This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites the submission of Education Research (R25) grant applications focused on scientific advances in sleep health and circadian and sleep biology. This initiative aims to accelerate the transfer of recent scientific advances and established knowledge in sleep health and circadian and sleep biology to the scientific community and the public at large.

Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project. The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is four years. The application due date is Feb. 1, 2013, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.