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This document is a Request for Application (RFA) for the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Coordination Center for Interoception Research (BPCCIR), a U24 cooperative agreement funding opportunity. The grant aims to establish a multidisciplinary research center to promote interoception research, which involves understanding how organisms sense, interpret, integrate, and regulate internal bodily signals. Key objectives include developing digital communication platforms, hosting annual scientific meetings, identifying research challenges, establishing common terminology and data standards, and generating metrics for research community sustainability.

The funding opportunity is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, with potential funding through multiple federal grant programs including Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242), Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders Research (CFDA 93.853), and Environmental Health Research (CFDA 93.113). While specific award amounts are not detailed, the grant will support a cooperative agreement to foster interactions among interoception researchers across disciplines. Applicants should expect a comprehensive review process involving scientific merit evaluation and potential funding through a competitive, peer-reviewed mechanism, with a focus on innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding interoception.