Grants, Contracts, RFAs, and RFPs. 1  A grant is a funding mechanism for a particular scientific inquiry that you generate. You come up with the idea, they decide if it's a good idea, and they provide funding for you to do it. In contrast, a contract is a funding mechanism of government agencies or other organizations to obtain specified services or goods.
1 These tests are very good at identifying chlamydia. 2  A test that is positive almost always means the problem is there and is unlikely to be a false-positive test result. 3  A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is an example of a nucleic acid amplification test. 4  This test can also be done on a urine sample.
Test Summary Calreticulin (CALR) Mutation Analysis Clinical Use Diagnose essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) Assess prognosis Clinical Background Diagnosis of BCR/ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) includes demonstration of a clonal marker such as a JAK2 or MPL mutation.