Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Input on Future Directions for a Somatic Mosaicism Common Fund Program
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
About this opportunity
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit input from the broader scientific community, including investigators, professional societies, and other interested parties, on the compelling scientific opportunities and key resource needs that could be addressed in a potential future somatic mosaicism program by the Common Fund. As with many Common Fund programs, a potential new program in somatic mosaicism would be expected to be catalytic, transformative, and create a set of enabling resources that will be of high value to the broad biomedical research community. Somatic mosaicism, the presence of genetically distinct cell populations within an individual, is a fundamental aspect of human biology. While long studied in the context of cancer, recent technological advances h...