NIH has announced a call for applications for their Emerging Global Leader Award. The purpose of this program is to provide research support and protected time to a research scientist from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) with a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution. This intensive, mentored research career development experience is expected to lead to an independently funded research career. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from LMIC scientists from any health related discipline that propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of their country
Eligibility:
Applicant must be an LMIC citizen
Applicants must currently hold a full-time academic junior faculty position or research scientist appointment
Applicants who are or have been the PD/PI of a multi-year independent research grant from an external research funding organization are not eligible.
Applicant must identify a primary mentor at his/her LMIC institution and a primary mentor at a collaborating U.S. institution who, together, will supervise the proposed career development and research
Dates:
Application Deadline: December 16, 2015
Earliest project start date: July 2016
Award details:
Project length: 3-5 years
Salary: NIH will contribute up to 75,000 USD per year towards the salary of the awardee (based on the salary at the LMIC institution)
Program-related expenses: NIH will contribute up to 30,000 USD per year toward research development costs (these include, but are not limited to, supplies, equipment, technical personnel, tuition or registration fees for activities related to the proposed career development plan, fees for statistical and computational services, and travel to research sites, research meetings, or training)
Read the full announcement.
If you have any questions, or are interested in applying to this grant, please contact Paul at the Office of Research Services.
TropMed Sponsored Research Funding Opportunities: this blog is designed to alert TropMed researchers to funding opportunities to support their research. The Research Administration Unit of the Office of Research Services (ORS) is here to help staff members with all application, grant management, and post-grant processes. Please contact Mr. Paul Adams or Mr. Oiko Tacusalme on ext. 1332 for more information, or to express interest in any of these grant opportunities.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
NIH-NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program: A Joint Program for Multidisciplinary Research (NOT-TW-15-005)
NIH-NSF has recently announced a call for application for the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program.
The purpose of the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program is to support multidisciplinary teams in the development of predictive models that integrate ecology and evolution with the goal of discovering principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents to humans and other hosts. Proposed projects should include research and associated expertise in diverse disciplines including, for example, modelers, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, epidemiologists, entomologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, as relevant to understanding the disease transmission system proposed. The EEID program scope includes socio-ecology, pathogen evolution and translational research in the overall context of the ecology of disease transmission.
The FIC mission prioritizes collaborative projects with scientists in LMICs focused on significant health threats in their countries. The NIGMS mission prioritizes basic biomedical research that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. Other NIH components have participated in the past and may do so again in the current cycle
Application Deadline: November 18, 2015
Duration of project: Maximum 5 years
Project Budget: up to 350,000USD Direct Costs per year
Read the full Request for Applications
If you are interested in applying to this opportunity, please contact Paul Adams at the Office of Research Services
The purpose of the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program is to support multidisciplinary teams in the development of predictive models that integrate ecology and evolution with the goal of discovering principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents to humans and other hosts. Proposed projects should include research and associated expertise in diverse disciplines including, for example, modelers, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, epidemiologists, entomologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, as relevant to understanding the disease transmission system proposed. The EEID program scope includes socio-ecology, pathogen evolution and translational research in the overall context of the ecology of disease transmission.
The FIC mission prioritizes collaborative projects with scientists in LMICs focused on significant health threats in their countries. The NIGMS mission prioritizes basic biomedical research that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. Other NIH components have participated in the past and may do so again in the current cycle
Application Deadline: November 18, 2015
Duration of project: Maximum 5 years
Project Budget: up to 350,000USD Direct Costs per year
Read the full Request for Applications
If you are interested in applying to this opportunity, please contact Paul Adams at the Office of Research Services
Friday, September 11, 2015
Gates Foundation Grand Challenge: Develop malaria diagnostics to accelerate toward eradication
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges Explorations
http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenges
DATE OPEN: 9 SEP 2015 DEADLINE: 11 NOV 2015
As we drive toward malaria eradication, we seek new ideas for malaria diagnostics to enable the eradication of malaria. Specifically:
- More sensitive diagnostics. In the control phase, microscopy and commercial rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) seem to be sufficient to carry out the goals of malaria control programs to reduce morbidity and mortality. However, to move from “Control” to “Elimination”, we need more sensitive tests to identify individuals in the community with lower parasite densities who are not diagnosed with current RDTs but contribute significantly to malaria transmission.
- Non-invasive RDTs. As we move toward elimination, we anticipate that it will be difficult to “actively” test the population using finger prick, especially in very low prevalence regions. Therefore, we seek RDTs performed on non-invasive samples such as saliva. To fit the need, these tests must be simple, fully integrated, as sensitive as RDTs performed on blood, and importantly, remain very low cost.
Successful proposals will:
- Clearly describe how the idea, if successful, would help solve one of the challenges described in the call;
- Be directly relevant to the developing world (e.g. low-cost, useful across multiple geographical and cultural settings, self-sustaining);
- Have a clear and testable hypothesis and include an associated plan for how the idea would be tested or validated;
- Yield interpretable and unambiguous data in Phase I, in order to be considered for Phase II funding.
Application Instructions
STEP ONE
To get started, download and read the Rules and Guidelines document (PDF). It contains detailed information on all aspects of Grand Challenges Explorations. You may need to download Adobe Reader to view PDF documents.
Please also read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Any information submitted by you or on your behalf with respect to the Grand Challenges Explorations Initiative (including your proposal, reports, and any related documentation and communications) will be subject to and handled in accordance with the provisions in these documents.
Changes to the Rules and Guidelines will be posted on the Frequently Asked Questions page of this website. Please read the current FAQs before submitting any questions or concerns.
STEP TWO
Each Grand Challenges Explorations application round consists of requests for proposals targeting multiple specific challenges. Read the list of GCE challenges on the Grant Opportunities page and then follow the links to read the detailed descriptions of each challenge.
STEP THREE
Please download the Application Form for specific instructions on the format and content of your application. Please note that some users may see a screen asking them to log in when opening the Application Form. This is an issue with some versions of Microsoft Office. Click Cancel and the Application Form will open for you.
All proposals must be written in English.
Read the Tips for Applicants for additional guidance as you write the proposal.
STEP FOUR
You can create an account using our online Explorations Application Tool. This tool will enable you to register for an Explorations challenge as well as create, edit, or submit your proposal. After you have created an account and registered for a challenge, you can start the online application process. All applications must be submitted through this online system.
If you are interested in applying for this opportunitiy and need some help or advice, please contact Paul (paul.ada@mahidol.ac.th) or Glad (gladgeorge.rot@mahidol.ac.th) at the Office of Research Services.
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