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</style><div class="contact-box"><h4>Contact</h4><p><a href="mailto:tagled@mail.nih.gov?subject=SPARC%20Program%20Inquiry">Danilo Tagle, Ph.D.</a></p><hr><p><a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/index">SPARC&nbsp;Program Information</a></p><hr><p><a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/">NIH&nbsp;Common Fund&nbsp;</a></p></div><p>SPARC focuses on understanding peripheral nerves — nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — and how their electrical signals control internal organ function. Modulation of these electrical control signals could be a powerful way to treat such common conditions and diseases as rheumatoid arthritis and heart failure. Methods and medical devices that modulate peripheral nerve activity are becoming available, but more research is needed to fully understand how these therapies act on a target organs cells. Such understanding could help explain why a therapy might be effective in one individual but not in another and could potentially resolve the issue, which can make these therapies more effective.</p><h3>SPARC Program Goals</h3><p><a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/fundedresearch">SPARC-funded investigators</a>&nbsp;are working collectively as a consortium to address the programs aims and goals via:</p><ul><li>Biological projects to develop detailed anatomical and functional maps that illustrate how peripheral nerves control organ function</li><li>Technology development projects to create or improve tools to measure and manipulate nerve-organ interactions and isolate their functions</li><li>Partnerships between private-sector scientists and academic researchers, to speed the development of new therapeutic strategies</li><li>Expertise from many different sources, including academic laboratories, independent inventors, start-ups, small and large businesses, and international organizations</li><li>SPARC programdeveloped data and tools shared through a central online resource</li></ul><p>To achieve these goals, NIH envisions a consortium tasked with managing these four components:</p><ul><li>Anatomical and Functional Mapping of the Innervation of Major Organs</li><li>Next-Generation Tools and Technologies</li><li>Translational Partnerships for Human Functional Mapping and New Indications</li><li>Data and Resource Center</li></ul><h3>An NIH-Wide Initiative</h3><p>SPARC is funded through the NIH Common Fund and managed by the NIH Office of the Director in partnership with NCATS, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.</p><p>Our role in this effort is to provide program management and administrative support, along with expertise in enabling industry collaborations. We help the NIH Common Fund administer the awards for SPARC projects that use the&nbsp;<a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/othertransactions">Other Transaction</a>&nbsp;funding mechanism. We also provide programmatic management for awards under the Translational Partnerships component.</p><p><a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/newmarkets">Template agreements</a>&nbsp;with several device manufacturers have made those companies neuromodulation technology (i.e., implantable devices with recording and/or stimulation capabilities) available to SPARC investigators. The aim is to promote preclinical development of these technologies, in support of an Investigational Device Exemption submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a future pilot clinical study. These pilot clinical studies are designed to provide the initial proof-of-concept demonstrations in humans to spur the further studies needed for pursuit of FDA approval as a labeled indication.</p>
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