(Re)Building a Kidney Consortium (RBK) Opportunity Pool - 2023

Deadline: 4/3/2023

The (Re)Building a Kidney Consortium (RBK) has released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) open to all researchers.

The RBK is an initiative funded by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that has developed two strategies to address the challenges associated with treating kidney diseases:

  • A “rebuild strategy” that includes de novo kidney fabrication (synthetic kidney) with stem cells and replacement by transplantation, and
  • A “repair strategy” that involves the induction of the innate kidney repair system to stimulate productive in vivo repair/regeneration of nephrons to restore failing kidney function.


The RBK Opportunity Pool (RBK OP) aims to support the goals and address keys areas of scientific interest to the RBK through the solicitation of additional projects and/or expertise in specific subject areas that promote collaborative efforts between RBK researchers and/or forge new interactions with the outside community.

There are several key areas of scientific interest to the RBK which include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.    Rebuilding strategies

a. Develop standardized protocols and methods that enhance organoid maturation and the production of organoids at scale.
b. Develop tests to assess physiologic function(s) of organoids in culture and upon organoid engraftment in vivo.
c. Devise novel approaches to successfully connect in vitro generated kidney tissue/organoids engrafted to host collecting duct/ureter and vasculature systems.

2.    Repair strategies

a.    Develop new tools to non-invasively image repair and regeneration.
b.    Develop mouse reporter lines to study adaptive, maladaptive and failed repair.

Applications may request up to $100,000 (total costs) for one year and are due Monday, April 3, 2023.

For further details about this FOA, please visit the ATLAS-D2K website: (Re)Building a Kidney Consortium (RBK) Opportunity Pool - 2023 | ATLAS-D2K Center

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Last Updated 02/13/2023