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SUMMARY:Morris Animal Foundation: Grant funding opportunities and access t
 o the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study - Janet Patterson-Kane\, Chief Scien
 tific Officer\, Morris Animal Foundation
DTSTART:20200610T150000Z
DTEND:20200610T160000Z
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:The Morris Animal Foundation has been funding animal health st
 udies for 70 years. Annual requests for proposals are released for canine\
 , feline\, large animal (equine\, llama\, alpaca) and wildlife-focused res
 earch. This funding is international and includes fellowships\, awards for
  early career researchers\, and pilot grants. There are also ‘off-cycle
 ’ opportunities for special donor-funded topics\, this year including th
 e Australian Wildlife Fund established in response to the recent wildfire 
 events and the Mark L. Morris Jr. Investigator Award. The latter award for
  the current call is focused on the topic of feline behavior. An overview 
 will be given of the grant review and funding process and features of succ
 essful applications including impact plans that match the mission of the F
 oundation.\nAdditionally\, the Foundation has been running the Golden Retr
 iever Lifetime Study since 2012\, with 3\,044 pedigree dogs initially enro
 lled. This is a prospective longitudinal cohort study whose primary focus 
 is to determine risk factors associated with development of common cancer 
 types. In the US\, cancer-related mortality in this breed is approximately
  60%. Each year owners and veterinarians fill out detailed annual question
 naires\; clinical pathology tests are performed and a set of biological sa
 mples is submitted to a central biorepository. This has created a unique r
 esource of data and samples linked to extensive phenotypic information. An
  overview will be given of the current state of the study\, plans for furt
 her expansion of the dataset\, and opportunities for academic researchers 
 to access these data and samples.\n\n
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