Thursday, December 24, 2015

Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training Program (D43) (PAR-14-193) & Planning Grant (D71)

Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (GID)

Status: Open

Announcement(s)

Deadlines

  • Deadlines for D43 and D71 letters of intent:
    30 days prior to the application due date
  • Upcoming deadline for D43 and D71 applications: July 29, 2016

Eligibility

Eligibility: Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43)
  • U.S. Institutions with a demonstrated collaboration with a researcher in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions may apply.
  • Foreign institutions in LMICs may also apply.
  • Applicant institution must have robust and high-quality research ongoing in the area(s) proposed.
Eligibility: Planning Grant for Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D71)
  • Applicants may only be submitted by foreign institutions in LMICs, as defined by theWorld Bank Classification system.
  • Foreign applicants should apply in collaboration with U.S. institutions and must name an individual in the proposed institution as the major collaborator.
Applicant institutions for both the full institutional grant and the planning grant may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.

Program Overview

The Global Infectious Disease (GID) program addresses research training needs related to infectious diseases that are predominantly endemic in or impact upon people living in developing countries. The training programs include a variety of research training options to match the needs of the developing country institution. The ultimate goal is to build a critical mass of researchers and support staff to conduct independent infectious disease research in developing country institutions.
Training programs may include:
  • Long-term (master's or doctoral degree and other training that is six months or longer) training for the full range of skills necessary to support research and research administration with the understanding that the focus of thesis and training-related research will be in their country.
  • Medium-term (three- to up to six-months) training or mentoring, including specialized clinical, laboratory, research or administrative/business skills necessary to support research that is planned or ongoing.
  • Short-term (less than three months) training or mentoring that focuses on research methodology, laboratory skills necessary to support research ethics and compliance issues, program and grants administration and financial management, grant writing, preparation of scientific manuscripts, data management, informatics, and other relevant areas.
  • Institutional capacity-building efforts such as in-country training workshops in advanced research techniques, distance learning and informatics.
  • Advanced in-country mentored research undertaken by the trainee in his/her home country upon completion of his/her initial period of long-term training under the program.

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

Monday, December 14, 2015

NIH/NIAID Tropical Medicine Research Centers (U19)

U19 Research Program – Cooperative Agreements


Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number RFA-AI-16-002
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-16-002.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications from institutions/organizations that propose to conduct research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tropical diseases in endemic areas. The scope of the research to be supported is limited to select Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and their corresponding vectors. Research may be focused on a single pathogen or more than one pathogen causing NTDs. Multi-disciplinary research and/or study of multiple pathogens is encouraged. This program is not intended to support research which can be conducted primarily in U.S. institutions.  
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) May 3, 2016
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) May 3, 2016
Application Due Date(s) June 3, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on this date.
Earliest Start Date  April 2017
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD(s)/PI(s)) All PD(s)/PI(s) must have an eRA Commons account.  PD(s)/PI(s) should work with their organizational officials to either create a new account or to affiliate their existing account with the applicant organization in eRA Commons.
NIAID intends to commit $3.5 million in FY 2017 to fund 6-8 TMRC awards.
The budget for each TMRC cannot exceed $500,000 in direct costs per year excluding consortia F&A costs.     A maximum of 15% of the requested annual direct cost budget may be used to fund institutions in, and consultants from, economically developed countries (seehttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS).
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.