The Biomarkers Consortium is forwarding a RFI to solicit preliminary ideas, resource estimates, and timelines regarding the creation and progressive validation of approaches to predict long-term weight loss response from short-term controlled weight loss clinical trials in adults.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is pleased to announce that we are working with Chimp Haven and the Humane Society of the United States in an unprecedented collaboration to raise construction funds to retire all of the NIH chimpanzees from New Iberia Research Center to Chimp Haven, a federal sanctuary that will provide them with excellent care.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) issued a Request for Applications for The Heart Truth Community Action Program. In April 2013, the FNIH will award grants ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 to community organizations engaged in women’s heart health initiatives.

The U.S.-Russia Collaboration in the Biomedical Sciences NIH Visiting Fellows Program announces continuation of the application period for early career researchers from Russia to conduct research at the NIH intramural program as part of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, announced by Presidents Obama and Medvedev aimed at increasing U.S.-Russia collaborations in health research.