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Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Funding Opportunities

Program Announcements (PA) and Requests for Application (RFA)

The NHGRI, along with several other National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes, has released revised general program announcements to solicit research projects that anticipate, analyze, and address the ethical, legal, and social implications of the discovery of new genetic technologies and the availability and use of genetic information resulting from human genetics and genomic research.

Requests for Application

RFA-RM-08-006 [grants.nih.gov]: Studies of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Microbiome Research (R01)
Receipt Date: February 15, 2008

RFA-HG-06-025 [grants1.nih.gov]: Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (CEERs) (P50) [Expired]
Support the development of a research group to identify and investigate ELSI research questions that can best be approached through intensive and extended collaboration among investigators from multiple disciplines, using diverse methodologies.

Program Announcements

PA-08-012 [grants.nih.gov] Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R01) Application Receipt Date: Standard dates apply. Expiration Date: January 8, 2011

PA-08-013 [grants.nih.gov] Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R03) Application Receipt Date: Standard dates apply. Expiration Date: January 8, 2011

PA-07-070 [grants.nih.gov]: Research Project Grant (Parent R01)
Opening Date: January 5, 2007. Expiration Date: January 3, 2010

NOTE:Beginning February 5, 2007, NIH will only accept electronic applications for R01 grant applications. Please visit this URL for additional information about electronic submission of applications: Electronic Submission of Grant Applications. In the near future, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will publish program announcements that provide more information about NHGRI's program goals. Inquiries about NHGRI's program interest should be addressed to the program staff: Division of Extramural Research Program Staff.

NOT-LM-06-008 [grants.nih.gov]: NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics (R01)
Release Date: November 21, 2006

Conference Grant Applications

The NHGRI ELSI Program also accepts Conference Grant (R13) applications. For specific instructions for preparing a conference grant application, see:

PA-06-041: [grants1.nih.gov] NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13/U13)
Standard application submission dates: April 15, August 15, December 15. Expiration Date: May 8, 2009

Program Announcements for Specific Research Opportunities

PA-07-277 [grants.nih.gov]: Research On Ethical Issues In Human Subjects Research (R01)
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: May 8, 2009

• NOT-HG-07-002 [grants1.nih.gov]: Research on Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research - Clarification for Prospective Applications to the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
  
  

PA-06-368 [grants.nih.gov]: Research On Ethical Issues In Human Subjects Research (R21)
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: May 8, 2009

PA-06-367 [grants.nih.gov]: Research On Ethical Issues In Human Subjects Research (R03)
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: May 8, 2009

• NOT-HG-06-011: [grants.nih.gov] Notice of Increased Funds Available for RFA-HG-06-008
  The total funds available for this RFA have been increased
  
  

PA-05-029 [grants.nih.gov]: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: May 8, 2009

PAS-07-381 [grants.nih.gov]:  Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR)(R21)
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: January 8, 2010

PAS-07-382 [grants.nih.gov]:  Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR)(R03)
Application Receipt Dates: See Program Announcement. Expiration Date: January 8, 2010

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Last Updated: March 31, 2008