Current nPOD Investigators

Current nPOD investigators should visit Request nPOD Samples for information on how to request slides and tissue samples.

First-time nPOD Applicants

First-time applicants should use the New Investigator Application to apply to become a nPOD investigator and receive access to nPOD tissues.

nPOD New Investigator Application Review Process:

All new requests for nPOD samples will typically be reviewed by nPOD's Tissue Prioritization Committee on a quarterly basis. When completing your application, please consider that nPOD's tissue samples are a precious and finite resource. Meritorious applications will be given access to tissue in a prioritized fashion and collaborations (where appropriate) among existing projects are strongly encouraged. Before filling out your application, please review the list of current nPOD investigators. If your project duplicates work already underway by an approved nPOD investigator, you are strongly encouraged to justify how your new study will provide additional insights above and beyond what will be gained from ongoing project.

Special instructions for first time applicants:

To ensure that your application is reviewed in a timely manner, please be sure to submit the following information with your file:

• NIH-formatted Biographical Sketch for the PI and Co-Investigator(s)
• Research Plan (background, hypothesis, specific aims, preliminary data, study plan)
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval or exemption documentation (unless pending)

Please email completed applications and other required files to npod@pathology.ufl.edu

Send a signed copy (electronic signature is acceptable) of the user agreement page (page 6) to:

JDRF nPOD Administrative Core
1275 Center Drive, BMSB, Room J-492
PO Box 100275
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL 32610-0275

Fax: (352) 273-9370

For additional questions, please contact nPOD at (352) 273-8277.