Deadline: 25 July 2019
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is currently seeking applications from eligible entities for its Planning Grant for Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications for a Planning Grant for Global Infectious Disease Research Training program from LMIC research institutions.
Priority Areas
The application should propose a planning process with U.S. collaborators and a detailed vision for a research training program to strengthen the capacity of a LMIC institution to conduct infectious disease research that focuses on:
- major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases
- neglected tropical diseases
- infections that frequently occur as co-infections in HIV infected individuals or
- infections associated with non-communicable disease conditions of public health importance in LMICs.
Program Objectives
The objectives of the Planning Grant for the Global Infectious Disease Research Training program are:
- To assess the existing research and research training capacity in the proposed infectious disease scientific area directly relevant to the LMIC health priorities at the applicant institution in order to justify the need for additional research training;
- To develop a detailed vision and strategies for implementing an innovative research training and career development program for multiple scientists and health research professionals to strengthen the applicant LMIC institution’s capacity to conduct independent, sustainable infectious disease research;
- To identify the research training, faculty development, scientific environment and administrative resources needed to undertake such a research training program;
- To define a pool of the best potential LMIC trainees that could be recruited and the selection process for future research training;
- To define the collaborations and roles of all individual and institutional partners for an effective organizational structure that will support the envisioned research training program.
Award Information
Applications budgets are limited to $46,000 (total direct costs). The maximum project period is 1 year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)
- The sponsoring 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 the future planned program.
- Only higher education institutions in LMICs are eligible to apply.
- Applications may be submitted by an eligible foreign institution in a LMIC with a collaborating U.S. institution.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries
Armenia, Indonesia, Samoa, Bangladesh, Kenya, São Tomé and Principe, Bhutan, Kiribati, Senegal, Bolivia, Kosovo, Solomon Islands, Cape Verde, Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Lao PDR, Sudan, Congo, Rep., Lesotho, Swaziland, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Syrian, Djibouti, Micronesia, Tajikistan, Egypt, Moldova, Timor-Leste, El Salvador, Morocco, Ukraine, Georgia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Ghana, Nicaragua, Vanuatu, Guatemala, Nigeria, Vietnam, Guyana, Pakistan, West Bank and Gaza, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Yemen, India, Philippines, Zambia, and United States.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.