NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities and Policy Notices
Notice NOT-OD-17-098 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-HD-17-016 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-HL-17-530 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity RFA-NR-17-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications to establish NINR P20 Exploratory Centers. The P20 mechanism is used to support planning for new programs, expansion or modification of existing resources, and studies to explore various approaches to the development of interdisciplinary programs that offer potential solutions to problems of special significance to the mission of the NIH. The P20 may lead to Center sustainability and/or the ability to be funded through other specialized or comprehensive grants.
Funding Opportunity RFA-NR-17-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications to establish NINR P30 Center of Excellence. The P30 mechanism is used to support planning for new programs, expansion or modification of existing resources, and studies to explore various approaches to the development of interdisciplinary programs that offer potential solutions to problems of special significance to the mission of the NIH. The P30 may lead to Center sustainability and/or the ability to be funded through other specialized or comprehensive grants. The purpose of this program is to support NINR P30 Centers of Excellence to enhance interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research for scientists conducting research in multiple complex chronic conditions in human adult populations. This FOA is specifically designed with the intent to support the NINR Common Data Element (CDE) initiative.
Funding Opportunity PA-17-443 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to support investigator-initiated R01 applications that will inform our understanding of the typical and atypical patterns of language and literacy development of dual language learners (DLLs) in the United States. Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of advances in the language sciences and related fields to identify and clarify specific cognitive, linguistic, neurobiological, and sociocultural factors associated with normal and impaired language and literacy acquisition in young DLL populations.
Funding Opportunity PA-17-448 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to support investigator-initiated R21 applications that will inform our understanding of the typical and atypical patterns of language and literacy development of dual language learners (DLLs) in the United States. Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of advances in the language sciences and related fields to identify and clarify specific cognitive, linguistic, neurobiological, and sociocultural factors associated with normal and impaired language and literacy acquisition in young DLL populations.
Notice of Change to Key Dates, PAR-17-242 "Extracellular Vesicles and Substance Use Disorders (R21)"
Notice NOT-DA-17-050 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity PA-17-447 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The reproducibility and comparability of dietary supplement research is enhanced through rigorous analytical characterization of key experimental materials. The publication of analytical methods which have been thoroughly validated for specific, precise, accurate, and sensitive quantitative determination of chemical constituents of dietary supplements therefore makes critical contributions to the rigor and reproducibility of biomedical research. This FOA will build on existing NIH awards to support the performance and publication of formal single-laboratory validation studies of relevant quantitative analytical methods. The methods proposed for validation must be used to identify and quantify chemical constituents (active or marker chemical compounds, adulterants, contaminants) or metabolites thereof in experimental reagents, raw materials, and/or clinical specimens (for example urine or plasma samples). Methods must have been developed or utilized in fulfillment of the active parent grants specific aims. Candidate constituents for quantitative method validation studies may include (but are not limited to): phytochemicals, nutrients, and potentially deleterious substances such as pesticides and mycotoxins. Multi-laboratory validation studies will not be supported through this FOA.
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-18-024 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research on cardiovascular and pulmonary physiologic and health effects of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) exposure. This FOA invites applications addressing the effects of e-cigarettes on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, alone or in combination. Studies involving clinical populations, animal models and/or cell preparations would all be considered responsive. Research may examine the effects of the whole e-cigarette aerosol or of individual components or constituents. Research may also examine where aerosols, components, or constituents deposit in the airways and resulting heart and/or lung consequences.
Notice NOT-CA-17-075 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Notice NOT-CA-17-076 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
Funding Opportunity PA-17-444 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Proposed approaches may include but are not limited to data-generating qualitative and quantitative approaches, legal, economic and normative analyses, and other types of analytical and conceptual research methodologies, such as those involving the direct engagement of stakeholders.
Funding Opportunity PA-17-445 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Research Grant (R03) applications to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection of preliminary data and the secondary analysis of existing data.
Funding Opportunity PA-17-446 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should propose single or mixed methods studies that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies. Of particular interest are studies that explore the implications of new or emerging genomic technologies or novel uses of genomic information.
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-17-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) addresses the need for a robust National Metabolomics Data Repository to store, and make publicly available, raw and processed metabolomic data generated by large NIH programs, individual research grants, and other biomedical research groups. Data, associated metadata, and the essential tools critical for accessing the key information will be housed in a cloud computing environment accessible for searching and reanalysis by the biomedical research community. The Metabolomics Data Repository and Coordination Center (DRCC), created in Stage I of the Common Fund Metabolomics Program, has begun to address this need. In the transition to a National Metabolomics Data Repository, the successful applicant is expected to continue and enhance the current technical capabilities of the Data Repository and create a governance structure that engages the wider metabolomics community to guide the repositorys efforts toward continual technical improvement and expansion and policy development for data deposition, access, and citation.
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-17-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this cooperative agreement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to address key challenges in analyzing and interpreting metabolomics data by developing novel tools to facilitate metabolomics data analysis and interpretation. Specifically, successful awardees will develop new or enhanced computational approaches or tools that facilitate metabolomics data analysis, interpretation, and integration. Generalizable, scalable, and portable solutions appropriate for scientists with limited expertise in informatics are particularly encouraged. Projects are not intended to supplement ongoing metabolomics analyses, but to provide tools for broader use by the biomedical research community.
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-17-013 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to establish Compound Identification Development Cores (CIDC) to develop innovative approaches to enhance compound identification of the most significant, biomedically-relevant unknown metabolites. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to expand the repertoire of biologically relevant compounds that can be quickly and inexpensively identified in high throughput metabolomics experiments. An interdisciplinary approach and partnership among metabolomics experts, biomedical researchers, chemists, and computational experts will be integral to the success of this goal, and advances made through this initiative are expected to be catalytic to the field.
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-17-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications to establish a Stakeholder Engagement and Program Coordination Center (SEPCC) to coordinate the required activities of the Common Fund Metabolomics Program Consortium; to engage the stakeholder community in identifying and developing strategies to address outstanding concerns in the application of metabolomics to biomedical research; and to promote use of Consortium resources by the greater biomedical research community. The Common Fund Metabolomics Program views community engagement and multi-directional communication as essential to overcome challenges in realizing the potential of metabolomics in biomedical research.
Notice of Change to Key Dates, PAR-17-250 "Extracellular Vesicles and Substance Use Disorders (R01)"
Notice NOT-DA-17-051 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts