# Regent of the University of Minnesota

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nimh25007624

- Solicitation number: NIMH25007624
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health (n-NATIONALINSTITUTESOFHEALTH)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: R499 Other Professional Services
- Set-aside: 8(a) sole source
- Place of performance: Bethesda, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Bethesda. https://abierto.us/cities/bethesda-md-2407125
- First posted: July 25, 2025
- Last posted: July 25, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e726c279425741e98089d5db3a3a7dd2/view

## Description

Autoimmune diseases as single entities may be rare, but collectively afflict tens of millions of Americans and disproportionately impact women. Moreover, autoimmune diseases tend to co-occur in a person and are linked to many age-related conditions. In general, autoimmune diseases are underdiagnosed and involve autoantibodies that appear decades before the disease onset. Some autoimmune diseases occur more frequently in Hispanics, like systemic lupus erythematosus.

Using a multiplex assay of autoantibodies to detect subclinical and preclinical autoimmune diseases, we propose assessing their seroprevalence in the Hispanic population and investigating the autoantibody associations with various antibodies to infection and age-related conditions.

## Publications

- July 25, 2025: Special notice, due August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice e726c279425741e98089d5db3a3a7dd2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e726c279425741e98089d5db3a3a7dd2/view

## Points of contact

- Joseph Kennedy, joseph.kennedy@nih.gov

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