3) development of analytical methods to identify and characterize the stereochemical structure of each diastereomer in LEQVIO; and 4) assessment of the individual contribution of each diastereomer to the overall pharmacological activity of LEQVIO. Tools developed in this research can also be applied to other similar GalNAc-conjugated siRNAs specifically, and other siRNAs in general. Knowledge gained from this research will also contribute to the sameness evaluation of generic siRNAs, and to the quality control of oligonucleotide drugs.