Announcements  May 14, 2021 Helene Langevin, M.D. Great news! We just released our new strategic plan, NCCIH Strategic Plan FY 20212025: Mapping a Pathway to Research on Whole Person Health. Theplan, which builds on a foundation the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has fostered for more than two decades, explains how we will continue and expand the Centers current activities while advancing new strategies and ideas. |
NCCIH announces two openings for junior-level Health Scientist Administrators (Program Directors) to direct and manage NCCIHs Basic and Mechanistic Research programs. Resources for Researchers The NIH has issued a Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) for Data Generation Projects for the Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) Program (OT2). This ROA is soliciting Data Generation Projects to create flagship datasets based on ethical principles, associated standards and tools, and skills and workforce development to address biomedical and behavioral research grand challenges that require artificial intelligence and machine-learning (AI/ML) analysis. The Bridge2AI program plans to support the formation of teams richly diverse in perspectives, backgrounds, and academic and technical disciplines. This ROA requires a Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)--a summary of strategies to advance the scientific and technical merit of the proposed project(s) through inclusivity. To facilitate team building across communities and ensure responsiveness of proposals, NIH strongly encourages potential proposers to participate in the Grand Challenge Team Building Activities taking place in June 2021, please save the date for these upcoming events: - Bridge2AI Program Town Hall June 9, 2021 2:00-3:30pm ET
- Bridge2AI Data Generation Project Module Microlabs June 14, 16, and 18, 2021 2:00-4:00pm ET each day
- Bridge2AI Grand Challenge Team Building Expo June 23, 2021 11:00am-5:00pm ET
Inquiries can be sent to the Bridge2AI program team at bridge2AI@od.nih.gov. A Letter of Intent (LOI) is required, LOIs must be emailed to bridge2ai@od.nih.gov by 11:59 PM ET on or before July 20, 2021. Subscribe to the Bridge2AI listserv for updates. May 25, 2021 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET; Virtual, register on Zoom Join theNational Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for a joint pre-application technical assistance webinar for the request for applications (RFA) Neural Mechanisms of Force-Based Manipulations: High-Priority Research Networks (U24 Clinical Trial Optional). This webinar will provide an overview of the initiative, guidance on application preparation, and an opportunity toaddress questions from potential applicants. Registrants are welcome to email questions in advance toNCCIHwebinarQ@mail.nih.gov (please indicate Force-Based Manipulations in the subject line of your email). NOTE: This webinar is optional and not required for application submission. RFA Deadline: July 14, 2021 Would you like to learn more about the NIH review process? The Early Career Reviewer Program might be for you! The application process is simply a check to see that you meet the posted requirements: 1 year of experience in an independent position; open to assistant professors and those of a similar rank; have submitted a grant application to the NIH and received the summary statement; one research publication as first, last or corresponding author since your PhD/MD and at least one research publication as first, last or corresponding author in the last two years; have not held R01 or equivalent NIH funding; and have not served as an NIH reviewer. We will hold a Q & A panel on May 24 from 12-12:45 p.m. ET. View more information and apply. Upcoming Events Pain and Pandemics: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Social and Healthcare Climate May 24-25, 2021; Virtual Meeting The NIH Pain Consortium sponsors an annual symposium on a significant topic relevant to pain. This symposium features NIH-supported researchers whose work has made an important contribution to pain research. In addition to speakers and panel sessions, there is a poster session featuring early career investigators. Researchers with the best abstracts are selected to give an oral presentation, and the best presenter receives the Mitchell Max Award for Best Poster. Registration is required. Dates of lectures are: May 27, June 4, June 7, and June 10 TheTrans-NIH Integrative Medicine Course Organizing Committeeis hosting a first-ever National Institutes of Health Psilocybin Research Speaker Series from April 22, 2021 to June 10, 2021. This time-sensitive, comprehensive speaker series will bring together the worlds leading experts, including scientists, physician-scientists, clinical psychologists, and oncologists. Additionally, in order to provide a comprehensive discussion, there will be representation from additional disciplines engaged in this rapidly growing field of research, including experts representing patient advocacy, law, government science policy, as well as regulatory policy.  June 8, 2021 from noon-1 p.m. ET; Virtual Meeting The second talk in the spring 2021 Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series presented by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health is by Dr. Alicia Heapy of the Yale School of Medicine/Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. Evidence supports behavioral and self-management therapies for people with chronic pain; however, there are many obstacles to their widespread implementation and uptake. Technology offers a way to address a number of such barriers. |
In case you missed it... If your small business plans to apply for Phase I SBIR/STTR funding from the National Institutes of Health, please note that the deadline to apply is May 20 at 5 p.m. ET. NIH is especially interested in applicationsfromsocially/economically disadvantaged small businesses,women-owned small business, andsmall businesses located in underrepresented areas. The AAP is not available to companies who have a current SBIR/STTR application under review with the same scope of work, or previously funded through NIH SBIR/STTR program, or to support preparation of a Fast Track or Phase II application. | 
