Funding news for global health researchers June 8, 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.

COVID-19 Grants and Funding News

News from NIH for grantees and grant applicants on the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

• Notice Announcing the Availability of Common Data Elements for Research Related to the Public Health Emergency caused by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (NOT-MH-20-061)
• 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)
• Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers compiled by Fogarty

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• Reissue: Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-229)
  Fogarty's Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program aims to engender scientific knowledge and skills in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) trainees that will enhance capacity at LMIC institutions to conduct research directly related to prevention, treatment and control of infectious diseases causing major morbidity and mortality.
  Application Receipt Dates: August 14, 2020; August 3, 2021; August 3, 2022
  More about Fogarty's Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program.

• The NIH Common Fund, along with its partner NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices, plans to issue funding opportunity announcements to support Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa). They are expected to be published in Summer 2020, with expected application due dates by November 2020. NIH will host an online-only DS-I Africa Virtual Platform in Summer 2020 to encourage networking across disciplines, sectors and geographies. Please subscribe to the DS-I Africa Listserv to receive the latest information on the DS-I Africa Program and the Virtual Platform.

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

• NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Disorder Research (DP1, Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-221)
  AIDS Application Receipt Dates: August 13 2020; August 13, 2021; August 15, 2022
• Advancing HIV/AIDS Research through Computational Neuroscience FOA (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DA-21-013)
  AIDS Application Receipt Date: November 6, 2020
• Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (Clinical Trial Optional) (R01) (RFA-HG-20-036) and (Clinical Trial Optional) (R21) (RFA-HG-20-037)
  Application Receipt Date(s): August 3, 2020; and more

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

• Notice of Special Interest: NIGMS Priorities for Small Business Development of Sepsis Diagnostics and Therapeutics (NOT-GM-20-028)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on Co-morbid Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, and Other Psychiatric Disorders (NOT-DA-20-004)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) of NIDCR in Supporting Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research Using Bioinformatic, Computational, and Data Science Approaches (NOT-DE-20-006)

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

• The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and its partners request proposals for Drug Discovery – Building a cohort of drug discovery researchers in Africa.
  Deadline July 7, 2020
• Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative has issued an infographic challenge to showcase the advancements made in human genetics, genomics and bioinformatics in Africa. The winning individual or team will receive a $300 prize.
  Submission deadline: July 27, 2020

Funding News

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

• Notice to Extend the Response Date for NOT-AT-20-013 "Request for Information: Soliciting Input for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’s New Strategic Plan" (NOT-AT-20-014)
  Submit responses by July 13, 2020

Upcoming Deadlines

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

• International Bioethics Training
  UPDATED application deadline: August 4, 2020

• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  D43 application deadline: August 14, 2020
  D71 application deadline: October 28, 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

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