NIH: Planning Grant for Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions

Deadline: 20 August 2019

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications from the eligible organizations for a program entitled “Planning Grant for Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions”.

The overall goal of the Fogarty International Center (FIC) HIV Research Training Program is to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct HIV research related to the evolving HIV epidemic in their country.

The program provides opportunities for U.S. and LMIC institutions to collaborate with each other and their partners to fill gaps in training in a particular area that will strengthen HIV research capacity at the proposed LMIC institutions. Applicants should design HIV research training programs such that trainees can address both long-standing and emerging HIV research questions, responsive to the needs of their institutions and countries. The program is also expected to enhance the capacity for LMIC institutions to collaborate with NIH, U.S. Government, other donors and LMICs in their HIV/AIDS efforts.

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 to be recruited for a future research training program. Individual trainees should not be named in this application
Design research training approaches that address the selected HIV scientific focus.
Organize and develop a training grant (D43) application in response to D43 FOA.

Award Information

Application budgets are limited to $28,000 direct costs per year exclusive of consortium indirect costs.
The maximum project period is 2 years.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Organizations
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) in LMICs eligible for support under FIC International Training grants.
- 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 planned program. The planned program must provide a letter of support from all participating institutions.
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 not eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
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.
- The PD(s)/PI(s) should be an established HIV investigator at the applicant institution and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the proposed planning process. The PD(s)/PI(s) is expected to demonstrate a history of relevant collaboration with researchers or faculty at the LMIC institution(s) involved.
- The PD(s)/PI(s) will be responsible for the overall direction, management, day-to day administration, and monitoring/evaluation of the planning process. The PD(s)/PI(s) will be expected to submit all documents and reports as required.