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Trans-NIH Programs and Other Collaborations

In an effort to foster global health efforts, the Fogarty International Center collaborates with other components of the NIH and with other partners on a variety of research and training that involve low and middle income countries.

Programs

• NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
  The purpose of the award is to provide junior U.S. scientists with an opportunity pursue careers in research on global health, and to prepare them for independent research careers.



• NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) Program
  The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) has training opportunities available to scientists, managers and other qualified personnel with background in the fields of law, business or life sciences. The goal of this program is to enable candidates to combine their legal, business or life science background with training and experience in the technology transfer field.

  OTT is responsible for evaluating, protecting, marketing, licensing, monitoring, and managing discoveries and inventions resulting from research done at NIH or the FDA. OTT carries out its technology transfer mandate by retaining title to inventions developed in NIH's or FDA's intramural laboratories and licensing these inventions to private entities to ensure use, commercialization, and public availability. Trainees will work with OTT staff, NIH institute technology development professionals, NIH scientists, and outside industrial or academic collaborators in pursuit of these goals.

  To date, OTT has hosted trainees from many different countries, including South Africa, Kenya, Chile, Brazil, China, India, Hungary, and Mexico.

  We welcome applications from individuals in developing countries who are interested in learning about, and working in, technology transfer in the non-profit sector. Suitable candidates may find more information by clicking on the program link above. The OTT training program coordinator may be reached at: 301-435-5239, or by email: bruffs@mail.nih.gov.

• The International Extramural Associates Research Development Award (IEARDA) Program
  The program, which is administered by the Division of Special Populations, NICHD, focuses on foreign, private or public institutions in India and sub-Saharan Africa that are currently receiving research grant support from NIH, either through a direct grant or as a subproject to a U.S. domestic award are eligible.

Updated November 2007