Fogarty HIV Research Training Program to conduct Research relevant to HIV epidemic

Deadline: 20-Aug-20

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a call for applications for research training programs to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct HIV research relevant to the evolving HIV epidemic in their country.

Funding Information

Application budgets are limited to $280,000 in direct costs per year exclusive of consortium indirect costs.
The maximum project period is 5 years.

Research Areas

basic, epidemiologic, clinical, behavioral, and social science research across HIV prevention, care, and treatment;
pathophysiology and therapeutics research to address HIV infection, the effects of HIV on body systems, and HIV’s interaction with other co-morbidities and co-infections;
implementation, operations, health services, and health systems research to improve the HIV prevention, care and treatment care continuum;
research on integrated bio-behavioral HIV prevention, care, and treatment among high-risk populations, including polysubstance drug (injection and non-injection) and alcohol use;
research on HIV co-infections, AIDs-defining and HIV-related cancers, neurological and neuro-psychiatric morbidities, and other co-morbidities and health conditions, both infectious and non-infectious, that contribute to HIV transmission or poor health in HIV-infected individuals, including HIV infected substance (drug and alcohol) users;
community-based HIV research, HIV research on complex/multi-component interventions, structural interventions, and comparative effectiveness, and HIV research on impact evaluation or health economics;
cross-disciplinary HIV research among vulnerable or under-researched LMIC populations, including women, substance (drug and alcohol) users, men who have sex with men, transgendered populations, aging populations, orphans, and children;
clinical research for team members to support HIV clinical research and HIV clinical trials;
bio-statistics and bioinformatics research methodologies for enhanced HIV research design, data analysis, data management, and data quality assurance and control to support HIV research;
basic laboratory-based HIV research that will incorporate acquiring laboratory skills, bio-safety practices, and maintenance of laboratory quality assurance as components of research methodologies for conducting HIV clinical research.
The beneficiary of the training supported through this FOA is LMIC institutions. When available and relevant to their objectives, the HIVRT program should optimally leverage in-country institutional research training capacity and leadership.

Eligibility Criteria

Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
Other
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) in LMICs eligible for support under FIC International Training grants (See below for more information on country eligibility)
An application may be submitted by a foreign institution in an eligible low- or middle-income country (LMIC) or by a domestic (U.S.) institution that demonstrates collaboration with an LMIC institution in eligible low- or middle-income country(ies). Collaboration should be documented by joint publications, grants, or previous research training activities.