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Funding news for global health researchers September 7, 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).

• Notice of Intent to Publish an e-ASIA Joint Research Program Urgent Call for Proposals on COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Research: The e-ASIA Joint Research Program encourages and supports collaborative scientific research that engages investigators in the East Asia region, the U.S. and other countries that border the Pacific. NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is a member organization of the e-ASIA JRP.
  Estimated Request for Application Publication Date: September 10, 2020
  Estimated Application Receipt Date: October 22, 2020
• 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) program is offering virtual consultations with NIH staff so applicants can ask questions about funding opportunity announcements and get feedback on application ideas. Learn more and request a DS-I Africa virtual consultation.
  • Schedule: Upcoming DS-I Africa "State of Data Science Series" virtual events
  • Register for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform to participate in interactive sessions and activities.
• The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are accepting applications. Qualified health professionals conducting NIH-mission relevant research are eligible for up to $100,000 in student debt repayment over a two-year period. Fogarty can be listed as a secondary institution on applications.
  Application deadline: November 20, 2020

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

• HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-21-024)
  Application Receipt Dates: March 15, 2021; March 15, 2022; March 15, 2023
• Genomic Data Analysis Network: Genomic Data Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-20-053)
  Application Receipt Date: November 12, 2020
• Toward ElucidAting MechanismS Contributing to HIV Reservoirs in NIDDK-relevant Tissues (Cure TEAMS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-20-023)
  Application Receipt Dates: March 3, 2021 and November 17, 2021
• NEI Audacious Goals Initiative: Translation-Enabling Models to Evaluate Survival and Integration of Regenerated Neurons in the Visual System (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-EY-20-001)
  Application Receipt Date: January 15, 2021
• Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-ES-20-014)
  Application Receipt Date: February 15, 2021
  Note: Applicants are permitted under the law, and encouraged by NIEHS, to subcontract as appropriate with organizations domestic or foreign, public or private (such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, faith-based organizations, units of State and local governments, and eligible agencies of the Federal Government) as necessary to conduct portions of the research.

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

• Notice of Special Interest: Emerging Viral Infections and their Impact on the Male and Female Reproductive Tract (NOT-HD-20-021)
• Notice of Special Interest: Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (NOT-AG-20-041)
• Notice of Special Interest: Optimizing Precision Treatment of Gynecologic, Reproductive and Obstetrical Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults with PCOS and Associated Comorbid Conditions (Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-HD-20-026)

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

• The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO)'s virtual annual conference, COVID-19 and Integrative Oncology: Meeting the Global Challenges of Health Equity, October 16-17, 2020, is accepting applications for scholarships, which include free conference registration and SIO membership. SIO is interested in supporting researchers, postdoctoral and graduate students from low- and middle-income countries, and will prioritize supporting those who are eager to be internationally active in the realm of integrative oncology.
  Scholarship application deadline: September 18, 2020

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