Closed · RFA-DK-17-035 · CFDA 93.350;93.847 · Discretionary

Microphysiological Systems (MPS) for Modeling Diabetes (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.

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Award range
Closed
Status
March 20, 2018
Close date
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Expected awards

The verdict

Microphysiological Systems (MPS) for Modeling Diabetes (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

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award range
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application status
93.350;93.847
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Microphysiological Systems is closed (last close March 20, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Closed March 20, 2018

Posted Dec 11 Closes Mar 20

Est. Total Funding

$3,000,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

NIDDK requests applications to join a new research consortium "Microphysiological Systems (MPS) for Modeling Diabetes (MPS-MOD)". NIDDK will support the development and validation of human tissue chips that closely mimic the normal physiology of key metabolic tissues, including the pancreatic islet, liver, skeletal muscle, and white adipose tissue (WAT). Experimental designs for the MPS-MOD platforms should incorporate strategies to measure pathophysiological changes associated with metabolic disease, including the impact of immune cells on metabolic dysfunction. Once developed, these multi-dimensional MPS-MOD platforms will serve as the foundation for NIDDK's advanced strategy to identify new and novel therapeutics for diabetes. The utility and validity of model systems developed under this initiative will be measured, in part, through the ability of known diabetes therapeutic agents and biomarkers to influence biology of the system, using best practices and rigorous study design. The need for high-quality, well-characterized isogenic/patient derived iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cell) lines and standardized differentiation procedures is a critical step in turning disease-specific lines into tools for discovery. In the future, iPSC-based human tissue chips could play a central role in drug development, testing, screening, drug repurposing and toxicity testing. Eventually, collections of iPSCs that capture the heterogeneity of T2D could be used to conduct "clinical trials in a dish", to discover biomarkers of response and to develop personalized treatments. An essential feature of this program will be a multidisciplinary approach that brings together basic science experts and physician scientists in stem cell biology, bioengineering, computational biology, pharmacology, liver biology, islet biology, adipose biology, metabolism and diabetes.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Microphysiological Systems prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Food and Nutrition · Health (FN;HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institutes of Health book (9,741 peers, 78% of 12,420).

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State governments
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County governments
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City or township governments
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Special district governments
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Independent school districts
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Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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Federally recognized tribal governments
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Public / Indian housing authorities
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Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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Private institutions of higher education
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For-profit organizations other than small businesses
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Small businesses
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Others (see official listing text)

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