Funding news for global health researchers: April 17, 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

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

New Global Health Funding Opportunities from NIH

Grants for infectious diseases research in resource-constrained countries

• Application due date: August 2, 2023

Funding for research on access and quality metrics for global mental health services

Developing Measures to Advance Access and Quality in Global Mental Health Services (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-MH-23-300)

• Application due date: October 18, 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:

• 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
• Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-23-260)
  Application receipt date: June 20, 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
  
• Implementation Science for Cancer Control in People Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (RFA-CA-23-033) 
  Application due date: December 15, 2023
  

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

• Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): June 14, 2023
• Strengthening Global Competency and Capacity in Inspectional Approaches for the Oversight of Human and Animal Pharmaceutical Products (U01) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
  Application receipt date(s): June 20, 2023
• Catalytic Tool and Technology Development in Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  
• Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  
• BRAIN Initiative: Integration and Analysis of BRAIN Initiative Data (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  
• Exploratory Clinical Neuroscience Research on Substance Use Disorders funding opportunities:
  • R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optiona
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
    
  • R61/R33 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH) Required
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
    

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• Development and Validation of Models for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement
  
• Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement
• Clinical Trial Readiness for Rare Diseases, Disorders, and Syndromes funding opportunities:
  • R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement
  
• BRAIN Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity funding opportunities:
  • K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Required
    Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement
  • K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed
    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:

• Request for Information (RFI):
  • Understanding the Creation, Continuation, and Consequences of Illicit Drug Markets
    Response date: May 22, 2023
  • Food is Medicine Research Opportunities
    Response date: June 30, 2023

Notice of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice of Change of the Locus of Review, Application Types Allowed and Expiration date for PAR-23-097, "Mood and Psychosis Symptoms during the Menopause Transition (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" (NOT-MH-23-205)
• Notice of Change of the Locus of Review for PAR-23-102, "Mood and Psychosis Symptoms during the Menopause Transition (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)" (NOT-MH-23-206)

Notices of intent to publish funding opportunities:

• Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the PATC³H-IN Implementation Science Coordinating Center (UM2 Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-HD-23-009)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-HG-23-034)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-HG-23-035)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• EXposome in Autoimmune Disease Collaborating Teams PLANning Awards (EXACT-PLAN) (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
  Expiration date: June 17, 2023
  
• NIDCD National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 and T35 Diversity Administrative Supplement
  Expiration date: May 14, 2026
• Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications
  Expiration date: May 17, 2026
  
• Assembling the Addiction Organelle Interactome
  Expiration date: September 8, 2026
  

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• 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

• Resource: Vaccine education toolkit for community health workers from Stanford University's Digital Medic includes videos, audio files, and infographics in multiple languages aimed at supporting workers in increasing vaccine acceptance in their communities.
  
• 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 & Poster Submission Opportunities

• The NIDA International Forum is accepting virtual poster submissions. Posters will be available continuously to registered Forum attendees June 8-June 15.
  • Meeting dates: June 8–9, 2023
  • Submission deadline: May 15, 2023
• 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 18
  Virtual: A new era in pandemic preparedness and the foundational cross-cutting capacities required
  Hosted by WHO
• April 20-21
  Virtual: Digital Solutions for building High-Value Health Systems in Latin America Hackathon
  Organized by the Harvard University Health Systems Innovation Lab, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Universidad del Rosario, and the Rio Grande do Sul HSIL
  
• April 24
  Virtual: Workshop for Early Career Investigators in HIV
  Hosted by the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
• April 24-27
  Atlanta, GA: Preparedness Summit
  Sponsored by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)