Funding news for global health researchers: March 20, 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

Give input on using scientific research to improve development outcomes

USAID's Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub (ITR/R) is requesting input on how to increase the generation, translation, and utilization of scientific research to improve development outcomes.

• Request for Information on programming to increase the generation, translation and utilization of scientific research to improve development outcomes
• Response date: April 7, 2023

Supplemental funds available to enhance diversity

Recipients of Fogarty research grants in U.S. institutions can apply for supplementary support to enhance the diversity of the U.S. global health research workforce. These supplements provide support to current grantees for students, postdoctorates, and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research.

• Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA-21-071)
• Questions? Contact FIC’s scientific or grants contacts
• Application deadline: May 8, 2023
  

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Bioethics
  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

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

• Systematic Review of Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) for Communication Brain-Computer Interface Devices (cBCIs) in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (UH2/UH3) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
  Application receipt date(s): May 24, 2023
• Research and Development of Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies for Pandemic Preparedness (ReVAMPP) Centers for Flaviviridae and Togaviridae (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): June 8, 2023
• Research and Development of Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies for Pandemic Preparedness (ReVAMPP) Centers for Bunyavirales, Paramyxoviridae and Picornaviridae (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): June 8, 2023
• Estimating the Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): July 3, 2023
• BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• NIBIB Biomaterials Network Technology Development Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): May 31, 2023
• Entry-Level Modules (ELM) for Training the Genomics Research Workforce (R25-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): June 1, 2023
• Blood Brain Barrier Response to Antibodies Targeting Beta-Amyloid (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): June 2, 2023
• Research and Development of Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies for Pandemic Preparedness (ReVAMPP) Network - Coordination and Data Sharing Center (CDSC) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): June 8, 2023
• Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Real-World Data Platform (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): July 31, 2023
• NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): September 8, 2023
• Research With Activities Related to Diversity (ReWARD) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): 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 RFA-AG-24-004 "Estimating the Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
  
• Notice of Pre-Application Webinar for RFA-AG-24-012 and RFA-AG-24-013 on Postbaccalaureate and Summer Research Programs in AD/ADRD
  
• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting comments and suggestions on the development of a EUREKA prize for early prediction of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD)
  
• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting input on use of a term like “preaddiction” for identifying and intervening in substance misuse and mild/early-stage substance use disorder
  

Notice of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice to Extend the Expiration Date of PAR-20-309 "Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trial Required)” (NOT-AG-23-014)
  
• Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for PA-20-135, Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-OD-23-104)
  

Notices of intent to publish funding opportunities:

• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Biotypes of CNS complications in people living with HIV (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (NOT-MH-23-210)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Promoting Health, Safety, and Recovery Training following Declared Disasters in 2022 (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Expiration date: April 25, 2023
  
• Availability of Administrative Supplements to IDeA Awards to Fund Team Science Development Projects
  Expiration date: June 2, 2023
• Administrative Supplements to Encourage Research in Valvular Heart Disease (CAROL Act)
  Expiration date: June 2, 2026
  

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• USAID is seeking applications to implement the HIV Vaccine Innovation, Science, and Technology Acceleration in Africa (HIV-VISTA) Project to support sub-Saharan African scientists, institutions, and innovative systems of collaboration in designing and testing improved HIV vaccine candidates.  
  Application deadline: March 28, 2023
• The e-ASIA Joint Research Program (the e-ASIA JRP) has announced a call for proposals in the field of climate change and health research [PDF] focusing on the health impacts of climate change in East Asia and neighboring regions.
  Application deadline: March 30, 2023
• 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
• 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

• Grant writing skills program accepting applications: The Essential Grant Writing Skills Programme from the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is accepting applications from scientists who are active, emerging biomedical/health researchers in sub-Saharan African countries.
  • Course dates: June 5-9 and July 26-28, 2023
  • Application deadline: March 31, 2023
• 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
• Raising a Resilient Scientist Series runs through March 2023: The NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) is offering a five-unit series covering communication, resilience, inclusivity, conflict and feedback, and trainee wellbeing to help extramural PIs support biomedical trainees.

Abstract Submission Opportunities

• 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:

• March 23-24
  Dubrovnik, Croatia: 17th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)
• March 28-30
  Incheon, South Korea: Fifth Global Vaccine and Immunization Research Forum (GVIRF)
  Co-hosted by WHO, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation