News on Research Funding and Upcoming Meetings

Theres a lot of news to share this week about research funding from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) and about upcoming scientific meetings that you can attend virtually.

Research Funding

• Changes to NIH Applications and Peer Review: Multiple changes are coming in early 2025 that will affect the submission and review of NIH grant applications. The changes will affect most research project grants, fellowships, and training grants. Get the details here.
• Reissue of the Funding Opportunity for Feasibility Trials of the NIH Music-Based Interventions Toolkit: The notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for proof-of-concept feasibility trials of the NIH Music-Based Interventions Toolkit for research on brain disorders of aging has been reissued as PAR-24-168. The new due dates for applications are June 20 and October 21, 2024. The previous NOFO, PAR-23-256, was terminated early to correct responsiveness and review criteria. A summary of the technical assistance webinar for that NOFO is available on our website.

• New Funding Opportunity for REACH Virtual Resource Centers: NCCIH intends to publish a U24 funding opportunity to solicit applications for REsearch Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Virtual Resource Centers. These Centers will foster institutional partnerships and provide resources to support research activities and research training for faculty at partnering complementary and integrative health clinical institutions, such as schools of acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathy, naturopathy, physical therapy, and music and art therapy. Find out more from this notice: NOT-AT-24-037.

• New CARBON Funding Opportunities: NCCIH and the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) have three current funding opportunities within the Consortium for Advancing Research on Botanical and Other Natural Products (CARBON) programone for botanical dietary supplements translational research teams, one for leveraging data at scale to understand natural product impacts on whole person health, and one for a research resource for natural product nuclear magnetic resonance data. You can find out more about CARBON in this message from the director of ODS.

• CARBON Technical Assistance Webinars: NCCIH and ODS will hold technical assistance webinars for two of the CARBON funding opportunitiesone for RFA-AT-24-008 Leveraging Data at Scale to Understand Natural Product Impacts on Whole Person Health on Tuesday, April 30, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, and one for RFA-OD-24-014 Botanical Dietary Supplements Translational Research Teams on Tuesday, May 7, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET.

Upcoming Meetings

• Cannabinoid Principal Investigators MeetingThe investigators who are conducting NIH-funded research on the analgesic properties of minor cannabinoids and terpenes will hold a virtual meeting on June 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. In addition to presenting updates on their projects, they will discuss current barriers and opportunities in cannabinoid research considering recent regulation and legislation changes. Register now to watch the livestream.
• Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals WorkshopNCCIH and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will hold a 2-day workshop on June 10 and 11, 2024, to stimulate discussion about and interest in researching ways to reduce and mitigate the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in people who have been exposed. Members of the public can attend virtually. Register now.

• Force-Based Manipulation Investigator MeetingThe three NIH-funded force-based manipulation research networks will hold a joint meeting on June 28, 2024. Members of the public are invited to join the open session virtually from 10 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. ET. This session will feature updates from the trans-network scientific working groups and a keynote presentation by Dr. Valeria Vsquez of UTHealth Houston. Register now.