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Funding news for global health researchers April 20, 2020

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.

Top NIH Funding News

Important news from NIH for all grant applicants and grantees.

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) information for NIH grant applicants and grant recipients, including NIH funding opportunities specific to COVID-19 from the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER)
  • Notices of availability of Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revision Supplements on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19):
    • Within the mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (NOT-AA-20-011)
    • Related to the National Library of Medicine's strategic goal of fostering data driven research (NOT-LM-20-010)
    • For research on behavioral and social sciences (NOT-OD-20-097)
  • Indo-US Science and Technology Forum: COVID-19 Ignition Grants
    US-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund: COVID-19 Indo-US Virtual Networks
    Due May 15, 2020
  • Roundup of new COVID-19 resources for NIH applicants and recipients: Part 2
    NIH Office of Extramural Research blog post, April 17, 2020
  • Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers from Fogarty, including new sections on resources for low- and middle-income countries, scientific publications and research data and tools

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Conduct Global Cancer Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (D43 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-20-031)
  Application Receipt Date(s): July 24, 2020; June 24, 2021

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

• Research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-20-165) and (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-20-168)
  Application Receipt Date(s): Standard dates apply
• Post-Acute Interventions for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (R34 Clinical Trial Required) (RFA-MH-20-500)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 19, 2020 and June 15,2021

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) that may be of interest to global health researchers.

• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIMH Administrative Supplement Program to Enable Continuity of Research Experiences of MD/PhDs during Clinical Training (NOT-MH-20-040)

Funding News

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

• Request for Information (RFI): Invitation to Comment on Updates to NIH Research Plans on Down Syndrome (NOT-HD-20-013)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for PHS 2020 Omnibus Solicitations of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant Applications (NOT-OD-20-099)

Upcoming Deadlines

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowships
  Application deadline for Japanese Postdoctoral Fellowships at NIH: May 29, 2020
  Application deadline for short-term U.S. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japan: October 1, 2020

• International Bioethics Training Program
  Application deadline: June 4, 2020

• Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Conduct Global Cancer Research in LMICs
  Application deadline: July 24, 2020

• Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for LMIC Institutions
  Application deadline: August 20, 2020

• Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in LMICs
  Application deadline: September 24, 2020
  AIDS application deadline: December 3, 2020

• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  Application deadline: October 28, 2020

• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities