Monday, April 8, 2024

NIAID Renews Consortium for Food Allergy Research in Its 19th Year

Institute to provide $11.4 million annually for 7 years, contingent on availability of funds.
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Monday, April 8, 2024

NIAID Renews Consortium for Food Allergy Research in Its 19th Year

Irregular oval filled with many small pink circles and one large, green-and-beige amorphous shape.

Color-enhanced transmission electron microscope image of a mast cell full of histamine granules (pink). Histamine is released as part of an allergic reaction. Credit: University of Edinburgh. CC BY-NC 4.0. Source: Wellcome Collection.

NIAID has awarded 11 new cooperative agreements to support the Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) in the latest renewal of the program since its establishment 19 years ago. The institute expects to fund the awards with more than $11 million annually for seven years, contingent upon the availability of funds. CoFAR's goal is to conduct groundbreaking clinical research on food allergy prevention and therapy and on the biological mechanisms underlying food allergy.

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