NIH Global Health Funding News - Week of March 5, 2018

On behalf of the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the following funding opportunities, notices and announcements may be of interest to those working in the field of global health research. Updates are typically distributed once a week.

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply.

• BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early - Stage Research for Large - Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-EY-18-001)
  Application Receipt Date(s): May 1, 2018, October 29, 2018, and more
• Innovative Therapies and Tools for Screenable Disorders in Newborns (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-18-689), (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-18-690) and (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-18-691)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply
• Developmental Pharmacodynamics and Models of Drug Effects in Pediatrics (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) (PA-18-687) and (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PA-18-688)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply
• Center without Walls for PET Ligand Development for Alzheimer's disease related dementias (ADRDs) (U19 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-18-025)
  Application Receipt Date(s): May 8, 2018
• NHLBI Early Phase Clinical Trials for Therapeutics and/or Diagnostics (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-18-683) and (R33 Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-18-684)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): June 4, 2018; October 2, 2018; and more
• Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards for Mid-Career Investigators to Integrate Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences (K18 Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-18-692)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): May 1, 2018 and April 13, 2019

NIH funding opportunities for which United States small business concerns (SBCs) may collaborate with a foreign business entity.

• Methods Development in Natural Products Chemistry (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-18-682)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply

Information related to opportunities from other organizations focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, requests proposals from contractors to develop a framework of core competencies on implementation research with a focus on infectious diseases of poverty in low- and middle-income countries.
  Proposal deadline: March 30, 2018.

Funding News

NIH funding news that may be relevant to global health researchers.

• Request for Information (RFI): Soliciting Input for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Data Science (NOT-OD-18-134)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for SPARC Clinical Studies of Peripheral and Spinal Neuromodulation Devices to Support New Indications and Human Functional Mapping (OT2 Clinical Trial Required) (NOT-RM-18-012)

Upcoming Deadlines

• International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)
  Application deadline: March 7, 2018
• Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award (KVSTA) for Korean scientists
  Application deadline: March 7, 2018
• Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training
  Application deadline: March 14, 2018
• Health-Professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI)
  Application deadline: March 28, 2018
• African Association for Health Professions Education and Research
  Application deadline: March 28, 2018
• International Bioethics Training
  Application deadline: May 17, 2018
• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  Application deadline: July 26, 2018
• Fogarty HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 23, 2018
• Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries
  Application deadline: August 31, 2018