December 5, 2019 NIAID Funding News

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

Feature Articles

Don’t Let Phased Awards Faze You

NIAID uses phased awards to support high-risk research and development projects, including early-stage research and discovery, preclinical development of candidate products, and exploratory projects.

Opportunities and Resources

Tickborne Disease Research Needs Your Expertise

Apply for grant funds to study tickborne disease and improve fundamental knowledge, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment through a new notice of special interest.

Preventing and Treating HIV and Other STIs in Transgender People

A new opportunity funds hypothesis-generating research focused on describing the systemic and mucosal impact of the drugs, hormones, and surgical interventions used for gender reassignment.

Request Supplemental Funding To Study Vaping and Lung Injury

Current grantees can apply for additional funding to research vaping-related pulmonary injury, its etiology, and the roles of vaping devices, constituents, aerosols, and behaviors on developing and recovering from e-cigarette or vaping associated lung injury.

In The News

NIAID Raises R01 Paylines, Operates Under a Continuing Resolution

NIAID raised the interim R01 payline to the 12 percentile for established investigators and the 16 percentile for new and early-stage investigators.

Help Shape NIH Policy on Data Management and Sharing

Review the Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing as well as draft supplemental guidance, and submit your feedback before the January 10, 2020 deadline.

Advice Corner

How To Determine Where Your Application Will Be Reviewed

If you know your application will go to a study section at NIH's Center for Scientific Review, you can request assignment to the most appropriate one. Plus, knowing your likely reviewers also lets you write your application with that audience in mind.