Funding news for global health researchers: October 30, 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.

Special Announcements

NIH Loan Repayment Program deadline is November 16

Applications for the program opened September 1. Get details for each type of research from NIH Loan Repayment Programs.

Give input on cancer trials in LMICs

The National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health wants to hear from clinicians with experience in cancer therapeutic in low- and middle-income countries.

• About the survey
• Take the survey (Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Arabic)

NIH simplifies grant review process

NIH has revised its grant review process to improve focus on scientific merit and reduce reputational bias. The potential impact of ideas on advancing science should outweigh the reputation of who is applying and where they work. The framework will be implemented for applications submitted on or after Jan. 25, 2025.

• Get more information about review process updates
• Register for November 3, 2023, webinar about updates

Just Announced Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Opportunities (JSPS)
  • Short-term JSPS postdoctoral fellowships: February 16, 2024
  • Long-term JSPS postdoctoral fellowships: February 16, 2024

Recently Announced NIH Global Health Funding Opportunities

Study of Health & Health Care Disparities in Latin America

NIH has announced two funding opportunities to study health and health care disparities in noncommunicable and chronic diseases in Latin America.

• Interventions on Health and Healthcare Disparities on Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-23-304)
• Unveiling Health and Healthcare Disparities in Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Setting the Stage for Better Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-23-303)
  
• Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcements
  

Implementation Science in Care for HIV-affected adolescents

Fogarty has signed onto a funding opportunity with the Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings Implementation Science Network (PATC3H-IN) to expand and/or improve successes achieved by PATC3H to new geographic settings with limited implementation science (IS) research capacity and/or risk populations who are poorly represented in international adolescent HIV research

• Funding opportunity notice (RFA-HD-24-009)
• Application due date: December 6, 2023
  

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Emerging Global Leader
  Application deadline: November 3, 2023
  
• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: November 15, 2023
  
• HIV-associated Noncommunicable Diseases Research at LMIC Institutions
  Application deadline: December 8, 2023
• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: December 11, 2023
  
• Emerging Global Leader
  Application deadline: December 11, 2023
  

Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities

Administrative supplements for current grantees:

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

• Opportunities for Research in Epidemiology of Alzheimer's -Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) and Cognitive Resilience
  Application due date: November 13, 2023
• Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food and Nutrition Insecurity
  Application due date: November 28, 2023

All administrative supplements

Funding Opportunities

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

• Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings Implementation Science Network (PATC³H-IN) Implementation Science Coordinating Center (UM2 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-HD-24-009)
  Application due date: December 6, 2023
  
• Building Neuroscience Research Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) in Africa (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-24-027)
  Application due date: February 14, 2024
  

More NIH global health funding opportunities

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

• Long-Acting Drug Delivery Systems for ART Optimization in Children Living with HIV-1 II (LADDS II) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-23-061)
  Application due date: March 13, 2024

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• Development of Candidate Radiation/Nuclear Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-23-059)
  Application due date: January 26, 2024
• Single Source for continuation of the Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type-2 Diabetes (HPAP-T2D) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-DK-25-002)
  Application due date: February 28, 2024
• Engineering and Preclinical Development of Biological Products that Eliminate HIV-infected Cells (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-23-060)
  Application due date: March 13, 2024
• Resource Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AT-24-006)
  Application due date: April 16, 2024
• Advancing Hearing and Balance Research Using Auditory and Vestibular Organoids (R21-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAS-24-057)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Advancing Hearing and Balance Research Using Auditory and Vestibular Organoids (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAS-24-058)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

Other Funding News

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

General NIH notices:

• Notice of Pre-Application Webinar for PAR-23-292: Improving Care and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors from Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
• Request for Information (RFI): NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) Artificial Intelligence (AI) use cases to inform an assessment of data readiness
  Response date: November 30, 2023

Notices of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice of Correction to PAR-22-131, Imaging, Biomarkers and Digital Pathomics for the Early Detection of Premetastatic Cancer and Precancerous Lesions Associated with Lethal Phenotypes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-CA-24-004)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship
  Expiration date: February 17, 2024
• Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) Initiative: Additional Research Areas of Interest focusing on Ultra-Potent Synthetic (UPS) Opioids
  Expiration date: November 20, 2024
• Applications of Data Science in Translational Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
  Expiration date: May 8, 2026
• Adopting Techniques and Tools Developed from the BRAIN Initiative Toward NIMH Strategic Research Priorities
  Expiration date: May 10, 2027

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• Catalyzing Equitable Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use to Improve Global Health from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) invites applications for projects that aim to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance global health in an equitable manner.
  Application deadline: November 7, 2023
• The American Institute of Indian Studies is accepting applications for a variety of fellowships providing funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars in pursuit of knowledge about India.
  Application deadline: November 15, 2023
• Wellcome Trust Career Development awards provide funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. Must be based in UK, Republic of Ireland, or a low- or middle-income country (apart from India and mainland China).
  Application deadline: November 16, 2023
• NIHR Global Health Research Groups Call 5 is accepting applications. The program funds research to build global research capacity through new equitable and diverse UK-LMIC partnerships and networks.
  Application deadline: November 22, 2023
• Argentinean-German Collaboration in Research is accepting proposals to fund joint German-Argentinean research projects focusing on physics; chemistry; materials science and engineering; geosciences; neurosciences; molecular and clinical infectiology and immunology; and social sciences and humanities.
  Application deadline: December 1, 2023
• Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowshipsfrom the Stanford University and the London School of Human & Tropical Medicine support early-career researchers in conducting mentored research on cutting-edge human and planetary health challenges.
  Application deadline: December 1, 2023
• The Rising Tide Foundation's Advancing Cancer Research in Sub-Saharan Africa program is accepting proposals for cancer interventions focused on early detection and diagnosis, treatment, delivery of care, and palliative care.
  Application deadline: December 1, 2023
• The US- Egypt Collaborative Research Grants program from the National Academies is accepting applications. The program fosters research collaboration between Egyptian and U.S. scientists Researchers from U.S. and Egyptian scientific institutes, universities, and research centers are eligible to apply.
  Application deadline: December 7, 2023
• Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations program (AccelNet) from the National Science Foundation is accepting proposals. AccelNet aims to help launch international research network of networks and recruit and foster a diverse and internationally competent US-based workforce.
  Application deadline: December 11, 2023
• More non-NIH funding opportunities

Manuscript, Abstract & Poster Submission Opportunities

• Journal of Health and Pollution (JHP) is now accepting manuscript submissions. JHP is focused on research addressing environmental health issues in lower-resource areas with less-developed research infrastructures.
• International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) welcomes original research, reviews or commentaries on the health effects of air pollution that foster the translation of research to policy and action.
  • Submission deadline: November 30, 2023
• Journal of Clinical and Translational Science has open a call for manuscripts for a themed issue on advancing understanding and use of impact measures in implementation science.
  • Submission deadline: February 15, 2024

Events

Events for global health researchers:

• 2023 Global Mental Health Research without Borders Conference

  • Date: October 30, 31 & November 1
  • Location: Bethesda, Maryland
  • Sponsored by NIMH, Grand Challenges Canada, Wellcome, and the International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders

• Virtual Global Health Week

  • Date: October 30-November 3
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)

• EPI-WIN webinar: Preventing epidemics and pandemics through One Health in practice - Voices from One Health professionals

  • Date: November 1
  • Location: Virtual
  • Sponsored by WHO Information Network for Epidemics One Health Initiative (EPI-WIN)

• Community Voices: Forging the Path Forward for HIV Self-testing and Personalized Viral Load Monitoring

  • Date: November 1-2
    
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the NIH Office of AIDS Research
    

• Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE) meeting

  • Date: November 1 & 2
  • Location: Senegal
  • Sponsored by WHO

• International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF) Annual Meeting

  • Date: November 1-3
  • Location: Washington, DC, USA
  • Speakers include Nalini Anand, director, Fogarty International Center, Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation, and Center for Global Health Studies

• International Society of Addiction Medicine World Congress

  • Date: November 2-4
  • Location: Marrakesh, Morocco

• AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa

  • Date: November 2-4
  • Location: Dakar, Senegal

• Advancing the field of Impact Science in Africa

  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Virtual
  • Speakers include Fogarty International Center Acting Director Peter Kilmarx Part of CUGH’s Virtual Global Health Week
  • Hosted African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREHealth) and Makerere University College of Health Sciences

• Online Briefing on NIH's Simplified Peer Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant (RPG) Applications: for Applicants and Reviewers

  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the NIH Office of Extramural Research

• DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting

  • Dates: November 6-10
  • Location: Kigali, Rwanda
  • Annual meeting of DS-I Africa grantees
• Fogarty calendar of events