Working With The Center

The Center welcomes expressions of interest from qualified investigators. Successful collaborative projects engage the personnel and resources of the Center to develop new tools and technologies to enable biomedical science. Successful projects demonstrate true synergy with the Center’s activities, such that the Center and the collaborating group benefit from the interaction.

If you are interested in a collaborative project with our Center:

Collaboration Through The NIH Collaborative R01 and R21 Program

  1. Read the R01 and R21 Collaborations with the National Center for Biomedical Ontology - A Guide to Process and Content and follow the instructions therein.
  2. Note that grant applications to the NIH under the Collaborative R01 and R21 program require that the applicant include a 5-page description of our Center with the 398 form. A draft description of The National Center for Biomedical Ontology is available - Center Overview. Applicants will want to modify this text to highlight synergies with their proposed work.
  3. Contact the NIH Program Officer, Peter Good, PhD ) and/or the Lead Science Officer, Cheryl Kraft, MS ( ) to discuss your proposed project.
  4. Application Deadlines:
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
New Application Due Date
February 5
June 5
October 5
Renew/Resubmt an Application
March 5
July 5
November 5
Scientific Merit Review
June - July
October - November
February - March
Advisory Council Review
September - October
January - February
May - June
Earliest Project Start Date
December
April
July

 

For more information on the NIH Collaborative R01 and R21 program designed to support projects that collaborate with the National Centers for Biomedical Computing, see Collaborations with National Centers for Biomedical Computing.

Collaborating Through a Driving Biological Project

The Center is not currently accepting applications for new DBPs. Please check back.

Other Collaborations

Our Center seeks a variety of collaborations both with academia and industry. To explore explore other potential avenues of collaboration, please contact one of the members of the Center listed below:

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