The NIDDK and the Division of Cancer Prevention at the NCI invite applications through the exploratory/developmental (R21) grant mechanism from investigators with research interests in gastroenterology, hepatology, obesity, and nutrition and that serve the mission of NIDDK and NCI. The aim of this funding opportunity is to stimulate the application of highly novel approaches to important areas of digestive diseases (including associated cancers) and nutrition research. Areas of special interest in this funding opportunity include development of novel non invasive imaging methods to study function of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and adipose tissue and pathogenic processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, hyperplasia, fat body accumulation.

See full description in NIH Guide: PA-06-149