Funding news for global health researchers: September 30, 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

NIH Releases Final Scientific Integrity Policy

NIH has released the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health. The final policy incorporates and is responsive to the principles and directives of the Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking, Protecting the Integrity of Government Science, and A Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice. The final policy will take effect on December 30, 2024.

• Read policy notice (NOT-OD-24-178)

EEID Initiative to host Informational Webinar

The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) program will hold a an information virtual office hour on October 2, 2024, from 10:00 to 11:00 am ET. Staff from NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology, Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, Division of Ocean Sciences and Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences will be in attendance to discuss the EEID program, partnerships (US and international) and how to submit a successful EEID proposal followed by a Q&A session.

• Date: October 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. ET (USA and Canada)
• More information
• Register for webinar

NIH/PEPFAR Local Implementation Science Network Seeks Applications

Apply to develop a local Implementation Science (IS) alliance that responds to the local priorities and contexts and engage with the larger cross-alliance network comprised of members of all the local alliances. Each local IS alliance will convene partners to develop activities related to implementation challenges in the context of HIV and an overall agenda that addresses consensus-driven implementation science priorities.

• More information on LISN
• Detailed call for applications due November 4, 2024
• Register for to attend the Pre-application Webinar on October 15, 2024

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.

• Learn more about GFH2R 2025
• Call for applications to attend the in-person meeting (Deadline: October 7, 2024)
• Watch Session 1: GFH2R 2025 Launch Webinar

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: November 15, 2024
  
• Global Brain Disorders Research (AIDS)
  Application deadline: December 9, 2024
  
• HIV-associated Noncommunicable Diseases Research at LMIC Institutions
  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:

• 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:

• Career Development Opportunities for Research on Cancer in Global Settings at the Center for Global Health at the National Cancer Institute  (NOT-CA-24-098)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) for Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-25-031)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Consortium for Neuroscience AD/ADRD in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-25-032)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

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:

• Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program funding opportunities:
  • R01 Clinical Trial Optional (PAR-24-299)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • R34 Clinical Trial Optional (PAR-24-300)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN): Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development of Disorders of the Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-25-051)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Discovery and Development of Novel Therapeutics for Select Fungal Pathogens (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-24-065)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN Initiative funding opportunities:
  • Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-NS-25-017)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
  • New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-NS-25-018)
    Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• Cancer Immunoprevention Network (CIP-Net) Resource Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-24-036)
  Application due date: December 2, 2024
  
• Precision Medicine for Type 1 Diabetic Nephropathy (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-DK-25-022)
  Application due date: December 10, 2024
• Advancing Health Equity through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NR-25-001)
  Application due date: December 13, 2024
• Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET): Learning Health Care Research to Improve Mental Health Services and Outcomes (P01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-25-200)
  Application due date: February 3, 2025
• NICHD Resource Program Grants in Bioinformatics (P41 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-24-301)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN Initiative: Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access to Broaden Distribution of Enabling Technologies for Neuroscience (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-MH-26-120)
  Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.

Other Funding News

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

General NIH notices:

• Reminder: Reporting Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Activities in Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) Submitted on or After October 1, 2024 (NOT-OD-24-175)
  
• Updated Processes for Requesting Revisions to an Approved Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan (NOT-OD-24-176)
• Notice of a Virtual Question and Answer "Informational Session" with NICHD Staff for the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (NOT-HD-24-037)
• Notice of Early Expiration of "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Genomic Technology Development for Research and Clinical Application", NOT-HG-24-012 (NOT-HG-24-052)
• NIH Grants Process Primer: Application to Award (November 13-14, 2024 Two-Part Virtual Event) – Register Today! (NOT-OD-24-177)
• Notice of Announcement of NIH Quantum Technology Prize Competitions (NOT-TR-24-031)
• Notice of Upcoming Announcement of NCATS Translational Science Education and Training Challenge (NOT-TR-24-033)

Notices of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• Notice of Clarification Regarding the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-HD-24-031)

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs):

• Administrative Supplement for Primary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements (PCTAS) (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-AI-24-075)
  Expiration date: September 24, 2027
• Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (NOT-NS-24-085)
  Expiration date: April 18, 2028

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• CARB-X's funding solicitation for products that address drug-resistant bacterial infections will be open from September 23 to October 4, 2024. Applications will be accepted for: therapeutics for infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens, prevention for invasive disease, diagnostics for neonatal sepsis, and proof-of-concept for novel sample types for diagnosing lower-respiratory-tract infections.
  Application deadline: October 4, 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
  
• The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is accepting applications for International Fellowships. Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
  Application deadline: November 15, 2024
  
• More non-NIH funding opportunities
  

Global Health Resources

NIAID ClinRegs

Do you need help identifying and understanding a country’s clinical trial requirements? The NIAID ClinRegs website has 23 country-specific profiles, which cover requirements for regulatory and ethics approval, clinical trial lifecycle, sponsor responsibilities, informed consent, investigational products, and specimens. 

• NIAID ClinRegs Website
• Webinar: Utilizing NIAID’s ClinRegs Website to Support International Clinical Research Regulatory Compliance

Training Opportunities

Apply for the NIH Environmental Justice Scholars Program!

Environmental Justice (EJ) Scholars Program scholars work with staff members across NIH. U.S.‐based or international mid‐career to senior scientist candidates and environmental justice community leaders from academic, non‐profit, or private sectors are eligible to apply.

• More information
• Application due date: October 11, 2024

NIH to host course on ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research

This course is offered to anyone interested or involved in the ethics of clinical research with human subjects. Participants represent multiple disciplines including research teams, IRB members, physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, administrative staff, students, and others. The course meets Wednesday mornings from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. ET (USA) from September 25 to November 6, 2024.

• More information
• Self-register

Manuscript, Abstract & Poster Submission Opportunities

• The NIDA International Program is now accepting proposals for plenary sessions for the 2025 NIDA International Forum. The Forum will be held in conjunction with the 2025 College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Scientific Meeting. All presenters must be available to attend and participate in the forum in person.
  • Forum dates: June 13-14, 2025 in New Orleans, Lousiana (USA)
  • Submissions due: October 25, 2024
• The Pan African Medical Journal is welcoming papers for a special edition 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:

• Global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care: WHO Consultation

  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• CUGH Young Professionals Network: what it is and how it serves early-career global health professionals

  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• 2024 IDM Annual Symposium

  • Date: October 1–2
    
  • Location: Seattle, WA, USA
  • Sponsored by the Institute for Disease Modeling
    

• Cities as Drivers for Global Health and Happiness

  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Boston, MA, USA and Virtual
  • Hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• Virtual Office Hours: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Solicitation

  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Environmental Biology
  • Informational webinar for NIH funding notice NOT-TW-24-009

• U.S. - Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program (BRCP) 2024 Networking Session

  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Chicago, IL, USA and Virtual
  • Hosted by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Japan

• Climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss: Innovations to address this triple threat to planetary health

  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• Politics and Diplomacy for Health

  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• Preparedness, Response, and Resilience: Strengthening Global Health Operations During the times of Crisis

  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• Teaching the Global Burden of Disease

  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Virtual
  • Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series

• HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference

  • Date: October 6–10
  • Location: Lima, Peru
  • Hosted by the International AIDS Society
    

• Reflections on 40 Years in Global Health: The Power of Faith in Things Unseen

  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Birmingham, AL, USA, and Virtual Speaker: Manu Prakash, PhD, Stanford University
  • Part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Leadership in Academic Medicine lecture series

• Fast and Frugal: Cells That Move Without ATP and Life-Saving Tools That Cost Pennies

  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Bethesda, MD, USA and Virtual
  • Hosted by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Part of the Judith H. Greenberg Early Career Investigator Lecture series

• One Health Genomics 2024

  • Date: October 7–9
  • Location: Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
  • Hosted by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID)

• Perspectives in Global Health Research and Careers

  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Providence, RI, USA and Virtual
  • Speaker: Fogarty Deputy Director Peter Kilmarx

• Increasing Scale-Up Research in Cancer Control

  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Virtual
  • Hosted by the National Cancer Institute

Fogarty calendar of events