Opening Date: January 5, 2010
Application Due Date(s): Standard dates apply, please see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): Standard dates apply, please see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm#reviewandaward

From the Executive Summary: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), "Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research" issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), in conjunction with members of the NIH Pain Consortium, is to inform the scientific community of the pain research interests of the various Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences.  Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute insult is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators. 
 
For additional information, please visit:
R01 opportunity: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-006.html
R21 opportunity: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-007.html
R03 opportunity: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-008.html