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Fogarty International Center

Funding news for global health researchers and partners from Fogarty at NIH

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.

Building Population Health Research Capacity in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (U24) (RFA-MD-15-011)
Application Receipt Date(s): December 09, 2015

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

The Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01) (PA-15-261), (R03) (PA-15-262), (R21) (PA-15-263) and (R15) (PA-15-260)
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
Exploratory Clinical Trials of Novel Interventions for Mental Disorders(R61/R33) (RFA-MH-16-406)
Application Receipt Date(s): July 27, 2015 October 14, 2015; February 17, 2016; June 15, 2016; October 14, 2016
Martin Delaney Collaboratories for HIV Cure Research (UM1) (RFA-AI-15-029)
Application Receipt Date(s): December 07, 2015
Advancing Health Disparities Interventions Through Community-Based Participatory Research (U01) (RFA-MD-15-010)
Application Receipt Date(s): August 03, 2015
NIMHD Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research Focused on Precision Medicine (U54) (RFA-MD-15-013)
Application Receipt Date(s): September 17, 2015
Assay Validation For High Quality Markers For NCI-Supported Clinical Trials(Admin Supp) (PA-15-264)
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 7, 2015; February 9, 2016; July 8, 2016; and more
Oncology Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resources to Encourage Consensus on Quantitative Imaging Methods and Precision Medicine (U24) (PAR-15-266)
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): November 17, 2015, June 14, 2016, November 17, 2016; and more

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

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Centennial Travel Award in Basic Science Tropical Disease Research
Application deadline: June 24, 2015

Funding News

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

Notice of Corrections to PAR-15-173 "Pre-Application for Collaborative Innovation Award, CTSA Program (X02)" (NOT-TR-15-011)
Notice of Change to Key Dates in RFA-AG-16-005 "Characterization of Pro- and Anti-Geronic Proteins and Peptides (R01)" (NOT-AG-15-007) and RFA-AG-16-012 Analyses of Human Datasets and Biospecimens to Characterize Aging-related Phenotypes Relationships to Circulating Polypeptides and Proteins that Reverse or Accelerate Aging Changes (R01)" (NOT-AG-15-008)