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The diseases that are included in this inquiry are early onset myocardial infarction, anthropometry, extremely low density lipoprotein, early onset ischemic stroke, extrelemy low or high blog pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, and acute lung injury.

The Identifying Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants Program seeks to collaborate with population geneticists, epidemiologists, statistical geneticists, disease experts, and laboratory genomic experts to gain a more thorough and efficient understanding of the newly established exome variants associated with the complex diseases that are identified by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The agencies funding this program is set to administer a total of $1,515,000 per year to support the activities of the program in focus.

In order to be eligible to submit an application for this program you should be any of the following:

a) Higher Education Institutions such as Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education and Private Institutions of Higher Education

b) Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

c) Nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher education

d) For-Profit Organizations such as Small Businesses

e) State Governments, County Governments, City or Township Governments, Special District Governments, Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized), and Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)

f) Independent School Districts, Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities, Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Faith-based or Community-based Organizations, and Regional Organizations.

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Eradication of HIV from CNS Reservoirs: Implications for Therapeutics Grant Program
The National Institutes of Health has collaborated with The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) in an attempt to establish the Eradication of HIV from CNS Reservoirs: Implications for Therapeutics Grant Program.

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Identifying Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants
The National Institutes of Health has formed a partnership with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to establish a program that aims to Identify Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants.

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Cancer Education Grants Program
The National Cancer Institute has developed the Cancer Education Grants Program wherein it seeks to financially support innovative educational efforts that would contribute to the reduction of cancer incidences, morbidity and mortality rates; as well as the improvement of the quality of life of surviving cancer patients.

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Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Program
In keeping with this mission, the Health Resources and Services Administration has recently constituted the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Program wherein it aims to increase the number of primary care providers through the provision of training programs to nurses who are pursuing advanced degrees primary care nurse practitioners (NP) or nurse-midwives.

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