Funding news for global health researchers: March 25, 2024

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.

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Bioethics
  Application deadline: June 6, 2024
  
• Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training
  Application deadline: July 15, 2024
• Fogarty HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 22, 2024

Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities

Funding opportunities on which Fogarty is a partner:

• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-22-106)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-22-109)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

Administrative supplements for current grantees:

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

• Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethical Issues (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application due date: March 31, 2024
  
• Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application due date: March 31, 2024
  

All administrative supplements

Funding Opportunities

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

• Technologies and Assays for Therapeutic Genome Editing INDs (U01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-RM-24-007)
  Application due date: July 26, 2024
• Optimizing Health of Children and Adolescents with Perinatal HIV Exposure (U19 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-HD-25-004)
  Application due date: July 30, 2024
• New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans funding opportunities:
  • R01 Clinical Trial Optional (PAR-24-160)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • R21 Clinical Trial Optional (PAR-24-161)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Limited Competition: Research Resource for Natural Product Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AT-24-007)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-25-110)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• Mechanisms of Cognitive Fluctuations in ADRD Populations (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-25-014)
  Application due date: June 24, 2024
• Tailoring HIV Curative Strategies to the Participant (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-24-011)
  Application due date: July 30, 2024
• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-24-003)
  Application due date: August 19, 2024
• NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-24-004)
  Application due date: September 3, 2024
• Pilot Studies of Biological, Behavioral and Social Mechanisms Contributing to HIV Pathogenesis Within the Mission of NIDDK (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-24-162)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN Intiative funding opportunities:
  • Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-24-016)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-24-017)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • Preclinical Proof of Concept for Novel Recording and Modulation Technologies in the Human CNS (R18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-NS-24-031)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-24-002)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-24-005)
  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:

• Registration Open for Webinar on NIH Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs): Implementation and Impact on Funding Opportunities (NOT-OD-24-081)
• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Feedback on the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Institutional Network Award (U2C-TL1) (NOT-DK-24-018)
  Response date: April 30, 2024

Notices of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice of Early Expiration of "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Investigations on Inborn Errors of Immunity/Primary Immunodeficiencies", NOT-AI-21-032 (NOT-AI-24-026)
• Notice of Early Expiration of "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Inborn Errors of Immunity", NOT-AI-21-082 (NOT-AI-24-027)
• Notice of Correction to Key Dates Listed in Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowships (NOT-OD-24-082)

Notices of intent to publish funding opportunities:

• Funding Opportunity Announcement for Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50 Clinical trial Optional)
• Funding Opportunity Announcement for Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60 Clinical trial Optional)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Inborn Errors of Immunity/Primary Immunodeficiencies
  Expiration date: March 17, 2027
• Development of Imaging Techniques for High Resolution and Functional Scanning of In Vivo Human Sensory and Communication Systems
  Expiration date: May 8, 2027

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• The Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer for Global Health (PORTENT) Center is now accepting applications a global health funding opportunity for teams developing point of care diagnostic technologies based on our criteria and those who need support for clinical validation, commercialization or regulatory expertise, manufacturing, training, or technology development skills to bring their product to market.
  Application deadline: March 31, 2024
• The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub (ITR) is accepting applications for the Strategic Partnerships for Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK) award. SPARK will support research generation by bringing researchers in the U.S. and around the world together to study international development challenges and develop possible solutions.
  Concept notes due: April 8, 2024
  
• The Cure Within Reach program is providing grants for clinical repurposing trials to underresourced researchers in low and lower middle income countries (LMICs) has released a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects in any unsolved disease and must repurpose an existing off-patent drug, off-patent device, nutraceutical and/or indigenous medicine in a new indication.
  Letters of Intent due: April 26, 2024
• More non-NIH funding opportunities
  

Training Opportunities

Access free bilingual webinars on public health

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosts multiple webinars per year on public health topics. Most webinars are conducted in English and Spanish, others are also offered in Portuguese.

• Webinars in English from PAHO
• Seminarios Web de Organización de la Salud (español)
• Webinars de Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde (português)

GVN is Accepting Applications for Short Course in Translational Virology

The Global Virus Network is accepting applications for the 8th Short Course in Translational Virology. The course will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 15-26 July 2024, taking place at several locations including the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

• Applications due: April 1, 2024

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.
• The Disaster Research Response (Dr2) Network hosted by NIEHS is inviting poster submissions for their upcoming workshop in Japan.
  • Submission deadline: April 1, 2024
  • Workshop dates: May 31 – June 1, 2024
• The Sapporo Exposome Symposium in Sapporo Japan, will bring together leading scientists and trainees from throughout Asia and the United States to share research findings, discuss translational interventions and policies needed to reduce the effects of the environment on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). The symposium is also offering an opportunity for travel funding for LMIC researchers up to $1800 US dollars.
  • Submission deadline: April 12, 2024
  • Symposium dates: May 27-29, 2024
• The E-Learning Ghana Conference (ELGC’24) is now accepting abstracts. This years conference, which will take place in Ghana, is themed "Fostering Excellence in E-Learning Across Diverse Disciplines: Progress, Challenges and Prospects". The conference aims to bring together a diverse group of educators to administrators, trainers, support staff, technology experts, policymakers, and investors all with a shared dedication to advancing E-Learning initiatives.
  • Submission deadline: April 13, 2024
  • Conference dates: July 11-12, 2024
• The annual International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Congress will meet in Istanbul, Turkey, September 5-8, 2024. The theme for this years meeting is Building Bridges: Addiction and Recovery. Early career researchers interested in attending should apply for travel awards by May 30.
  • Submission deadline: April 15, 2024
  • Event dates: September 5-8, 2024.

Events

Events for global health researchers:

• Snakebite Envenoming: The Global Research Landscape

  • Date: March 26
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by The Global Health Network

• Global Summit on Extreme Heat

  • Date: March 28
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

• WomenLift Health Global Conference

  • Date: April 6-8
  • Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Fogarty calendar of events