The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program has announced Award mechanisms that will be open in 2010 for neurofibromatosis research. These are: Clinical Trial Award; Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award; Investigator Initiated Award; Investigator Initiated Research Award – Focused Research; New Investigator Award; and Postdoctoral Traineeship.Brief descriptions of Award mechanisms are now available at the CDMRP website. Full announcement and Request for Applications are expected to be released in the next few weeks. CDMRP has $13.75 million available for neurofibromatosis research in 2010. Since 1996 the program has funded over $200M of neurofibromatosis research thro