COVID-19 Grants and Funding News

Important news from NIH for grantees and grant applicants on the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

• Emergency Awards: RADx-rad Predicting Viral-Associated Inflammatory Disease Severity in Children with Laboratory Diagnostics and Artificial Intelligence (PreVAIL kIds) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-OD-20-023)
  Application Receipt Date: September 30, 2020
  Note: Fogarty is participating
• Funding opportunities specific to COVID-19 from the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER)
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) information for NIH grant applicants and grant recipients, including NIH funding opportunities specific to COVID-19 from the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER)
• Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers compiled by Fogarty

Funding Opportunities

NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.

• The Virtual Symposium Platform for the NIH Common Fund's new Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) program is hosting interactive panels and networking opportunities through November 2020. The Platform communicates key priorities for the newly issued DS-I Africa funding opportunities; engages participants in robust scientific sessions that examine the state of data science across Africa; and encourages networking across disciplines, sectors and geographies. Advance registration is required to participate in interactive sessions and activities!
• Upcoming sessions:
  • Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 9 am EDT / 4 pm EAT
    Data Science Partnerships: Going Beyond Academia for Health Impact
    National Library of Medicine Director Dr. Patricia Brennan moderates a panel of keynote speakers.
  • Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 9 am EDT / 4 pm EAT
    Harnessing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Data Science for Health
    Moderated by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass.
  • Thursday, August 13, 2020, 8 am EDT / 3 pm EAT
    Partnership and Innovation Marketplace
    A virtual marketplace where participants can meet and mix with other participants in virtual breakout rooms.
  • Monday, August 17, 2020, 9 am EDT / 4 pm EAT
    Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Data Science and Health Innovation
• About the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform, including schedule, on-demand videos and session information
• Register for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform to participate in interactive sessions and activities

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

• NIAID Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-20-270)
  Application Receipt Dates: September 14, 2020; January 12, 2021; and more.
• Maternal and Pediatrics Precision in Therapeutics Hub (MPRINT) (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-HD-21-025) and (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-HD-21-026)
  Application Receipt Date: November 30, 2020
• Genomic Function funding from NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI):
  Systematic Characterization of Genomic Variation on Genomic Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-HG-20-043)
  Single-cell Profiling of Regulatory Element and Gene Activity in Relationship to Genome Function (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-HG-20-045)
  Developing Predictive Models of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-HG-20-047)
  Application Receipt Date: November 4, 2020
• BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-20-600)
  Application Receipt Dates: July 14, 2021, July 14, 2022 and July 14, 2023
• Mechanisms of Pathological Spread of Abnormal Proteins in LBD and FTD (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-NS-21-006)
  Application Receipt Date: October 27, 2020

NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) that may be of interest to global health researchers.

• Notice of Special Interest: Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (NOT-AG-20-038)
• Notice of Special Interest: Basic and Translational Research on Affective, Motivational, and Social Function in Normative Aging and/or Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (NOT-AG-20-040)

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

• The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is accepting applications for the HFSP postdoctoral fellowship program, which supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. Applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. NIH is an HFSP partner.
  Application deadline: August 27, 2020

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