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Genetics - $7,066,000
Cancer - $5,748,000
Biotechnology - $5,390,000
Neurosciences - $5,372,000
Prevention - $4,752,000
Brain Disorders - $3,835,000
Infectious Diseases - $3,678,000
Clinical Trials - $3,663,000
Women's Health - $3,627,000 NIH's stimulus boost provided a lot of funding and new grants to investigators in 2009. Researchers applied in droves for linkurl:NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research,;http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/ and dozens of scientists pulled in linkurl:Director's Pioneer Awards;http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/pioneer/ of more than $2 million. Here are the five fattest R01 grants that flew out the NIH's doors this year. Principal Investigator: Pamela Douglas
Institution: Duke University
R01 Grant: $5,566,450
Project Description: The PROMISE (PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) Trial. A study to assess the efficacy of coronary computed tomographic angiography in initially testing 10,000 patients complaining of chest pain.
Administered by: The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Principal Investigator: Jonine Bernstein
Institution: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
R01 Grant: $3,562,856
Project Description: Genome-wide Association Study of Radiation Exposure and Bilateral Breast Cancer. A study to delineate the joint roles of genetic predisposition and radiation exposure in the etiology of second primary breast cancer using a genome-wide association (GWA) approach in more than 1,500 women with bilateral breast cancer.
Administered by: The National Cancer Institute Principal Investigator: Thomas Vaughan
Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
R01 Grant: $3,448,940
Project Description: Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Genetic Susceptibility Study (BEAGESS). A genome-wide association study to evaluate the influence of genetic susceptibility on risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma -- a cancer who's prevalence in the US has increased by 500 percent in the last 30 years -- and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus.
Administered by: The National Cancer Institute Principal Investigator: Russell Ware
Institution: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
R01 Grant: $3,387,494
Project Description: Transcranial Doppler with Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea. A trial is to compare two years of hydroxyurea therapy with standard transfusion therapy to prevent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia.
Administered by: The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Principal Investigator: Michele Sale
Institution: University of Virginia Charlottesville
R01 Grant: $3,008,855
Project Description: Genetic Contributions to Diabetes and Dyslipidemia in African Americans. A genome-wide association study to assess the genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes among a population of more than 1,000 African Americans from the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.
Administered by: The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Office of the Director A New Year's bonus: Our friends over at the Medical Writing, Editing, and Grantsmanship blog recently posted a time line and guide to submitting new NIH proposals in 2010. Check it out linkurl:here.;http://writedit.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/best-timing-for-nih-applications/
**__Related stories:__***linkurl:2010 budget on Obama's desk;http:http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/56217/
[14th December 2009]*linkurl:2010 NIH budget bump;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/56211/
[10th December 2009]*linkurl:NIH 2010 budget tweaked;http:http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55870/
[30th July 2009]
