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

Pre-Application Webinar for Suicide Prevention in LMICs

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a pre-application technical assistance webinar to aid potential applicants for RFA-MH-23-260: Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)

• When: May 12, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET
• More information

Just Announced Fogarty Funding Opportunities

Supplemental funds available to study Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias

Fogarty invites applications to expand existing awards that are not currently focused on Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias to allow the research to develop such a focus. 

• Alzheimers-Focused Administrative Supplements for NIH Grants that are Not Focused on Alzheimers Disease
• Expiration date: October 3, 2023

Fellowships for Korean researchers

The Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award offers offers fellowship awards to support biomedical and behavioral research projects in NIH laboratories by young Korean early-stage postdoctoral researchers.

• Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award
• Application deadline: June 1, 2023

Upcoming Deadlines for Fogarty Funding Opportunities

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Opportunities (Intramural)
  Application deadline: May 25, 2023
• Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award
  Application deadline: June 1, 2023
• International Bioethics Training
  Application deadline: June 6, 2023

Upcoming deadlines for all Fogarty funding opportunities

Administrative supplements for current grantees:

Current Fogarty grantees can apply for supplementary funds via the notices below:

• Administrative Supplements to Support Collaborations to Improve the AI/ML-Readiness of NIH-Supported Data
  Application due date: May 16, 2023
• Availability of Administrative Supplements for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project
  Application due date: June 1, 2023

All administrative supplements

Funding Opportunities

NIH and FDA funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration:

• Administrative Supplements to Study the Economics of Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) (NOT-CA-23-052)
  Expiration date: May 31, 2023
• International Research in Infectious Diseases (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-23-023)
  Application due date: August 2, 2023
• Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-23-260)
  Application receipt date: June 20, 2023
• Effectiveness and Implementation Research for Post-Acute Interventions to Optimize Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
  Expiration date: June 21, 2023
• Developing Measures to Advance Access and Quality in Global Mental Health Services (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-MH-23-300)
  Application due date: October 18, 2023
• Implementation Science for Cancer Control in People Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (RFA-CA-23-033) 
  Application due date: December 15, 2023

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

• NINDS Sustainable Transformation of Institutional Research Rigor (STIRR) Program (RC2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-NS-24-020)
  Application receipt date(s): October 17, 2023
• Translating Socioenvironmental Influences on Neurocognitive Development and Addiction Risk (TranSINDA) (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-DA-24-019)
  Application receipt date(s): November 9, 2023
• Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-OD-23-017)
  Application receipt date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:

• Sex Differences in Radiation Research: Models, Underlying Pathways, Biomarkers of Injury, and Medical Countermeasure Responses (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-23-024)
  Application receipt date(s): September 6, 2023
• Center without Walls for PET Ligand Development for Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRDs) (U19 - Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-24-011)
  Application receipt date(s): September 26, 2023

Other Funding News

General NIH notices:

• Pre-application Webinar for RFA-CA-24-005 "Cancer Prevention, Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment Technologies for Global Health (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)"

Notices of changes to NIH funding opportunities:

• NHLBI Supplement to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

Notices of intent to publish funding opportunities:

• Funding Opportunity for National Centers for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB) (P41 Clinical Trials Optional)
• Funding Opportunity for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)

Non-NIH funding opportunities:

• 2023 VinFuture Grand Prize: The prize from the VinFuture Foundation is accepting nominations. The prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry.
  Nomination deadline: May 15, 2023
• Earl S. Tupper postdoctoral fellowship [PDF]: The three-year fellowship from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) allows an outstanding candidate to explore their own research questions across Panama’s rich tropical ecosystem.
  Application deadline: June 1, 2023
• Wellcome Trust Mental Health Awards will support validation of biological, psychological, social or digital markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible.
  Application deadline: June 7, 2023
• Grand Cancer Challenges has announced nine new grant challenges in various areas of cancer research.
  Expressions of interest deadline: June 22, 2023
• Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council has announced its new International Internship Pilot Program open to predoctoral students.
  Application deadline: August 3, 2023

More non-NIH funding opportunities

Featured News and Information

Fogarty News

• Prevalence of dementia in India underestimated
  Global Health Matters
  March/April 2023
• Cesarean deliveries are rising in Rwanda. AI could reduce the risk 
  Science, May 2, 2023
  
  
  • Related Fogarty grant: mHealth-Community Health Worker tool for comprehensive post-cesarean follow-up in rural Rwanda

NIH News

• NIH researchers identify large genetic changes that contribute to dementia risk
  NIH/NIA news, May 8, 2023
• NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms
  NIH/NINDS news, May 5, 2023

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Training Opportunities

• Resource: Vaccine education toolkit for community health workers from Stanford University's Digital Medic includes videos, audio files, and infographics in multiple languages aimed at supporting workers in increasing vaccine acceptance in their communities.
• Ten-week online training in clinical trial operations starts in June: Clinical Trial Operations from the Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), Addis Ababa University, is accepting applications from study coordinators based in Africa.
  
  
  • Course dates: June 5-August 4, 2023

Abstract & Poster Submission Opportunities

• The NIDA International Forum is accepting virtual poster submissions. Posters will be available continuously to registered Forum attendees June 8-June 15.
  
  
  • Meeting dates: June 8–9, 2023
  • Submission deadline: May 15, 2023
• The 13th International Conference on Typhoid & Other Invasive Salmonelloses is accepting abstracts exhibiting original research or innovative programs related to typhoid and other invasive salmonellosis.
  
  
  • Meeting dates: December 5-7, 2023
  • Submission deadline: June 16, 2023
• Frontiers in Public Health is accepting manuscript submissions on the topic of “learning from global food and nutrition insecurity.” Building on the Fogarty-led webinar series, this article collection aims to provide an overview of the evidence, explore existing areas of adaptation, and identify priority research gaps specific to vulnerable communities.
  
  
  • Submission deadline: July 3, 2023
• The World Federation of Neurology is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2023 World Congress of Neurology to be held in Montreal, Canada, in October. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online Journal of the Neurological Science.
  
  
  • Meeting dates: October 15-19, 2023
  • Submission deadline: July 3, 2023

Events

Events for global health researchers:

• May 9-12
  Moputo, Mozambique: INTEREST Conference 
• May 10
  Virtual: New Frontiers in Diabetes Diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa
  Part of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Division of Intramural Research seminar series
• May 11
  Virtual: Global Medicine in China and Taiwan: a Diasporic History
  Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• May 11
  Virtual: Tobacco Control Research in the Middle East and North Africa Region 
  Part of the NCI’s Center for Global Health’s Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series
• May 12
  Virtual: Pre-Application Webinar: Suicide Prevention in LMICs
  Hosted by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• May 15:
  Virtual: A global update on asthma: global burden, access and affordability, and the GINA 2023 strategy 
  Hosted by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)

Fogarty calendar of events

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