July 6, 2017 NIAID Funding News

Read this full issue online at https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/niaid-funding-news-july-6-2017

Feature Articles

Small Business News Roundup

NIH announced the 2017 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Omnibus solicitations in a June 5, 2017 Guide notice.

Opportunities and Resources

Opportunity To Target Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens

NIAID seeks to support the identification and development of candidate vaccines and immunoprophylactics against multiple select Gram-negative nosocomial pathogens.

Develop Diagnostic To Detect Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens

A key step forward in our defense against antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is developing culture-independent, rapid, sensitive, specific medical diagnostics that identify select pathogens and determine their antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance.

Imaging the Persistent HIV Reservoir

NIAID seeks innovative imaging strategies to identify reservoirs in human or animal models that have undergone successful, long-term viral suppression.

In The News

Catch Up on Developments From Council’s June Meeting

If you missed the June 5, 2017 meeting of NIAID’s advisory Council, you can watch a videocast of remarks from NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID Vaccine Research Center Director Dr. John Mascola, and NIH Principal Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak, as well as open subcommittee sessions.

A Date To Remember: January 25, 2018, for FORMS-E

NIH’s purpose behind implementing the forms change is to consolidate human subjects, inclusion enrollment, and clinical trial information previously collected across multiple agency forms.

News Briefs

Advice Corner

Reminder: The Genomic Data Sharing Policy Covers More Than GWAS

Too often, applicants submit grant applications with the statement "not a genome-wide association study" instead of identifying whether their proposed research falls under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing policy.