Deadline: 22 February 2017
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking applications from U.S. or African research institutions for a program entitled “Planning Grant for Emerging Epidemic Virus Research Training for West African Countries with Widespread Transmission of Ebola- Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
The application should propose a collaborative planning process to develop training approaches that will create sustainable research capacity for the early identification, transmission prediction, testing of public health responses, and assessing and addressing long term health sequelae related to emerging viral diseases that have the potential for regional and global pandemics.
Objectives
- The assessment of existing research and research training capacity in the proposed scientific area at a collaborating institution in Guinea, Liberia, and/or Sierra Leone in order to justify the need for a subsequent research training application;
- The collaborative development of a detailed vision and locally appropriate strategies for a future application to implement a thoughtful research training program for multiple scientists and health research professionals from Guinea, Liberia, and/or Sierra Leone that will strengthen an institution’s capacity to conduct independent or collaborative, sustainable research in one of these countries;
- The identification and strengthening of specific research training curricula, appropriate trainee research projects, faculty mentors, scientific environment and administrative resources needed to undertake such a research training program;
- The design of a recruitment and selection process to ensure participation of the best possible trainees from Guinea, Liberia, and/or Sierra Leone in future research training;
- The definition of the roles of all individual and institutional partners for an effective organizational structure that will support the envisioned research training program; and
- The development and submission of an application, jointly prepared by all collaborators, to the appropriate FIC international research training program grant opportunity or other.
Funding Information
- Application budgets are limited to a maximum of $50,000 total costs.
- The maximum project period is one year.
Focus Areas
- Epidemiology research & predictive transmission modeling;
- Public health data management research including the use of GIS mapping, information technology and informatics;
- Operational and implementation research to establish best public health practices in epidemic prevention, management and clinical management of patients, including the use of mobile (mHealth) technologies and applications;
- Social science research including medical anthropology related to relevant cultural practices, health communications and stigma;
- Clinical pathology and treatment research related to health sequelae in viral epidemic survivors, including mental health and trauma and other chronic conditions;
- Research related to palliative care for patients and survivors of viral epidemics
- Biohazard engineering research to develop better infected patient care and medical laboratory equipment, personnel protective gear for healthcare workers, disinfection and waste disposal methods appropriate for low resource health settings;
- Impact on special populations, including people living with HIV/AIDS;
- Basic research and development of point of care diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics up to Phase 1 clinical trials;
- Innovative approaches to conduct research during an outbreak, including ethical issues.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are
Eligible Countries
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d’Ivorie, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and United States.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit grants.gov.