November 18, 2015 NIAID Funding News

Read this full issue online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/newsletter/2015/Pages/1118.aspx

Feature Articles

Postdocs' Guide to Gaining Independence: Laying the Groundwork

This article may be helpful if you find the following description fitting: You're a postdoctoral researcher who eventually wants to be principal investigator of your own lab, most likely as a faculty member at an academic institution.

Opportunities and Resources

Establish a Center to Study Malaria in Endemic Countries

Apply for funds to establish an International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research to conduct research in countries where malaria is endemic.

B Cell Immunology Program: One FOA Gone, Another to Consider

Investigators planning to apply for the B Cell Help Immunology Program (BCHIP) for AIDS Vaccine Strategies funding opportunity announcement (FOA) should note that NIAID terminated this FOA as announced in the October 23, 2015 Guide notice. If you are still interested in BCHIP, consider this alternative FOA.

Supplements Available for the New I-Corps at NIH Program

Partnering with CDC, NIH will fund administrative supplement awards to currently funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grantees.

In The News

ORIP Announces HIV/AIDS Vaccine Scholars Program

NIH's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs issued a new funding opportunity announcement that will use the Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01) activity code to provide up to three years of salary and research support to investigators who are within 10 years of completing their degree or residency training.