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Funding news for global health researchers September 14, 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 NIH Funding News

Important news from NIH for all grantees.

• Registration open: Free NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration
  October 27 - 30, 2020
  NIH invites you to take part in a unique opportunity to learn more about working with the NIH grants process, programs, policies and staff.

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).

• Policy for Charging Personal Protective Equipment to NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements as Direct Costs (NOT-OD-20-164)
• 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.

• Notice of Special Interest: Alzheimer’s-focused administrative supplements for NIH grants that are not focused on Alzheimer’s disease (NOT-AG-20-034)
  Fogarty is participating. Active awards with project end dates in fiscal year 2022 or later are eligible.
  Application due date: October 16, 2020
• Notice of eligibility change for PAR-18-901: Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D43) (NOT-TW-20-008), with updates on cancer-related applications.
  More about Fogarty's Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training program.
  Application due date: November 13, 2020
• The NIH Common Fund's Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Virtual Symposium Platform is hosting the State of Data Science Series weekly through October. All sessions will also be recorded and posted on the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform website after each event.
• First session: today, Tuesday September 15, 2020
  Biomedical Imaging: Acquisition and Analysis
• Upcoming sessions: State of Data Science Series

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

• Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-299) and (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-20-300)
  Application Receipt Dates: December 10, 2020, April 9, 2021, August 10, 2021, and more

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

• Notice of Special Interest: Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV-Infected and/or Uninfected Individuals to Inform Innovative Tuberculosis Vaccine Design (NOT-AI-20-071)
• Notice of Special Interest: Innovative Technologies to Improve Assessments, Interventions, and Outcomes for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (R43/R44) (NOT-HD-20-025)
• Notice of Special Interest: Palliative Care in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases (NOT-HL-20-737)

Funding News

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

• Reminder: NIH Natural Disaster Policy Hurricane Laura (NOT-OD-20-172)
• NIMHD Loan Repayment Program Technical Assistance Webinar (NOT-MD-20-029)

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