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. Special Announcements ISPN to host Catalytic Grant Fund Webinar The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) and UN Foundation will host an informational webinar on March 5, 2024 at 10am and 5pm CET, to address questions regarding application submissions for the Catalytic Grant Fund. The fund is housed by the UN Foundation on behalf of ISPN. Grant funding is available for IPSN members from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Registration information Date and time(s): March 5, 2024 at 10am and 5pm CET Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) Application deadline: March 8, 2024 GACD: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in Cities Application deadline: March 11, 2024 Mobile Health (mHealth) Application deadline: March 22, 2024 Funding opportunities on which Fogarty is a partner: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-22-106) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-22-109) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. Administrative supplements for current grantees: Current Fogarty grantees can apply for supplementary funds via the notices below: Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethical Issues (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) Application due date: March 31, 2024 Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) Application due date: March 31, 2024 Funding Opportunities NIH and FDA funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration: Public Health Regulatory Systems Strengthening - U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed (RFA-FD-24-015) Application due date: February 29, 2024 NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations and/or foreign components of U.S. organizations may apply: Transformative Research on the Basic Mechanisms of Polysubstance use in Addiction (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional) (RFA-DA-25-043) Application due date: July 17, 2024 Translational Neural Devices (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-24-151) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. BRAIN Initiative: Scaled reagent resources for brain cell type-specific access across vertebrate species (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-MH-25-100) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply: Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-AG-25-002) Application due date: July 2, 2024 BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-MH-25-105) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-OD-24-007) Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. Other Funding News Other funding updates that may be of interest to global health researchers. General NIH notices: Request for Information (RFI): Proposed Use of Common Data Elements (CDEs) for NIH-Funded Clinical Research and Trials Response date: April 20, 2024 Notices of changes to NIH funding opportunities: Notice of Change to Key Dates for PAR-24-062, "Phased Research to Support Substance Use Epidemiology, Prevention, and Services Studies (R61/R33 Clinical Trials Optional)" (NOT-DA-23-053) Notices of intent to publish funding opportunities: Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIAMS Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required) NIH Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs): Telehealth Research in Cancer Care (NOT-CA-24-033) Expiration date: May 16, 2024 Research supplements to promote workforce diversity and enhance utility and use of Common Fund datasets (NOT-RM-24-003) Expiration date: July 1, 2024 Non-NIH funding opportunities: Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Network is seeking science and technology start-ups from over 130 countries to participate in their 2024 GIST Business Incubation. Application deadline: February 28, 2024 The USAID Science for Development Fellowships application is now open. The fellowship is a two-year experiential professional development opportunity for American scientists and engineers to work at USAID and apply their expertise and research skills to inform the U.S. governmentâs international development activities. Application deadline: February 29, 2024 The Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx) has launched their Climate Health Innovation Equity Fund (CHIEF) Call for Innovators aimed at identifying and showcasing 20 pioneering solutions during the HIEx Convergence Marketplace which coincides with the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 29. Application deadline: February 29, 2024 CRDF Global is accepting proposals from Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) to support early-stage investigators from India working in the field of HIV/AIDS research. Note: Applications should come from CFARs and identify at least one Indian fellowship candidate. Applications from individuals will not be accepted. Letters of intent due: March 1, 2024 Application deadline: July 31, 2024 The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program is now accepting projcet requests and scholarship applications. The program is for African institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and member institutions of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and partner universities with the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) to host an African-born scholar to work on projects in research collaboration, graduate student teaching/mentoring and curriculum co-development. Application deadline: March 4, 2024 The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise of IAS â the International AIDS Society has opened applications are open for the 2024 HIV Vaccine Science Academy. The academy awards fellowships to 15 early- to mid-career investigators and clinical scientists to take part in workshops on HIV vaccine research with international experts. The academy will take place in Rwanda, May 7-9, 2024. Selected participants will receive full travel support. Application deadline: March 13, 2024 The Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital Innovation, Visualization, and Application (MADIVA) research hub is seeking to seed one pilot project to develop research applicants to inform individual and public health challenges in Africa through data science. Application deadline: March 13, 2024 The Donald Krogstad Award for Early-Career Malian Scientists will provide funding of $25,000 US total for up to two years for scientists from Mali to pursue research in tropical medicine and/or public health with the goal of improving the lives of Malians. Available only to citizens of Mali currently living and working in Mali. Application deadline: March 14, 2024 The Global Health Corps U.S. Fellowship application is now open. The GHC Fellowship in the U.S. identifies diverse, high-potential, emerging public health leaders and provides them with the leadership training, coaching, network, and resources to excel in their careers and advance health equity. Application deadline: March 14, 2024 The 2nd International Paediatric HIV Symposium in Africa is accepting applications for its Implementation Science Research Grant program. Applicants should be eary-career researchers who are nationals of a low- or middle-income country in Africa. Application deadline: March 15, 2024 Halcyon House  is now accepting applications for their Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Fellowship and Africa Climate Fellowship to drive climate impact with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. State Department. Application deadline: March 22, 2024 The Wellcome Trust (UK), Volkswagen Foundation (Germany) and Novo Nordisk Foundation (Denmark) have initiated a joint call to promote transdisciplinary approach to research on how mobility and health are interlinked, influencing the general health, various health determinants and the well-being of local and mobile populations, and how the effects of mobility could be addressed in a sustainable way. Application deadline: March 25, 2024 The Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer for Global Health (PORTENT) Center is now accepting applications a global health funding opportunity for teams developing point of care diagnostic technologies based on our criteria and those who need support for clinical validation, commercialization or regulatory expertise, manufacturing, training, or technology development skills to bring their product to market. Application deadline: March 31, 2024 Featured News and Information Fogarty News Unraveling Roots: A Journey through DNA, Identity, and Family History  â Dr. Peter Kilmarx Medium, February 2024 The HIV-2 proviral landscape is dominated by defective proviruses, co-authored by Fogarty trainee Catherine K. Koofhethile and Fogarty grant recipient Roger Shapiro AIDS, March 2024 Finding the connection between malaria and brain development: Q&A Chandy John, MD, MS Global Health Matters, January/February 2024 NIH News Statement: Long-Acting HIV Treatment Demonstrates Efficacy in People with Challenges Taking Daily Medicine as Prescribed NIAID News, February 21, 2024 Training Opportunities Access free bilingual webinars on public health The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosts multiple webinars per year on public health topics. Most webinars are conducted in English and Spanish, others are also offered in Portuguese. Webinars in English from PAHO Seminarios Web de Organización de la Salud (español) Webinars de Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde (português) Manuscript, Abstract & Poster Submission Opportunities Journal of Health and Pollution (JHP) is now accepting manuscript submissions. JHPâ¯is focused on research addressing environmental health issues in lower-resource areas with less-developed research infrastructures. WHO Seeks Papers on Sexual Health and Well-being will be a part of a WHO Bulletin issue on sexual health, focused on sexual health and well-being, and address diverse aspects, from reproductive health to societal norms. Submission deadline: March 1, 2024 The UTMB health International Symposium on One Health Research: Improving Food Security and Resilience is now accepting abstract and poster submissions. UTMB is offering $250 travel awards to the presenting author for each of the top ten abstracts. Submission deadline: March 8, 2024 Symposium dates: April 21-23, 2024, Galveston, Texas The Disaster Research Response (Dr2) Network hosted by NIEHS is inviting poster submissions for their upcoming workshop in Japan. Submission deadline: April 1, 2024 Workshop dates: May 31 â June 1, 2024 Events Events for global health researchers: Global Warming and Human Adaptation Date: February 27 Location: Virtual Speaker: Gabriel Vecchi, Princeton University, and Michael Sawka, Georgia Institute of Technology Part of the NIH Demystifying Medicine lecture series Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) Date: March 3-6 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Assessing the Burden and Potential Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance: A Workshop Date: March 4 & 5 Location: Virtual Hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Joint 24th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim Date: March 5-8 Location: Incheon, South Korea Hosted by the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) |