ERC Advanced Grants Call

ERC Advanced Grants support excellent Principal Investigators with a recognized track record of research achievements. 

This call is open to researchers of any nationality to conduct their research activity in any ERC Member State or Associated Country.

The ERC's frontier research grants operate on a bottom-up basis, and have three separate research domains:

• Physical Sciences & Engineering
• Life Sciences 
• Social Sciences & Humanities

The budget for the three domains combined is 450,000,000 euros. 

The submission deadline is the 21st of October, 2014. For more details and relevant documents, visit the ERC call announcement. 

Please visit ORS or email Paul, Glad or Tim if you are interested in applying for these grants. 

NIH Grant: Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21), PAR-14-028

NIH has announced a request for application for collaborative projects looking at Mobile Health in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC).

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to encourage exploratory/developmental research applications that propose to study the development or adaptation of innovative mobile health (mHealth) technology specifically suited for LMICs and the health-related outcomes associated with implementation of the technology. Of highest interest are well-designed multidisciplinary projects that focus on tools or interventions for chronic diseases or technology for disease agnostic/cross-cutting applications.

Applicants are required to propose partnerships between at least one U.S. institution and one LMIC institution. The overall goal of the FOA is to contribute to the evidence base for the use of mobile technology to improve clinical outcomes and public health while building research capacity in LMICs and establishing research networks in this area.

Key info:

• Letter of Intent due date: January 19, 2015
• Application due date: February 19 2015
• Earliest project start date: September, 2015

• Award Budget: Applicants may request up to $125,000 direct costs per year.
• Total project period may not exceed 2 years

If you are interested, click here for the full RFA. If you are considering applying, please get in touch with Paul, Tim, or Glad at the Office of Rersearch Services.

International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25) (PAR-13-027)

International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (Bioethics )

Status: Open

Announcement(s)

• International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25) (PAR-13-027)

Deadlines

• Upcoming letter of intent due dates: April 22, 2015
• Upcoming application due dates: May 22, 2015

Eligibility

• Applications from foreign organizations must be from institutions located in countries defined by The World Bank as low income, lower-middle income or upper-middle income. See The World Bank Country and Lending Groups to identify countries with low- or middle-income economies.
• Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with Fogarty Research and Research Training programs, or with other NIH grantees working in the developing countries where trainees are recruited. Collaboration with partners (listed below) is also encouraged.
• View full eligibility in the program announcement.

Award Project Period

The total project period for a new or renewal application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed 5 years.

Award Budget

New education program applications may request a budget of up to $230,000 [about 7,130,000 Baht] direct costs per year, or $1,150,000 (about 35.65 million Baht) over 5 years).

Indirect Costs

Indirect Costs (also known as Facilities & Administrative [F&A] Costs) are reimbursed at 8% of modified total direct costs (MTDC) (exclusive of tuition and fees and expenditures for equipment), rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement.

The purpose of the International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award is to develop master's level curricula and provide educational opportunities for developing country academics, researchers and health professionals in ethics related to performing research involving human subjects in international resource poor settings. The goal of this initiative is to increase the number of developing country scientists, health professionals and relevant academics with in-depth knowledge of the ethical considerations, concepts and applications in clinical and public health research. It is expected that such master's level training will enhance the career development of individuals from developing countries, as well as strengthen and sustain the capacity to support ethical clinical and public health research at their home institutions and countries.

Recent Awards

View grant awards for the International Research Ethics Education And Curriculum Development Award (Bioethics)

Inquiries

Programmatic Issues

Barbara Sina, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 402-9467
FAX: (301) 402-0779
Email: barbara_sina@nih.gov

Grants Management

Satabdi RaychowdhuryGrants Management Specialist
Fogarty International Center
Building 31, Room B2C29
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-9750
Fax: 301-594-1211
Email: Satabdi.Raychowdhury@nih.gov