Deadline: 23 August 2018
Applications are now open for the Planning Grant for Fogarty HIV Research Training Program to support research training that strengthens HIV research capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). This grant programme will maximize prior investments in research and research training, further strengthen the LMIC institution’s research and research training capabilities, and provide more accessible research training opportunities to others in their own country and in other LMICs.
A planning grant provides support for LMIC institutions to consult their partners, assess strengths and gaps in research and research training capacity, and plan an HIV research training program that can be submitted for funding.
The program provides opportunities for U.S and LMIC institutions to collaborate with their partners, including HIV Research Networks with LMIC sites, to fill gaps in training in a particular area that will strengthen HIV research capacity at the proposed LMIC institutions or Network sites. Applicants should design HIV research training programs for LMIC scientists and staff at LMIC institutions or Network sites so that trainees can address both long-standing and emerging HIV research questions.
This approach will allow applicants to be more responsive to research needs at an LMIC institution(s) and enhance the capacity for LMIC institutions to collaborate with NIH, U.S. Government, other donors and LMICs in their HIV/AIDS efforts.
The FIC, with co-funding from other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (I/C/O), provided almost 30 years of support to enhance HIV research through HIV research training programs. Awards supported research training of LMIC scientists who participated in important HIV research conducted at LMIC institutions in partnership with U.S. and other international scientists and scientific institutions.
Objectives
The objectives of the planning grant are to:
- Engage new or solidify existing relationships with individual and institutional partners who will be involved in the envisioned research training program.
- Define an organizational structure to support the future research training program.
- Define the pool of potential trainees from the LMIC or, if relevant, from the LMIC Network sites, to be recruited for a future research training program.
- Design research training approaches that address the selected HIV scientific focus.
- Organize and submit an application in response to D43 FOA.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) in LMICs eligible for support under FIC International Training grants.
- Applications that propose to plan research training to support a Network and LMIC Network sites should be submitted by one of their LMIC Network site institutions.
- The applicant institution must assure support for the proposed program. Appropriate institutional commitment to the program includes the provision of adequate staff, facilities, and educational resources that can contribute to the planning process and future planned program.
- If relevant, the Network and Network sites are expected to demonstrate commitment and tangible support to the proposed planning process and future training program.
- Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)
- Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research training program as the Training Program Director/Principal Investigator (Training PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
- Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
- For institutions/organizations proposing multiple PDs/PIs, visit the Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy and submission details in the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For further information, please visit NIH.