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Funding news for global health researchers July 13, 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

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

• Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for the Fall 2020 Due Dates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NOT-OD-20-122)

• 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.

• NIH is launching Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa), an NIH Common Fund program, to explore how advances in data science applied in the African context can spur new health discoveries and catalyze innovation. Publication dates of NIH DS-I Africa Funding Opportunity Announcements are estimated for July 2020.

  Registration is open to participate in interactive components of the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform. The Platform will be open from July through November 2020 with several online events and networking tools available to participants.

  Register for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform

• Tobacco Use and HIV in Low and Middle-Income Countries (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-CA-20-037)
  Application Receipt Date: September 24, 2020

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

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) (PA-20-251)
  Application Receipt Date(s): Standard dates apply
  Note: An individual may request support for training abroad.
• Development of Standard Core Clinical Outcomes Assessments (COAs) and Endpoints (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-FD-21-004)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 14, 2020

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

• Innovating for Impact Awards from the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) celebrate the research partnerships and political champions that help transform breakthrough scientific research into lifesaving drugs, diagnostics, vaccines and other health tools for devastating, unmet global health challenges.
  Nomination deadline: July 31, 2020

Funding News

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

• Notice Announcing the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Expectations for Collection of Common Data Elements (NOT-MH-20-067)
• Request for Information (RFI): Seeking Stakeholder Input on Scientific Gaps and Research Needs Related to Delivery of Cancer-related Care via Telehealth (NOT-CA-20-080)

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

• Tobacco Use and HIV in Low and Middle-Income Countries
  Application Receipt Date: September 24, 2020

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

• Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows in Public Health
  Application deadline: October 13, 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

• Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training (NCD-Lifespan)
  D43 application deadline: November 13, 2020

• Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EEID)
  Application deadline: November 18, 2020

• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities