P50: Specialized Center Grant
Most recent NIDDK funding announcement: RFA-DK-21-024
NIDDK Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology (P50)
This mechanism is used for the Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology (PCEN) which support basic, translational and clinical research in pediatric kidney disease. The goals of the PCEN program are: 1. to attract new scientific expertise to the study of human pediatric renal physiology, kidney development, and pediatric kidney disorders; 2. to encourage multidisciplinary research in these areas; and 3. to develop the pediatric nephrology research community through a national research symposium, broad sharing of research resources, and a national Pilot and Feasibility grant program. These efforts are expected to lead to innovative approaches to study kidney disease in children and the eventual submission of substantial, competitive, investigator–initiated research applications. The PCEN will complement the O’Brien Kidney and Urological Research Centers and are expected to leverage existing institutional resources which may include Clinical Translational Science Awards, Institutional Network Awards for Promoting Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Research Training (U2C/TL1), and other NIDDK-Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases (KUH)-funded consortia.