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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.

Top NIH News

Important news from NIH for all applicants and grantees.

• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the NIH-wide Strategic Plan (NOT-OD-15-118)
  Responses due by August 16, 2015.
• More about the NIH Strategic Plan, including information about upcoming informational webinars on August 11 and 13, 2015.

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• Notice of New Application Package Required for PAR-15-292 "Emerging Global Leader Award (K43)" (NOT-TW-15-003)
• Related news: New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
• New: Emerging Global Leader Award for LMIC scientists
  Application deadlines: December 16, 2015, December 14, 2016, and December 14, 2017
• Reissue: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) for U.S. scientists
  Application deadlines: March 2, 2016, March 2, 2017, and March 7, 2018

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

• Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R01) (PA-15-312) and (R21) (PA-15-313) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• BRAIN: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01) (RFA-EB-15-006)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 21, 2015
• Physical Activity and Weight Control Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Effects on Biomarkers of Prognosis and Survival (R21) (PA-15-310) and (R01) (PA-15-311) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Adducts for Cancer Risk Identification and Prevention
  Innovative Basic Research (R01) (PAR-15-308) and (R21) (PAR-15-309)
  Translational Research (U01) (PAR-15-307)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): November 23, 2015; July 11, 2016, November 22, 2016 and more
• Lymphatics in Health and Disease in the Digestive System, Kidney, and Urinary Tract (R01) (PAR-15-306) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Evaluating Quality Metrics for Risk-Based Surveillance of Drug Manufacturing Operations and Facilities (U01) (RFA-FD-16-004)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 16, 2015
  Note: Metrics should be developed and validated based upon a robust data set that includes both domestic and foreign establishments; small and large manufacturers; and drug substance and drug product manufacturers.
• Discovery of Genetic Basis of Monogenic Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders (X01) (PAR-15-314)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 20, 2015; June 15, 2016; June 15, 2017; June 15, 2018
• GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project (GUDMAP)
  Atlas Projects (U01) (RFA-DK-15-014)
  Database/Website Project (U24) (RFA-DK-15-015)
  Human Tissue Core (U24) (RFA-DK-15-016)
  Application Receipt Date(s): November 09, 2015
• Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Development of Software Tools and Methods for Biomedical Big Data in Targeted Areas of High Need (U01) (RFA-CA-15-017)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 06, 2015
• Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) (PAR-15-304) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
• Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research (R21) (PAR-15-315)
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): January 26, 2016; January 31, 2017; January 30, 2018

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

• Tools for Monitoring and Manipulating Modified RNAs in the Nervous System(R43/R44) (RFA-DA-16-005) and (R41/R42) (RFA-DA-16-006)
  Application Receipt Date(s): November 18, 2015
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to Develop New or Improved Closed Loop Automated Technologies for Diabetes Therapy and Monitoring(R43/R44) (RFA-DK-15-022)
  Application Receipt Date(s): November 18, 2015
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to Develop New Methods and Technologies for Assessment of Risk and for Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (R43/R44) (RFA-DK-15-024)

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

• Travel Awards for World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) International Conference for Medical Journal Editors, which will take place October 2-4, 2015, in New Delhi, India. WAME member demonstrating financial need, and traveling from an LMIC are eligible.
  Application deadline: August 15, 2015

Funding News

NIH funding news that may be relevant to global health researchers.

• ASSIST Now an Option for Institutional Training and Career Development (Ts and K12), Other Training Grants (Ds) and Various Research Applications (NOT-OD-15-126)
• Request for Information (RFI): Development of Multivalent Vaccine Candidates For Filovirus and Lassa Fever(NOT-AI-15-049)
• Request for Information (RFI) on the Action Plan for Lupus Research (NOT-AR-15-018)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for BRAIN Initiative: Foundations of Non-Invasive Human Brain Imaging and Neuro-Recording Techniques (R01) and Participation by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NOT-MH-15-022)
• Subscribe to Receive NIH eRA Service Information (NOT-OD-15-132)
• Guidance on Changes That Involve Human Subjects in Active Awards and That Will Require Prior NIH Approval: Updated Notice (NOT-OD-15-128)
• Prior NIH Approval of Human Subjects Research in Active Awards Initially Submitted without Definitive Plans for Human Subjects Involvement (Delayed Onset Awards): Updated Notice (NOT-OD-15-129)
• AHRQ Announces Interest in Innovative Methods Research to Increase the Utility of Systematic Reviews (NOT-HS-15-011)
• HHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Contract Solicitation (PHS 2016-1) Now Available (NOT-OD-15-130)
• Notice of Participation of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in:
  PAR-15-274 Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS and its Co-Morbidities (R01) (NOT-HD-15-025) and PAR-15-275 (R21) (NOT-HD-15-026)
  PA-15-271 Understanding HIV Persistence in Infants (R01) (NOT-HD-15-027)
• Extension of Expiration Dates for AHRQ Healthcare-Associated Infection R18 and R01 Funding Opportunity Announcements (PA-12-240 and PA-12-241) (NOT-HS-15-012)
• Notice to Modify RFA-RM-13-006 "NIH Pioneer Award Program (DP1)" regarding the Award Budget, Biographical Sketch, and Research Strategy (NOT-RM-15-015)
• Notice to Modify RFA-RM-13-007 "NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)" regarding Biographical Sketch and Research Strategy (NOT-RM-15-016)

Upcoming Deadlines

• Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows and Scholars in Public Health
  Postdoctoral Research Scholars application deadline: August 3, 2015
  Fellowships application deadline: October 13, 2015
• New: Emerging Global Leader Award for LMIC scientists
  Application deadline: December 16, 2015
• Global Brain Disorders Research R21 and R01
  Application deadline: January 5, 2016
• International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) for U.S. scientists
  Application deadline: March 2, 2016