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Funding news for global health researchers May 11, 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 Funding News

Important funding and news from NIH and others.

• 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)

• The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Health and Prosperity Initiative includes a call for proposals from private sector entities seeking DFC support for health-related investments in developing countries, focusing attention on projects that support the global COVID-19 pandemic response. The initiative will support the U.S. government’s SAFER international response to COVID-19 and the broader Global Health Security Agenda. DFC is accepting proposals for projects in all countries in which the agency is authorized to invest, with a focus on countries in Africa that are particularly vulnerable to health challenges. Applicants must be privately owned and managed entities. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
  DFC call for proposals [PDF]

• Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers compiled by Fogarty

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• Notice of Additional Topic Area for support under the Infrastructure Development Training Programs for Critical HIV Research at Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11) Program PAR-19-285 (NOT-TW-20-004)
  NIH expects grantee institutions to have policies and practices in place that foster a harassment-free environment. Fogarty and NIH encourage potential applicants to Infrastructure Development Training Programs for Critical HIV Research at Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-19-285) to consider using this opportunity to address management of workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, and to develop the appropriate infrastructure at LMIC research institutions funded by the NIH.
  More about Fogarty's HIV Research Training Program
  Upcoming application due dates: August 20, 2020; August 20, 2021

• Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for the U.S. Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program (BRCP) - U.S. Entity (Admin Supp) (NOT-NS-20-024)
  Individuals must hold an active grant award from one of the participating NIH Institutes or Centers, including the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) or National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).

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

• Large scale mapping and/or molecular profiling of ensembles and/or cell-types mediating opioid action in the rodent brain (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-20-182)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 30, 2020

Reissue of NIH parent announcements. Standard application receipt dates apply.

• Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required) (PA-20-183), (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) (PA-20-184) and (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-20-185)
• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required) (PA-20-194) and (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-20-195)
• NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-20-200)
• More about NIH Parent Announcements for unsolicited or investigator-initiated applications from the NIH Office of Extramural Research.

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

• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Research on SUD through Computational Neuroscience (NOT-DA-20-022)
• Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for NIH grants to Add or Expand Research Focused on Maternal Mortality (NOT-OD-20-104)

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
  Application deadline: June 4, 2020

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

• 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

• Emerging Global Leader Award
  Application deadline: November 4, 2020

• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: November 6, 2020

• Reducing Stigma to Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care in LMICs
  Application deadline: November 12, 2020

• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities