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Brain Disorders in the Developing World:
Research Across the Lifespan (BRAIN)

Purpose:

To develop collaborative research and capacity building projects on brain disorders throughout life, relevant to low- and middle-income nations. Applicants are expected to develop innovative, collaborative research programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in nervous system function and impairment throughout life. The first phase of a project under the "Brain Disorders in The Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan" program consists of a two-year planning/development grant using the R21 grant mechanism. The R21 grant provides support to organize, plan for, prepare, and assemble an application for a more comprehensive R01 grant involving collaboration between developed and developing country investigators and which incorporates both research and capacity building. During the R21 award period, the applicant should: further define the type and area of research to be developed; conduct pilot studies; develop and solidify collaborative relationships and understandings with the partners in the developed and developing countries involved. The applicant should also provide a plan to assess current resources and needs, and a plan to address those needs, to enable the proposed research and capacity building to be successfully carried out. Training and other capacity-building opportunities should be incorporated into the research application in the context of the proposed research.

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Request for Applications
R21 Only: PAR-08-113
R01 for previous R21 grantees only: PAR-08-112
Letter of Intent deadline: April 16, 2008; April 16, 2009; April 16, 2010
Receipt dates:

Non-AIDS: May 16, 2008; May 15, 2009; May 14, 2010
AIDS-related: August 22, 2008; August 21, 2009; August 23, 2010

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Inquiries

Programmatic Issues	Grants Management
Dr. Kathleen Michels Program Director Division of International Research and Training Fogarty International Center Building 31, Room B2C39 31 Center Drive MSC 2220 Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 Telephone: (301) 496-1653 FAX: (301) 402-0779 Email: brainfic@nih.gov	Angela Smith Grants Management Specialist Fogarty International Center Building 31, Room B2C39 31 Center Drive MSC 2220 Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 Telephone: (301) 496-5710 FAX: (301) 594-1211 Email: smitha2@mail.nih.gov

ELIGIBILITY:

The LMIC collaborator must be at an institution in a country, which is defined by the World Bank according to Gross National Income per capita as low income, lower-middle income or upper-middle income. See the income classification tables at: (http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass.htm).

R01 (PAR08-112) applicants must have already had an R21 planning grant under the companion PAR08-113 AND must have documentation that a participating IC agrees to accept assignment of the application.

Awarded 2003-2008 Brain Disorders in the Developing World Grants

Note: To search the database of all NIH-funded grants please go to the NIH CRISP system
(Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) at: http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/

Crisp Abstracts [PDF 501K]

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NIH Institutes and Centers Co-Sponsors:

Please direct your questions about Scientific/Research Issues to the contacts below:

	CANADA
Contact:	Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Astrid Eberhart Assistant Director, International Relations Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addiction Douglas Hospital Research Centre
Address:	6875 LaSalle Blvd. Verdun, QC H4H 1R3 Canada
Phone:	(514) 761-6131 ext. 3936
Fax:	(514) 888-4060
Email:	aeberhart@cihr.ca

United States

	NEI/NIH	NIA/NIH
Contact:	Michael D. Oberdorfer, Ph.D. Director, Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Visual Processing Program Division of Extramural Research National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health	Andrew Monjan Chief, Neurobiology of Aging Branch Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program National Institute of Aging National Institutes of Health
Address:	Executive Plaza South, Suite 350 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7164 Bethesda MD 20892-7164	Gateway Building, Suite 3C307 7201 Wisconsin Ave MSC 9205 Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Phone:	301-451-2020	301-496-9350
Fax:	301-402-0528	301-496-1494
Email:	mdo@nei.nih.gov	monjana@mail.nih.gov

	NIAAA/NIH	NICHD/NIH
Contact:	Margaret M. Murray, M.S.W. Chief, International and Health Education Programs Branch National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health	Mary Lou Oster-Granite, PhD Chief, Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health
Address:	6000 Executive Boulevard, Suite 302 Rockville, MD 20852	Executive Building, Room 4B09G 6100 Executive Blvd., MSC 7510 Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Phone:	301-443-2594	301-496-1383
Fax:
Email	pmurray@mail.nih.gov	hansonj@mail.nih.gov

	NIDA/NIH	NIEHS/NIH
Contact:	L.R. Stanford, Ph.D. Developmental Neurobiology Program Behavioral and Brain Development Branch Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Development, and Behavioral Treatment National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health	Annette Kirshner, Ph.D. NIEHS-DERT
Address:	6001 Executive Blvd., Rm. 4282, MSC 9555 Bethesda, MD 20892-9555	Box 12233, MD EC-23 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone:	301-435-1322	919-541-0488
Fax:	301-594-6043	919-541-5064
Email:	lstanfor@mail.nih.gov	kirshner@niehs.nih.gov

	NIMH/NIH	NINDS/NIH
Contact:	Jeymohan Joseph, Ph.D. Chief, HIV Neuro-Virology, Genetics and Molecular Therapeutics Program Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health	Yuan Liu, Ph.D. Director International Programs National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health
Address:	Room 6202, MSC 9619 6001 Executive Blvd Bethesda, MD 20892-9619	NSC/2110B,6001 Executive Blvd, MSC 9529 Bethesda, MD 20892-9529
Phone:	301-443-3012	301-496-1917
Fax:	301-443-9719	301-402-0182
Email:	jjeymoha@mail.nih.gov	yl5o@nih.gov

	ODS/OD/NIH	Other Participating Organizations
Contact:	Rebecca B. Costello, PhD Deputy Director Office of Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health	Andy Shih Chief Science Officer Autism Speaks
Address:	6100 Executive Blvd., Room 3B01, MSC 7517 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7517	99 Wall Street Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone:	301-435-2920	609-430-9160
Fax:	301-480-1845	609-430-9163
Email:	CostellB@od.nih.gov	ashih@autismspeaks.org

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Updated August 2008