Funding news for global health researchers: August 12, 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.

Special Announcements

Call for Applications: Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research 2025

The Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research (GFH2R) is a unique convening that seeks to elevate the voice of researchers from settings affected by humanitarian crises, especially low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), through a series of webinars and an in-person meeting taking place in Nairobi, Kenya in May 2025. The theme for GFH2R 2025 is Health Research at the Nexus of Humanitarian Crises and Climate Change. Anyone interested is welcome to join the webinars, the first of which will take place on August 28 at 9:00 a.m. ET (USA). Individuals interested in attending the in-person meeting should apply as a case study presenter or general participant.

• Learn more about GFH2R 2025
• Call for applications to attend the in-person meeting (Deadline: October 7, 2024)
• Register for the August 28 launch webinar  

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Fogarty HIV Research Training
  Application deadline: August 22, 2024
  
• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: November 15, 2024
  
• Global Brain Disorders Research (AIDS)
  Application deadline: December 9, 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 Fogarty grant recipients:

• Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards
  Expiration date: October 1, 2025
• Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Expiration date: May 8, 2026

All administrative supplements

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration:

• Administrative Supplements for the U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program (BRCP) - U.S. Entity (Admin Supp) (NOT-NS-23-092)
  Application due date: September 19, 2025
• More NIH funding opportunities focused on areas relevant to global health
  

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

• Functional Validation and/or Characterization of Genes or Variants Implicated in Substance Use Disorders (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-24-267)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Toward ElucidAting MechanismS of HIV Pathogenesis within the Mission of the NIDDK (Pathogenesis TEAMS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-25-024)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• HEAL Initiative: NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory – Pragmatic and/or Implementation Science Demonstration Projects ((UG3/UH3) Clinical Trial Required) (RFA-AT-24-011)
  Application due date: November 7, 2024

Other Funding News

Other funding updates that may be of interest to global health researchers.

General NIH notices:

• Request for Information (RFI): Opportunities and Challenges in Enabling and Advancing Precision Medicine Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Integrating Clinical Imaging with Multimodal Data (NOT-RM-24-011)
  Response date: September 23, 2024

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Supporting Research Using the Resources from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) (NOT-AR-24-019)
  Expiration date: September 8, 2027
• HEAL Initiative: Development and Translation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices via Blueprint MedTech (NOT-NS-24-075)
  Expiration date: February 29, 2028

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is accepting proposals for developing and implementing health systems impact modelling [PDF] approaches in low- and middle-income countries.
  Application deadline: August 15, 2024
• The African Academy of Sciences Fellowship is accepting call for nominations. AAS recognizes scientific excellence by electing to its membership outstanding scholars who have attained the highest level of excellence in their scientific field and have made significant contributions to the advancement of science regionally and globally.
  Application deadline: August 18, 2024
• The CUGH 2025 awards submissions are approaching soon! This includes submissions for the James G. Hakim Global Health Award (sponsored by Fogarty and AFREHealth) and the CUGH Global Health Student Poster Competition
  Application deadline: August 31, 2024
• The African Visitor Training Program (AVTP) Stossel Award is accepting applications. The program aims to build hematology capacity in Africa, focusing on regional priorities and collaboration.
  Application deadline: September 1, 2024
• The Belmont Forum's Africa Regional Collaborative Research Action is accepting proposals focused on global environmental challenges The call aims to support transdisciplinary and convergent research approaches that address knowledge gaps and priorities in addressing climate change vulnerability across the continent.
  Application deadline: September 2, 2024
• The UK National Institute for Health and Care Research is now seeking applications for their Global Health Research (GHR) – Researcher-led programs. GHR funds research that aims to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
  Application deadline: November 6, 2024
• The American Institute of Indian Studies  is accepting applications for a variety of fellowships providing funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars in pursuit of knowledge about India.
  Application deadline: November 15, 2024
  
• More non-NIH funding opportunities
  

Training Opportunities

NIH Grant Closeout Process: Administrative and Financial Essentials

Join NIH experts for this live, virtual event on September 17, as they share the essentials to help you successfully navigate the NIH grant closeout process. The agenda will include a Q&A of questions submitted during the registration process.

• More information
• Date: September 17, 2024

Manuscript, Abstract & Poster Submission Opportunities

• The National Cancer Institute’s Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy is hosting the 19th International Conference on Malignancies in HIV/AIDS (ICMH) at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH campus on October 24-25, 2024.
  • Submissions due: August 16, 2024
• The Pan African Medical Journal is welcoming papers for a special edition of related to all aspects of mpox in Africa, including epidemiology, research, clinical practice, outbreak investigation and response, and other relevant mpox data and activities in Africa.
  • Submissions due: November 30, 2024

Events

Events for global health researchers:

• Engaging Policy Makers in Health Research

  • Date: August 19
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by DS-I Africa
• Deep Learning Indaba 
  • Date: September 1-7
  • Location: Dakar, Senegal
  • Hosted by the Amadou Mahtar Mbow University (UAM)
    
• Safety 2024 
  • Date: September 2–4
  • Location: Delhi, India
  • Hosted by The George Institute for Global Health in collaboration with three other WHO Collaborating Centers in the region

Fogarty calendar of events