OpportunityTitle: Limited Competition: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Biomarkers Consortium Data Coordinating Center (U01)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following:  Only the currently participating awardees are eligible to apply for this FOA.      Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.  Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Description: The Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarkers Consortium [CKD BioCon] was established in September 2009 as a result of RFA-DK-08-015 [Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarker Discovery and Validation Consortium (U01)] to develop, validate and qualify biomarkers based on existing biosamples from well-characterized CKD patients with longitudinal follow-up. The CKD BioCon consists of six Participating Centers (PCs) and is actively engaged in multiple research protocols. The initial Funding Opportunity Announcement to establish the Consortium did not provide for a Data Coordinating Center (DCC). Given the complexity of the work to be performed by the consortium, a study coordination group was established through a subcontract to one of the PCs to provide logistical support and coordination of consortial meetings. However, the expertise needed to coordinate multicenter studies and perform advanced statistical analyses is limited.
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