Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone)

Status: Not accepting applications at this time

Announcement(s)

Expired announcement: Planning Grant for Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone) (D71) (PAR-16-407)

Eligibility

For foreign institution applicants, only institutions in African low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), defined by the World Bank classification system are eligible to apply. See the May 2012 Notice of Change in Country Eligibility for Fogarty International Training Grants (NOT-TW-12-011) and information on Country Eligibility for Fogarty International Training Grants for additional information.
Applications must identify a scientific focus directly relevant to the health priorities for which research capacity is limited at a collaborating institution in Guinea, Liberia and/or Sierra Leone.
Relevant faculty from the proposed collaborating institution in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone must be included as much as possible in the research training planning process.
Program plans must be designed only for individuals who are citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who are eligible for pre-doctoral or postdoctoral training support or other training activities. Trainees cannot hold U.S. dual citizenship or dual citizenship from another high-income country.
See full Eligibility Information for more details.

Program Overview

Planning Grants for Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola support U.S. or African research institutions to plan research training and capacity building programs focused on emerging viral epidemics in collaboration with institutions in Guinea, Liberia and/or Sierra Leone.

Projects include a collaborative planning process to develop training approaches that will create sustainable research capacity for the early identification, transmission prediction, testing of public health responses, and assessing and addressing long term health sequelae related to emerging viral diseases that have the potential for regional and global pandemics.

The proposed one-year planning process is expected to lead to an application to the appropriate Fogarty collaborative international research training program, such as the Global Infectious Disease Research Training program; Fogarty HIV Research Training program; International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award, and others that may become available.

Recent Awards

View a list of planning grant awards for Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola.

Inquiries

Barbara Sina, Ph.D.
Acting Deputy Director, Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 402-9467
FAX: (301) 402-0779
Email: barbara_sina@nih.gov

Related World Regions / Countries

Sub-Saharan Africa

Last Updated: 7/24/2019 9:46 AM