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Funding news for global health researchers August 31, 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).

• Funding opportunities specific to COVID-19 from the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER)
• 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.

• The NIH Common Fund's Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Virtual Symposium Platform is hosting State of Data Science Series. All sessions will also be recorded and posted on the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform website after each event.
  
  • Upcoming session:
    September 15, 2020
    Biomedical Imaging: Acquisition and Analysis
  • Full schedule of State of Data Science Series sessions
  • Register for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform to participate in interactive sessions and activities.

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

• New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services (R01 Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-20-273) and (R34 - Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-274)
  Application Receipt Dates: November 18, 2020, August 11, 2021, and more
• Toward ElucidAting MechanismS of HIV Pathogenesis within the Mission of the NIDDK (Pathogenesis TEAMS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-20-022)
  Application Receipt Dates: March 3, 2021 and November 17, 2021
• Funding from NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI):
  • NCI Clinical and Translational Exploratory/Developmental Studies (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-292)
    Application Receipt Dates: October 20, 2020, February 19, 2021, and more
  • Clinical Translation of Activated Optical Fluorescence Methods and Technologies for Sensitive Cancer Detection in Vivo (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-295)
    Application Receipt Dates: February 10, 2021; October 13, 2021
  • NCI Pediatric In Vivo Testing Program (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-20-034)
    Application Receipt Date: November 09, 2020

NIH events that may be of interest to global health researchers.

• Save the date: Virtual Global Mental Health Conference
  hosted by NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Grand Challenges Canada
  April 5 - 7, 2021
  Stay tuned for more details.

Funding News

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

• Request for Information (RFI) on Encouraging AAALAC International-Accredited Institutions to Use Sections of the AAALAC Program Description in the OLAW Animal Welfare Assurance (NOT-OD-20-169)

Upcoming Deadlines

• 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

• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  D71 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

• 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

• Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa):
  Research Training Program due date: November 24, 2020
  Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research due date: December 1, 2020
  Open Data Science Platform and Coordinating Center due date: December 3, 2020
  Research Hubs non-AIDS application due date: December 8, 2020
  Research Hubs AIDS application due date: February 8, 2021

• HIV-associated Noncommunicable Diseases Research at LMIC Institutions
  Application deadline: December 3, 2020

• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities