OpportunityTitle: Characterizing the Complications Associated with Therapeutic Blood Transfusions for Hemoglobinopathies
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: A. Eligibility Information     1. Eligible Applicants:  Government Organizations:  &#149; State or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia)  &#149; Local governments or their bona fide agents  &#149; Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau    &#149; State controlled institutions of higher education  &#149; American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)  &#149; Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities    Non-government Organizations:  &#149; American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations  &#149; Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149; Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)    Private colleges and universities    Community-based organizations    Faith-based organizations    For-profit organizations (other than small business)    Small businesses
Description: The purpose of this FOA is to fund a coordinating center to develop projects which will result in improved knowledge of transfusion-related complications. These projects must be specific to complications from blood transfusions, including alloimmunization, iron overload, transfusion-associated infections, and determining the utility of pre-existing datasets for analyzing information about these three areas compared to primarily collected data from study participants. The success of this approach will allow CDC to scale up monitoring of these complications to a broader population in future projects.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;(PGO) Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;E-mail: pgotim@cdc.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Dates:    1.  Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: April 25, 2014, 11:59 p.m.  U.S. Eastern Standard Time    2.  Application Deadline: May 12, 2014, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov    3.  Informational conference call for potential applicants:  April 17, 2014, 1:00  p.m.  U.S. Eastern Standard Time