PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
(1) Discover, isolate, and evaluate preclinically,
agents from natural sources to treat or prevent cancer, infectious
diseases including AIDS, cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, and
other diseases or medical conditions of primary concern to developing
countries. (2) Undertake inventories of biological diversity and
develop collection practices compatible with conserving biodiversity,
and produce documentation of all collected material in the form of
museum catalogues, published works, and/or databases, reporting
specific locality and all features of biology relevant to standard
botanical and zoological collections; assure accessibility of inventory
data to all individuals, including those not associated with the
International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG), by housing
catalogues and databases in public institutions (such as universities
and national museums) and, when databases are kept on computer systems
in private institutions, by including in publications specific
references to these data bases. (3) Support research training targeted
toward the needs of the developing country or other countries
represented within the Group and related to the scope of work of the
Request for Applications (RFA), and to augment field experience and
training of U.S. scientists in areas of knowledge unique to the
developing country. Examples of relevant areas of training could
include systematics, ethnobiology, ethnomedicine, chemistry, cell
biology, biotechnology, or production methods and quality control in
pharmaceutical development.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- General Health and Medical;
- Education and Training;
- Specialized Health Research and Training;
- Health Research - General;
2. EDUCATION;
- Medical Education and Training;
- Resource Development and Support - Sciences;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Scientist/Researcher;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- Federal;
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
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