Pediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas

About this funding opportunity

This RFA closed on March 30, 2021

SCIENCE GRANT RESOURCES PAGE Pediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for three-year collaborative projects for the generation of healthy, single-cell reference data from pediatric tissue samples for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA). Learn about our grantees"), and read our blog") and Medium post.

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For administrative and programmatic inquiries, or other questions pertaining to this RFA, please contact sciencegrants@chanzuckerberg.com"). Key Dates

January 19, 2021

Application portal opens

March 30, 2021

Applications due by 5 p.m. Pacific Time

July 13 - July 21, 2021

Video call interviews of finalists

August 2021

Earliest notification of decisions (subject to change)

October 1, 2021

Earliest start date of award period (subject to change)

Award period and start date: Proposed projects should be three years in duration with a projected start date no earlier than October 1, 2021. Actual start date may vary.

Important Documents:

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Institutional Approval Form") Opportunity

Overview

The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is a global effort to create a reference map of all cell types in the healthy human body in order to generate a fundamental reference for biomedical research and improve our understanding of health and disease. With advances in single-cell biology technology and growing interest from the international community, this scientific grassroots project has progressed from conceivable to feasible. Progress over the past several years has resulted in remarkable advancement toward first drafts of many adult organs and tissues. However, similar reference data for pediatric tissues is less commonly represented in emerging tissue atlases. Yet this data is critically important for clarifying cellular maturation through childhood while building a foundation for understanding disease progression and therapeutic strategies in children.

This Request for Applications (RFA) welcomes proposals that will make significant contributions toward single-cell reference data for the community of patients, clinicians, and researchers engaged in pediatric research. This opportunity is intended to support active collaborative teams of researchers that have access to established resources and protocols that are ready to be extended and scaled. The opportunity is also intended to support new collaborative teams that will benefit from the experience of existing teams while bringing complementary and differentiated perspectives and resources. The opportunity aims to support a variety of collaborative teams that will all make contributions to the larger community via regular engagement and sharing of learnings, data, samples, and other resources.

Team Composition

Teams should consist of at least three principal investigators (PIs), including at least one computational biologist or data scientist, one pediatrician actively engaged in clinical care, and at least one expert in single-cell biology. Community-engaged researchers should be involved in the collaboration and can come from domains including medicine, public health, fundamental research, or others that will ensure that the research is attuned to the needs of and connected with the participating communities providing pediatric tissue samples. The engagement researchers are incorporated into this opportunity to help provide, promote, and build culturally competent connections with the research participants and members of their community in such a manner that they are empowered to participate in Pediatric Networks research and also benefit from potential findings. This RFA is intended to support established teams as well as new collaborations. It is anticipated that successful applications will include teams that vary in size from small (three to four PIs on the team) to midsized (five to 10 PIs on the team) working…

Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Pediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas is administered by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), listed via Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.