Deadline: 20-Aug-20
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking proposals for the Planning Grant for Fogarty HIV Research Training Program supports research training that strengthens HIV research capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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.
- 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.
- Application budgets are limited to $28,000 direct costs per year exclusive of consortium indirect costs.
- The maximum project period is 2 years.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) in LMICs eligible for support under FIC International Training grants.
- 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.
For more information, visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-284.html