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September 16, 2020 NIAID Funding News

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

Feature Articles 

Assessing Spring and Summer Research Activity Levels at NIAID

The number of research project grant applications submitted to NIAID from March 1 to July 31, 2020, far exceeds the volume of applications received by NIAID over the same period of time in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively.

Opportunities and Resources

Mentored Career Development Awardees (K01, K08, K23)—Additional Funding Opportunities

Current career development awardees are eligible to apply for limited competition exploratory and developmental research grants and small research grants.

Support Research on Health Interventions for Native American Populations

A new opportunity supports research on interventions to improve health in Native American populations; NIAID is most interested in HIV transmission and prevention research.

In The News

Exploring Institute Assignment as a Cause of Racial Disparities in NIH Funding

Review score is not the only factor that determines whether an application will be funded, as NIH institutes and centers differ in the percentage of incoming applications they are able to fund given varied budgets and volumes of incoming applications.

Hurricanes Isaias and Laura, Midwest Derecho, and NIH Natural Disaster Policy

NIH will consider accepting applications after the submission deadline from investigators whose institutions close due to a natural disaster. Your application's lateness should not exceed the number of days that your institution was officially closed.

Advice Corner

Explore Your Field With ClinicalTrials.gov Searches

ClinicalTrials.gov shares clinical trial registration and result records with the public, so you can search for other investigators’ projects and find a wealth of information.

Reader Questions

• “Is my application confidential?”
• “Should I include hyperlinks in my application?”

New Funding Opportunities

• PAR-20-291, Limited Competition—Exploratory and Developmental Research Grant Program for NIAID K01/K08/K23 Recipients (R21, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• PAR-20-290, Limited Competition—Small Research Grant Program for NIAID K01/K08/K23 Recipients (R03, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NOT-AI-20-071, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI)—Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV-Infected and/or Uninfected Individuals To Inform Innovative Tuberculosis Vaccine Design
• NOT-AG-20-034, Notice of Special Interest—Alzheimer’s-Focused Administrative Supplements for NIH Grants That Are Not Focused on Alzheimer’s Disease
• PAR-20-298, Development of the Fetal Immune System (R01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIAID/DAIT Regulatory Management Center (RMC)
• PAR-21-024, HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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