Opportunity
Simpler Grants.gov #FOR-RFA-AG-26-012
Data Coordinating Center for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Brain Atlas (AD-MBA)
Buyer
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Posted
June 20, 2025
Respond By
January 25, 2026
Identifier
FOR-RFA-AG-26-012
NAICS
541715
This opportunity from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, seeks to establish a Data Coordinating Center for the Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Brain Atlas (AD-MBA): - Government Buyer: - National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health - Products/Services Requested: - Establishment and operation of a Data Coordinating Center for the AD-MBA - Integration, hosting, and dissemination of multiscale mouse brain datasets (including multi-omic and connectomic data) - Development and optimization of tools for multiscale data integration - Creation of a web-based interface for data visualization and dissemination - Leveraging the NIA-supported AD Knowledge Portal infrastructure - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or vendors are named; this is a presolicitation for a cooperative agreement - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Open to a wide range of eligible applicants (government, academic, nonprofit, and business entities) - Focus on collaborative analyses and tool development for the research community - No physical products are requested; the emphasis is on data coordination and service delivery
Description
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite applications proposing a Data Coordinating Center that integrates and disseminates multiscale mouse brain datasets for the aging and Alzheimer’s disease research community. The center will establish the Aging and AD Mouse Brain Atlas (AD-MBA) as a central resource for multi-omic and connectomic mouse brain datasets from the NIA AD Multimodal Atlas Projects. It will leverage existing data infrastructure, facilitate collaborative analyses, develop tools for data integration, and create a web-based interface for data visualization and dissemination. Applications are not being solicited at this time; this notice provides potential applicants time to develop collaborations and projects.