HIRN Network
 APRIL 2018
NEWSLETTER
HIRN Annual Meeting
Check your inboxes as the Meeting Program for registrants was emailed on Friday April 13 th .

This year we have invited five companies to attend the Poster Session as Exhibitors.
Please join us in welcoming Biocytogen , Biorep , Fluidigm , Fluigent & Mercodia !
Publications
The HIRN Publications Webpage has been updated to dynamically display publications by consortia and grant projects. Use the side-menu to view and search publications of interest. Additionally, counts of publications by consortia are displayed.
As a reminder please cite your HIRN grant accordingly in publications:
"This research was performed using resources and/or funding provided by the NIDDK-supported Human Islet Research Network (HIRN, RRID:SCR_014393; https://hirnetwork.org ; UC4 DKZZZZ to XY)."
Funding Opportunities
HIRN Requests for Applications (RFAs)

RFA-DK-17-021 :  Discovery of Early Type 1 Diabetes Disease Biomarkers in the Human Pancreas [HIRN Consortium on Beta Cell Death and Survival (CBDS)] (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • NIDDK intends to commit up to $3.5 million to fund 4-6 awards in FY 2018
  • Letter of Intent due: April 10, 2018
  • Application due: May 10, 2018

RFA-DK-17-022 : High-Resolution Exploration of the Human Islet Tissue Environment [HIRN Human Pancreas Analysis Consortium (HPAC)] (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • NIDDK intends to commit up to $4 million to fund 4-6 awards in FY 2018
  • Letter of Intent due: April 10, 2018
  • Application due: May 10, 2018
NIH Requests for Applications (RFAs)

RFA-RM-18-011 :  Cutting Edge Informatics Tools for Illuminating the Druggable Genome (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • The NIH Common Fund intends to commit $2M to fund 5-6 awards in FY 2019
  • Letter of Intent due: June 9, 2018
  • Application due: July 9, 2019

RFA-DK-18-005 :  Mechanisms Underlying the Contribution of Type 1 Diabetes Disease-associated Variants (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • NIDDK intends to commit $3.25 million in FY 2019 to fund 4-5 awards
  • Letter of Intent due: November 6, 2018
  • Application due: December 6, 2018

Please check the NIH NIDDK website for additional Special Diabetes Funding Program Opportunities
Upcoming Meetings
Metabolomics 2018 Conference

The 14 th   Internati onal Conference of the Metabolomics Society will be on June 24-28 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA
78 th ADA Scientific Sessions

The 78 th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions will be held on June 22-26 in Orlando, Florida.