June 17, 2020 NIAID Funding News

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

Feature Articles

June Advisory Council Meeting—A Virtual Reality

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and Vaccine Research Center Director Dr. John Mascola provided remarks on the Institute's research response to COVID-19 at the 195^thNIAID Advisory Council meeting.

Opportunities and Resources

Apply To Assemble Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research

Help us develop innovative strategies to cure or achieve sustained remission of persistent HIV infection through two new cooperative agreement funding opportunity announcements.

Dive Into Diversity and Other Supplements

Learn how you can help enhance the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, postdocs, and other eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds to work on existing projects.

In The News

COVID-19 Peer Review Volunteers Make a Difference

We’d like to sincerely thank everyone who has volunteered to serve on our review panels for expedited review of grant applications and contract proposals for research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

Watch Webinars on COVID-19 Serology Opportunities and High-Risk, High-Reward Research Awards

Attend upcoming webinars designed to help prospective applicants to SARS-CoV-2 serological sciences and high-risk, high-reward research funding opportunities.

OLAW To Change Annual Reporting Period From Calendar Year to Fiscal Year

The change of reporting periods should reduce administrative burden on investigators who receive support from multiple federal agencies to conduct research with animals.

Advice Corner

Know How To Address Rigor and Reproducibility in Your Next Application

NIH now requires formal instruction in rigorous experimental design and transparency to enhance reproducibility for institutional training, individual career development, and individual fellowship applications.

Reader Questions

New Funding Opportunities

NIAID Clinical Data and Safety Management Center (CDSMC)
PAR-20-231, HIV/AIDS Scholars Using Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models Program (K01, Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-AI-20-036, Martin Delaney Collaboratory for Pediatric HIV Cure Research (UM1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
RFA-AI-20-035, Martin Delaney Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research (UM1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOT-OD-20-119, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
NOT-OD-20-120, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
NOT-OD-20-121, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Limited Competition for Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
PAR-20-229, Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43, Clinical Trial Optional)
PA-20-227, Administrative Supplements for Research on Dietary Supplements (Admin Supp, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Intramural R&D contract - Clinical Trial Materials for Virus Vaccines
NOT-AI-20-044, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI)—NIAID Priorities for Biomedical Knowledgebases & Repositories
RFA-CA-20-039, Emergency Awards - Research Projects in SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences (U01, Clinical Trial Optional)
RFA-CA-20-038, Emergency Awards - SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences Centers of Excellence (U54, Clinical Trial Optional)
NOT-MH-20-048, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) - Chimerism in Marmosets and other New World Primates