Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$269,630.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

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