The overarching goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to translate basic science research into knowledge and tools that can be utilized to provide strong justification for later-phase therapeutics discovery and development efforts in health-related outcomes relevant to the National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
This includes outcomes relevant to obesity, diabetes and related aspects of endocrinology and metabolism, digestive diseases, liver diseases, nutrition, kidney and urological diseases, hematology, and specific aspects of cystic fibrosis.
Additional information concerning programmatic areas at NIDDK is available at:
www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/research-programs/Pages/default.aspx.