University of Virginia Receives $35.7 Million Grant Renewal From NIH for MultiInstitutional, Collaborative Research on Cell Migration.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Cell Migration Consortium grant has been renewed for five years. The $35.7 million "glue" grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a part of the NIH, brings the total NIH funding to the project to more than $73 million. NIGMS originally conceived of the large-scale glue grants following consultations with leaders in the scientific community who emphasized the importance of confronting intractable biological problems with the expertise and input of large, multifaceted groups of scientists. This is the largest research grant from the NIH that the …