African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network
Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
8th Floor Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 746-0360
Fax: (215) 573-5311

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Request for Proposals

National Children's Study Announces a Request for Proposals for a Biological and Environmental Sample Repository

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to award a contract to an organization to serve as a Repository for biospecimens and environmental samples for the National Children's Study. The National Children's Study will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21.

To view the RFP, click here.

The due date for proposals in response to this solicitation is September 15, 2008.

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