August 5, 2015 NIAID Funding News

Read this full issue online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/newsletter/2015/Pages/0805.aspx

Feature Articles

Focus on Foreign Investigators: Foreign Components Explained

This article continues the Focus on Foreign Investigators series, which kicked off with the July 1, 2015 article “Focus on Foreign Investigators: Eligibility Requirements.”

Opportunities and Resources

Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center

As part of efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health, NIH reissued two companion funding opportunity announcements that encourage extramural investigators to collaborate with intramural researchers and take advantage of the special resources at the NIH Clinical Center.

RFP Supports Comprehensive Resources for HIV Microbicides and Biomedical Prevention

Consider a recently released request for proposals if you can provide preclinical product development services for candidate products for HIV prevention.

Understanding HIV Persistence in Infants

Through a recent R01 funding opportunity announcement, you can help address an important aspect of HIV research: the pathogenesis of perinatal HIV-1 infection and infant immune response as they relate to establishing HIV-1 reservoirs.

Funding To Study the Intersection of HIV/AIDS and Aging

NIAID seeks grant applications using the R01 or R21 activity codes that propose to study HIV infection, HIV treatment, HIV-associated conditions, or associated biobehavioral or social factors in the context of aging and/or in older adults.

In The News

Loan Repayment Programs: New Notices Issued, New Application Cycle to Begin

NIH's Loan Repayment Programs can ease some of the burden from your student loans.

RFIs Seek Your Input on NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, Child Health Outcomes

At the request of Congress, NIH is developing a five-year NIH-wide strategic plan, due to Congress in December 2015.

News Briefs

Advice Corner

A Helpful Resource for Ensuring Public Access Policy Compliance

We often remind investigators that they must include a PubMed Central reference number at the end of citations for papers that fall under the NIH Public Access Policy.