NINDS Neuroscience Funding Announcements

NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research
Funding Contact: NINDS Funding Coordinator
Funding Categories: Channels, Synapses and Circuits, Clinical Research, Neural Environment, Neurodegeneration, Neurogenetics, Repair and Plasticity, Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, Translational Research

Brief Description:
On March 9, 2009, President Barack H. Obama issued Executive Order (EO)13505 Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells. The EO states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of NIH, may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, to the extent permitted by law. NIH published draft Guidelines for research involving hESCs in the Federal Register for public comment, 74 Fed. Reg. 18578 on April 23, 2009. The comment period ended on May 26, 2009. Approximately 49,000 comments on the draft Guidelines were submitted to NIH by patient advocacy groups, scientists and scientific societies, academic institutions, medical organizations, religious organizations, private citizens, and members of Congress.

NIH Guide: NOT-OD-09-116
Release Date: 2009-07-10
Expiration Date: Contact NINDS Funding Coordinator