NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities and Policy Notices
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-19-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (DDRCCs). The DDRCCs are part of an integrated program of digestive and liver diseases research support provided by the NIDDK. The purpose of this Centers program is to bring together basic and clinical investigators as a means to enhance communication, collaboration, and effectiveness of ongoing research related to digestive and/or liver diseases. DDRCCs are based on the core concept, whereby shared resources aimed at fostering productivity, synergy, and new research ideas among the funded investigators are supported in a cost-effective manner. Each proposed DDRCC must be organized around a central theme that reflects the focus of the digestive or liver diseases research of the Center members. The central theme must be within the primary mission of NIDDK, and not thematic areas for which other NIH Institutes or Centers are considered the primary source of NIH funding.
Notice NOT-DK-19-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice of Special Interest in Research on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations
Notice NOT-MD-19-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-19-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish core centers that are part of an integrated and existing program of nutrition and/or obesity research. The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORC) program is designed to support and enhance the national research effort in nutrition and obesity. NORCs support three primary research-related activities: Research Core services, a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program, and an Enrichment program. All activities pursued by Nutrition Obesity Research Centers are designed to enhance the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness and multidisciplinary nature of research in nutrition and obesity. The NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centers program consists of 12 Centers, each located at outstanding research institutions with documented programs of excellence in nutrition and/or obesity research.
Funding Opportunity PA-19-217 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) within the Office of the Director (OD) announces the availability of administrative supplements to support research on bioethical issues to develop and evidence base that may inform future policy directions. Applicants may propose to supplement parent awards focused on bioethics or to add a component related to bioethics to a parent award in which bioethics was not the focus. Areas of high priority research include, but are not limited to, the bioethical, legal, and societal implications of the following: New and emerging technology development and use; clinical and non-clinical data sharing; precision and personalized medicine; research privacy and security; learning healthcare systems; crowdsourcing; participant-driven research and consumer generated data; patient/participant representation in research oversight; special and vulnerable population research; individual or community health, treatment, and/or research disparities; issues related to the inclusion of Tribal and American Indian/Alaska Native populations; current and emerging regulatory environments; innovative study design, conduct, management, and oversight; international research; research on stigmatized conditions; historical analyses of bioethics issues; and novel approaches for enhancing bioethics infrastructure and training.
Notice NOT-AG-19-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-CA-19-031 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-CA-19-029 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity RFA-FD-19-021 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The intended outcome of this FOA is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system by assisting State animal food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full implementation of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS). The AFRPS Cooperative agreement will provide funding for State animal food regulatory programs that maintain a FDA animal food safety inspection contract to: Develop and implement the Standards (AFRPS) Enhance animal food safety, and Better direct their regulatory activities at reducing foodborne illness attributed to animal food safety hazards in facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold animal food materials/supplies. In addition, this cooperative agreement may provide funding through regulatory animal food programs for accreditation of laboratories that support animal food programs and may pursue initial accreditation or seek to expand scope of accreditation under the international standard ISO/IEC 17025.
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-219 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program is to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for the completion of research-focused higher degree programs in biomedical fields. This program is limited to applications from training programs at research-intensive institutions (i.e., those with a 3-year average of NIH Research Project Grant funding equal to or above $7.5 million total costs).
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-218 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of undergraduates who complete their baccalaureate degree, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D). This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-based approaches to biomedical training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring, and career development elements to prepare trainees for the completion of research-focused higher degree programs in biomedical fields. This program is limited to applications from training programs at research-active institutions (i.e., those with a 3-year average of NIH Research Project Grant funding less than $7.5 million total costs).
Notice NOT-CA-19-034 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-20-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute invites applications for a Research Coordinating Center (RCC) to support projects from RFA-HL-20-003 Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Risk (DECIPHeR), which will test late-stage (T4) implementation research strategies for optimally and sustainably delivering proven-effective, evidence-based multi-level interventions to reduce or eliminate cardiovascular and/or pulmonary health disparities, and that promote and improve population health in high-burden communities (see RFA-HL-20-003). The DECIPHeR RCC will coordinate activities across all of the DECIPHeR projects, including coordinating and managing in-person and virtual network steering committee meetings and working groups; promoting collaboration and communication among investigators and the broader research community; coordinating network outreach activities; promoting skills development in implementation science; and organizing, implementing, and managing a global implementation data safety and monitoring board (DSMB) and providing clinical study and site monitoring for DECIPHeR awards. For the purpose of this FOA, late-stage (T4) implementation research is defined as research to identify strategies to achieve sustainable uptake of proven-effective interventions into routine clinical and public health practice and community-based settings and maximize the positive impact on population health.
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-20-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications for projects that propose to test T4 implementation research strategies for delivering proven-effective, evidence-based community-level interventions for reducing or eliminating cardiovascular and/or pulmonary health disparities, and that promote and improve population health in high-burden communities. For the purpose of this FOA, T4 implementation research is defined as research to identify strategies to enhance sustainable uptake of proven-effective interventions in routine clinical and public health practice and community-based settings to achieve maximal population health impact.
Notice NOT-AI-19-051 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-NS-19-046 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-20-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement is intended to support a Data Coordinating Center (DCC) to conduct the activities of the BLOODSAFE program. to enhance the availability and delivery of safe blood for transfusion for patients in low or lower-middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The primary responsibilities of the DCC are to coordinate the activities of the research consortium, assist with program oversight by NHLBI, provide expertise in study design and management as well as data management and analysis, develop common measures and outcomes, ensure data quality, and facilitate collaboration and mutual learning among all research teams.
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-20-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement will supportprojectsto enhance the availability and delivery of safe blood to be used for transfusion in patients from low or lower-middle income countries (LLMICs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For example, ensuring that children with malaria or sickle cell disease and pregnant women who suffer from obstetric hemorrhage have access to safe transfusion therapies is of high programmatic interest. BLOODSAFE will support projects that develop and test feasible, effective and sustainable strategies to increase the number of safe blood donors, to improve quality and safety of blood supplies, and to enhance blood delivery to patients in need, especially in remote settings.
Notice NOT-ES-19-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-NS-19-047 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts