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Funding news for global health researchers December 28, 2020

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.

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• With funds jointly provided by NIAID and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, CRDF Global is accepting proposals through the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) Collaborative Awards from joint U.S., Japan, and other regional Asia-Pacific (APac) based investigators working in the field of infectious disease and immunology research.
  Application deadline: March 30, 2021
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement Opportunity to Support Global Cancer Stigma Research (NOT-CA-21-026)
  Administrative supplement applications are limited to currently funded projects supported by NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI). PDs/PIs must hold an active eligible grant from NCI.
  Application due date: May 15, 2021

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

• NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award for Development of Medication to Treat Substance Use Disorders (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-21-092)
  Application receipt dates: July 26, 2021; July 25, 2022; July 25, 2023

NIH funding opportunities for which United States small business concerns (SBCs) may collaborate with a foreign business entity.

• Novel Approaches to Decrease Stigma of Substance Use Disorders in order to Facilitate Prevention, Treatment, and Support During Recovery (R41/R42 - Clinical Trials Optional) (RFA-DA-21-015) and (R43/R44 - Clinical Trials Optional) (RFA-DA-21-016)
  Application receipt date: February 26, 2021
• Digital Technologies to Address the Social Determinants of Health in Context of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DA-21-031) and (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DA-21-032)
  Application receipt date: January 26, 2021

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) that may be of interest to global health researchers.

• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities (NOT-MD-21-008)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Use of Human Connectome Data for Secondary Analysis (NOT-MH-21-075)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Sensory and Motor System Changes as Predictors of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease (NOT-AG-20-053)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Conditions Associated with Down Syndrome for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project (X01) (NOT-HD-20-039)

Information related to opportunities from other organizations focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invites grant proposals for Global Grand Challenges, a family of initiatives fostering innovation to solve key global health and development problems.
  • Grand Challenges/International COVID-19 Data Alliance (ICODA) COVID-19 Data Science focuses on addressing major questions about how to reduce the harm of COVID-19 and future pandemics.
    Application deadline: January 19, 2021
  • Integrating Tradition and Technology for Fermented Foods for Maternal Nutrition
    Application deadline: January 6, 2021
  • Smart Farming Innovations for Small-Scale Producers
    Application deadline: February 25, 2021

Upcoming Deadlines

• Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa):
  Research Hubs AIDS application due date: February 8, 2021

• International Bioethics Training
  Application deadline: June 4, 2021

• Global Infectious Disease Research Training
  Application deadline, D43 only: August 3, 2021

• HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 20, 2021

• Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities