The purpose of the NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program is to provide screening of novel synthetic compounds and natural products for potential use as research tools or probes for basic and clinical research, as therapeutic agents for mental disorders, and as PET, SPECT, and fMRI ligands for functional brain imaging. This program is primarily intended as a screen for compounds that have previously been shown to possess pharmacological, biochemical, or behavioral activities relevant to NIMH and not for the purpose of large-scale, random screening of natural products or combinatorial libraries. However, limited screening may also be conducted on small libraries of synthetic or natural product compounds of unknown activity and on hit or lead compounds generated through NIH-funded HTS or chemistry programs. Compounds will be provided by the research community, primarily NIH-supported investigators. It is anticipated that the Contractor will receive and screen compounds on a continuous and on-going basis, although the volume of requests will vary from month to month.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
271201300017C-0-0-1
Application #
8737548
Study Section
Project Start
2013-08-30
Project End
2018-08-29
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$2,532,157
Indirect Cost
Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Type
DUNS #
608195277
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599