Funding News from Fogarty Int'l Center at NIH

On behalf of the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the following funding opportunities, notices and announcements may be of interest to those working in the field of global health research. Updates are typically distributed once a week.

Funding Opportunities NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration. Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth): Research (U01) (RFA-TW-14-001) Research Training (U2R) (RFA-TW-14-002)Application due date: October 22, 2014 Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the GEOHealth Hubs RFAs About Fogarty's GEOHealth program NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply. Molecular and Cellular Substrates of Complex Brain Disorders (R01) (PAR-14-309) and (R21) (PAR-14-310) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement. Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R21) (PA-14-311), (R01) (PA-14-312) and (R03) (PA-14-313)  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement. Obesity and Asthma: Awareness and Self- Management (R01) (PA-14-316) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement. New Approaches to Synthetic Lethality for Mutant KRas-Dependent Cancers(U01) (PAR-14-314)  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): November 10, 2014; July 8, 2015 Limited Competition: AIDS Malignancy Clinical Trials Consortium (UM1) (RFA-CA-14-502) Application Receipt Date(s): January 06, 2015 NIH funding opportunities for which United States small business concerns (SBCs) may collaborate with a foreign business entity. Platform Delivery Technologies for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics (R43/R44) (PA-14-307) and (R41/R42) (PA-14-308)  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

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Funding News

NIH funding news that may be relevant to global health researchers.

• Revised Policy: Descriptions on the Use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers Required in Annual Progress Reports beginning October 1, 2014 (NOT-OD-14-113)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Limited Competition Announcement for Applications for Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54) (NOT-NS-14-042)
• Notice of NIDA's Participation in "Platform Delivery Technologies for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics PA-14-307 (R43/R44) (NOT-DA-14-025) and PA-14-308 (R41/R42) (NOT-DA-14-026)
• Notice of Change in Application Types Allowed for PAR-12-123 "NIDCD Phase I/II/III Clinical Trials (U01)" (NOT-DC-14-004)
• Notice of Correction to RFA-CA-14-012 "Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) (U01)" (NOT-CA-14-053)

Upcoming Deadlines

• Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows and Scholars in Public Health
  Application deadline for medical or graduate student fellowships: October 14, 2014
• Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth)
  Application deadline for U01 and U2R: October 22, 2014
• Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries
  Application deadline: February 19, 2015
• International Research Scientist Development Award
  Application deadline: March 4, 2015
• International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award
  Application deadline: May 22, 2015