Deadline: 22-Jul-22
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is inviting applications for Planning Grant Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for LMICs.
The Fogarty HIV Research Training (HIVRT) Program supports research training that strengthens HIV research capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This FOA offers an opportunity for LMIC institutions to submit a planning grant application to participate in the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program.
The overall goal of the Fogarty HIV Research Training (HIVRT) Program is to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in LMICs to conduct HIV research related to the evolving HIV epidemic in their country.
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.
- Ensuring infrastructural needs will be met, such as platforms and connectivity needed for any envisioned eLearning components.
- Organize and develop a training grant (D43) application in response to the D43 FOA.
Funding 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
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than 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 not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339719