Closed · RFA-NS-21-005 · CFDA 93.853;93.866 · Discretionary

Small Vessel VCID Biomarker Validation Consortium Sites (U01)(Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

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

up to $800K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 9, 2021
Close date
7
Expected awards

The verdict

Small Vessel VCID Biomarker Validation Consortium Sites (U01)(Clinical Trials Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $800,000 across 7 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $800K
award range
Closed
application status
7
expected awards
93.853;93.866
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Small Vessel VCID Biomarker Validation Consor… is closed (last close March 9, 2021). 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

Application window closed

Closed March 9, 2021

Posted Nov 23 Closes Mar 9

Est. Total Funding

$8,400,000

Expected Awards

7

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

T?o invite applications to an open competition to be one of up to 7 supported sites in the next phase of the NINDS small vessel vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) biomarkers consortium. The original consortium, established under RFA-NS-16-019 and RFA-NS-16-020, pursued initial stages of multi-site validation of 11 candidate imaging-based and fluid-based biomarkers. The primary objective of the next 5 years is to carry out comprehensive multi-site clinical validation of up to six of these 11 biomarkers to be selected by the NINDS in a process separate from this FOA. The focus will be validation in longitudinal studies of diverse all-comers populations that are typical in clinical settings in the United States. The network of sites will provide scientific expertise and experimental infrastructure to pursue these goals synergistically including with the Coordinating Center (RFA-NS-21-004). At the conclusion of clinical validation each biomarker will have a designated category and context of use as defined by the FDA and a finalized public protocol that describes all details needed to utilize the biomarker. The sites will drive the consortium scientifically and contribute administratively to comprehensive rigorous clinical validation of biomarkers for future clinical trials, including in large phase III trials, and for generating scientific breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of VCID.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Small Vessel VCID Biomarker Validation Consor… 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 code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institutes of Health book (9,741 peers, 78% of 12,420).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08
Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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