Fogarty International Center

Fogarty International Center





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.

• NIDA Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25) (PAR-16-224) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): July 21, 2016; July 21, 2017; July 20, 2018
  Note: Although this research education opportunity is primarily for domestic programs, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) also encourages applications from low- and-middle income countries (LMIC) where there is a serious drug epidemic or crisis, as well as recruitment of researchers and clinician/scientists from these regions. Partnerships between domestic and foreign institutions are also encouraged.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply.

• Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Opportunity in Environmental Health Sciences(R21) (RFA-ES-16-005)
  Application Receipt Date(s): June 3, 2016, July 1, 2016, and more
• Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2)
  Clinical Sites (U01) (RFA-HG-16-010)
  Clinical Sites with Enhanced Diversity (U01) (RFA-HG-16-011)
  Application Receipt Date(s): August 5, 2016
• The Role of Mobile Genetic Elements in Cancer (R21) (PAR-16-226) and(R01) (PAR-16-227) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply
• Metabolic Reprogramming to Improve Immunotherapy (R01) (PAR-16-228)and (R21) (PAR-16-229) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates
• Non-healing Ulcerative Wounds in Aging (R01) (PA-16-230) and (R21) (PA-16-231) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply
• BD2K Mentored Career Development Award in Biomedical Big Data Science for Clinicians and Doctorally Prepared Scientists (K01) (RFA-ES-16-002) and(K22) (RFA-ES-16-003)
  Application Receipt Date(s): August 1, 2016
• Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) (PAR-16-221) and (R21) (PAR-16-222) 
  Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): August 9, 2016, and more

Information related to opportunities from other organizations focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• The International Research Scholars Program, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its partners, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, aims to support up to 50 outstanding early career scientists worldwide, awarding each scientist who is selected a total of $650,000 over five years.
  Application deadline: June 30, 2016

Funding News

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

• Notice of Intent to Release Names of NIH-Funded Research Project Personnel in the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) System (NOT-OD-16-088)
• Request for Information (RFI): Approaches for Supporting Team Science in the Biomedical Research Community (NOT-GM-16-107)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NINDS Postdoctoral Training (F32) that Includes Specific Eligibility Requirements (NOT-NS-16-012) and NINDS Postdoctoral Research Career Development Award (K01) (NOT-NS-16-013)
• Notice of National Cancer Institute's Participation in Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research PA-16-188 (R01) (NOT-CA-16-042) and PA-16-187 (R21) (NOT-CA-16-043)
• Notice to Extend Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders PA-13-216 (R01) (NOT-MH-16-009), PA-13-217 (R21) (NOT-MH-16-010) and PA-13-218 (NOT-MH-16-011)

Upcoming Deadlines

• International Bioethics Training:
  Master's: International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25)
  Doctoral/Postdoctoral: International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43)
  Application deadline: May 18, 2016
• Japanese Researcher Fellowships at NIH (Intramural) supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  Application Deadline: May 27, 2016
• Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
  Application deadline: July 29, 2016
• Emerging Global Leader Award for LMIC scientists
  Application deadline: December 14, 2016
• Global Brain Disorders Research
  Application deadline: January 5, 2017