Funding news for global health researchers: April 3, 2023

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.

Fogarty Global Health Fellows & Scholars at 20

Fogarty's flagship Global Health Fellows and Scholars program, now known as LAUNCH, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2023! To mark the occasion, Fogarty will be hosting a commemorative event on Thursday, April 13.

• Event date: Thursday, April 13, 2023
• Event information

Special Announcements

Your input needed on global mental health research

The Center for Global Mental Health Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is requesting input to help identify research gaps and opportunities in global mental health research.

• Request for Information (RFI): Gaps and Opportunities in Global Mental Health Research
• Response date: May 5, 2023

Just announced! Grants for suicide prevention in LMICs

• Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-23-260)
• Application due date: June 20, 2023

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Opportunities (Intramural)
  Application deadline: May 25, 2023
  
• International Bioethics Training
  Application deadline: June 6, 2023
  
• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities
  

Upcoming deadlines for funding opportunities in which Fogarty is a funding partner:

• Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application Receipt Date(s): May 1, 2023; November 7, 2023

Administrative supplements for current grantees:

Current Fogarty grantees can apply for supplementary funds via the notices below:

• Administrative Supplements to Support the Exploration of Cloud in NIH-supported Research
  Application due date: April 11, 2023
• Climate Change and Health Administrative Supplements
  Application due date: May 8, 2023
• Administrative Supplements to Support Collaborations to Improve the AI/ML-Readiness of NIH-Supported Data
  Application due date: May 16, 2023
• All administrative supplements

Funding Opportunities

NIH and FDA funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration:

• International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-22-067)
  Application receipt date: May 5, 2023
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Implementation Science to Advance the United States HIV Prevention and Treatment Goals and the Global HIV Prevention and Treatment Targets
  Expiration date: May 7, 2023
• Effectiveness and Implementation Research for Post-Acute Interventions to Optimize Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Expiration date: June 21, 2023
  

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

• Liver Cancer Collaborative Projects with the Liver Cirrhosis Network (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): June 2, 2023
• Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): June 20, 2023
• Animal Models for Hepatitis B and C (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): August 25, 2023
• NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• NIDCR Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data (R01) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Pulmonary Outcomes and Sequelae after Treatment-TB (POST-TB) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Impacts of climate change across the cancer control continuum funding opportunities:
  • (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): August 18, 2023
• NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): September 1, 2023
• NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): September 6, 2023

Other Funding News

Other funding updates that may be of interest to global health researchers.

General NIH notices:

• Revising the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy
  
• Notice to Extend the Response Date for NOT-AI-23-017, "Request for Information (RFI): Seeking Stakeholder Input on Enhancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Across NIAID Extramural Activities"
  Response date: May 31, 2023
• Notice of Joint NIGMS/NSF Initiative to Support A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)
  
• Notice of Early Expiration of NOT-HD-22-043 "Notice of Special Interest ( NOSI ): Implementation Science to Advance Maternal Health and Maternal Health Equity for the IMPROVE initiative"

Notice of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice of Correction to Application Due Dates in PAR-22-049 "Integrating Biospecimen Science Approaches into Clinical Assay Development (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" (NOT-CA-23-054)
• Notice to Extend Parent R01/R03/R21 Parent Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOT-OD-23-105)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Administrative Supplement for Collaborative Projects Supported by the NIAID RNCP and CCRP
  Expiration date: May 2, 2023
  
• Notice of Special Interest of NCCIH in PAR-22-097/098, "Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R01/R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Expiration date: December 10, 2024
• Encouraging Women’s Health Research within the NIDCD Mission Areas
  Expiration date: May 6, 2026
  
• Research to Address Vaccine Uptake and Implementation among Populations Experiencing Health Disparities
  Expiration date: June 6, 2026
  

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• Concept papers are being accepted for the Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Awards. The program encourages the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The goal is to fund applicants who will go on to be independent investigators.
  Concept deadline: April 7, 2023
• The Wellcome Trust Climate Impacts Awards is now accepting applications from transdisciplinary teams to deliver short-term, high-impact projects, combining evidence generation with communications and/or public engagement.
  Application deadline: April 13, 2023
• The Einstein Foundation Early Career Researcher Award for Promoting Quality in Research is open to researchers from anywhere in the world. The award aims to provide recognition and publicity for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency of research in the natural sciences and other areas.
  Application deadline: April 30, 2023
• African Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship from Africa CDC is accepting applications from citizens of African Union member states. The fellowship aims to develop a skilled public health workforce to lead preparedness and response to public health emergencies in Africa.
  Application deadline: May 20, 2023
• Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute’s International Collaboration Award supports partnerships to address a pressing public health challenge related to hygiene and sanitation. To be eligible, at least half of the institutions in a partnership must be based in a low- or middle-income country and having a locally led research team.
  Application deadline: May 31, 2023
• More non-NIH funding opportunities

Training Opportunities

• Ten-week online training in clinical trial operations starts in June: Clinical Trial Operations from the Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), Addis Ababa University, is accepting applications from study coordinators based in Africa.
  • Course dates: June 5-August 4, 2023

Abstract Submission Opportunities

• The 13th International Conference on Typhoid & Other Invasive Salmonelloses is accepting abstracts exhibiting original research or innovative programs related to typhoid and other invasive salmonellosis.
  • Meeting dates: December 5-7, 2023
  • Submission deadline: June 16, 2023
• Frontiers in Public Health is accepting manuscript submissions on the topic of “learning from global food and nutrition insecurity.” Building on the Fogarty-led webinar series, this article collection aims to provide an overview of the evidence, explore existing areas of adaptation, and identify priority research gaps specific to vulnerable communities.
  • Submission deadline: July 3, 2023
• The World Federation of Neurology is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2023 World Congress of Neurology to be held in Montreal, Canada, in October. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online Journal of the Neurological Science.
  • Meeting dates: October 15-19, 2023
  • Submission deadline: July 3, 2023

Events

Events for global health researchers:

• April 3-6
  Virtual: Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) virtual satellite sessions
• April 4-6
  Virtual: 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR)
  Organized by the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health at NIH
  
• April 4
  Virtual: Perspectives of Global Mental Health through the lens of capacity building in Low- and Middle-Income countries
  Organized by the National Institute of Mental Health
• April 6
  Virtual: Implementation Science for Climate Adaptation in LMICs
  Organized by the Fogarty International Center
• April 12
  Washington, DC: AAHCI 2023 Global Innovation Forum
  Hosted by the Association of Academic Health Centers International