Funding News | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Funding News | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

December 19, 2018 NIAID Funding News

Read this full issue online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/funding-news-notices

Feature Articles 

Small Businesses: Set Your Sights on Phase III

Although NIAID does not fund small businesses directly during Phase III private sector commercialization, we try to prepare grantees for success through programs tailored to Phase I and II awardees.

Opportunities and Resources

Opportunity To Address Challenges in Achieving a Cure for HBV

NIAID will support innovative basic, translational, and clinical research to identify and address challenges to achieving a cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the presence or absence of HIV.

Funding Opportunity: Genetic Engineering Technologies for HIV Cure Research

Take a gene- or cell-based approach to achieve complete elimination of HIV-1 or long-term remission of HIV-1 in the absence of antiretroviral treatment.

Explore Genetic Variations That Cause Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders and Inborn Errors of Immunity

Apply for funding if you can characterize genetic variants (coding or noncoding) that cause inborn errors of immunity or primary immunodeficiency diseases and elucidate the molecular, cellular, and immunological mechanisms of these disorders.

In The News

Salary Cap and NRSA Stipend Levels Announced

The salary cap for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts is $189,600, which restricts salaries to the rate of $189,600 annually; for example, $47,400 for three person-months.

Choose the Right FOA for AIDS-Related Applications Due in January and February

Applicants eligible for continuous submission who plan to send investigator initiated AIDS-related applications on or before February 7, 2019, may use parent funding opportunity announcements that will expire on January 8, 2019.

Remember To Submit OLAW Reports Next Month

You have until January 31, 2019, to submit your annual report to NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.

Advice Corner

Physician-Scientists: Don’t Overlook This Novel Source of Funding

NIAID's initiative to support physician-scientists funds a mentored postdoctoral research training and career development phase followed by an independent research phase.

Watch the "Related Notices" Section of Guide Notices

When NIH issues a correction or update, the original notice's text may not change since NIH makes corrections to the original notice in some fields but not others.

Reader Questions

• “Can an institution apply an inflation rate to its budget on competing grant applications?”
• “Since a progress report is due annually, should the final progress report cover the entire period of performance or only the final year of funding?”

New Funding Opportunities

• RFA-OD-19-014, NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) Awards (U01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

See other announcements at Opportunities & Announcements.

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