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).

• Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for the Fall 2020 Due Dates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NOT-OD-20-122)

• 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.

• NIH is launching Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa), an NIH Common Fund program, to explore how advances in data science applied in the African context can spur new health discoveries and catalyze innovation. Publication dates of NIH DS-I Africa Funding Opportunity Announcements are estimated for July 2020.

  Registration is open to participate in interactive components of the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform. The Platform will be open from July through November 2020 with several online events and networking tools available to participants.
  
  > Register for the DS-I Africa Virtual Symposium Platform

• Tobacco Use and HIV in Low and Middle-Income Countries (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-CA-20-037)
  Application Receipt Date: September 24, 2020

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

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) (PA-20-251)
  Application Receipt Date(s): Standard dates apply
  Note: An individual may request support for training abroad.
• Development of Standard Core Clinical Outcomes Assessments (COAs) and Endpoints (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-FD-21-004)
  Application Receipt Date(s): October 14, 2020

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

• Innovating for Impact Awards from the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) celebrate the research partnerships and political champions that help transform breakthrough scientific research into lifesaving drugs, diagnostics, vaccines and other health tools for devastating, unmet global health challenges.
  Nomination deadline: July 31, 2020

Featured Fogarty News and Information

• Former Fogarty grantee Dr Christian Happi leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa

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