NIH: Advancing Translational and Clinical Probiotic/Prebiotic and Human Microbiome Research

Funds accelerating translational and clinical Phase I and II a/b safety and efficacy studies for substantiating measurable functional benefits of probiotic/prebiotic components and/or their combinations; and so to understand the underlying mechanisms of their action(s), and variability in responses to these interventions. Calls for interdisciplinary collaborations across scientific disciplines engaged in microbiome and pro/prebiotic research including, but not limited to: nutritional science, microbiology, virology, microecology and microbiome, genomics, immunology, computational biology, chemistry, bioengineering, as well as integration of omics and computational approaches in DNA technologies. Budgets not limited/5 yrs.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-127.html