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Title of Collaborative Activity:

US-Ireland Research & Development Partnership

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The goal of the partnership is to stimulate collaborative research between the U.S. and Ireland in the area of cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and nanotechnology. Government agencies and non-profit organizations, including NHLBI, NIDDK, NSF, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, R&D Office (Northern Ireland), Dept. of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Health Research Board, Science Foundation Ireland and Inter-Trade Ireland, participate. As an outgrowth of the U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership, a grant proposal on the role of anaerobic bacterial infection in CF was submitted to NIH which involves U.S.-Ireland tripartite scientific collaboration.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Research Initiative

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2006

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NHGRI, NHLBI, NIBIB, NIDDK

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

OS