Funding Opportunities

Concepts represent early planning stages for program announcements, requests for applications, notices of special interest, or solicitations for Council's input. 

Request for Applications—proposed FY 2022 initiative

Understanding the Role of the M. Tuberculosis Granuloma in Tuberculosis (TB) Disease and Treatment Outcomes

Objective: To support research to better define the role of the granuloma, the hallmark structure of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), in TB disease and disease outcomes. Improved understanding of the granuloma will provide a much-needed knowledge base for developing improved drugs, including host-directed therapies.

Contact: Karen Lacourciere

Tuberculosis Research Advancement Centers (TRACs)

Objective: To foster, support, and elevate multidisciplinary tuberculosis (TB) research and provide exceptional mentorship to early-career investigators at institutions with a concentration of TB researchers and a minimum TB funded research base (FRB).

Contact: Lakshmi Ramachandra

You can find more information in: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/

Purpose: this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages joint applications for the Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training programs from U.S. and low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. The application should propose a collaborative training program that will strengthen the capacity of a LMIC institution to conduct infectious disease research not including HIV/AIDS. FIC will support research-training programs that focus 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.  Training related to prevention, treatment or public health approaches to any technical area of basic, epidemiology, clinical, behavioral or social science health research may be supported.  Research Training programs should incorporate didactic, mentored research and professional development skills components to prepare individuals for careers that will have significant impact on the priority health research needs of LMICs.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows support of trainees as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or a separate ancillary clinical trial or proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and professional development.

Application Due Date(s): August 14, 2020

All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on the listed date(s).

Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-229.html

Funding Opportunity Purpose: The NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant supports exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research.

Application Due Date(s): The first standard application due date for this FOA is June 16, 2020. Standard dates apply.

AIDS Application Due Date(s): The first AIDS application due date for this FOA is September 7, 2020. Standard AIDS dates apply.

All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of AIDS and AIDS-related applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on the listed date(s). Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.

Companion Funding Opportunity

PA-20-194, NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21, Clinical Trial Required)

PA-20-195, NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) and Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)

Funding Opportunity Purpose: The NIH Research Project Grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on their scientific missions.

Application Due Date(s): The first application due date for this FOA is June 5, 2020. Standard dates apply.

AIDS Application Due Date(s):  The first AIDS application due date for this FOA is September 7, 2020. Standard AIDS dates apply.

All applications are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of AIDS and AIDS-related applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on the listed date(s).

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-185.html

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-183.html

Application Due Date(s): July 15, 2020; July 15, 2021; July 15 2022, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s): August 19, 2020; August 19, 2021; August 19, 2022, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications from organizations/institutions in eligible foreign countries that propose research related to infectious diseases that are of interest/importance to that country.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-108.html

Inhibition of Host Heme Oxygenase-1 as an Adjunctive Treatment to Improve the Outcome of Conventional Antibiotic Chemotherapy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) Infection

This invention describes the adjunctive use of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) inhibitors to improve the outcome of conventional antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis. The existent standard of care requires prolonged administration of drug. Due to the long duration of treatment, methods that can more rapidly control tuberculosis in patients are clearly needed.

NIAID researchers have discovered that inhibition of host HO-1 reduces Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growth in vivo and, more importantly, when used as an adjunct to conventional chemotherapy, results in a marked improvement in pulmonary bacterial control. In particular, it was found using a mouse model that HO-1 inhibitors enhance bacterial clearance when used in conjunction with conventional antibiotic therapy. Further, no obvious toxic side effects were found. Since this host-directed strategy does not directly target the pathogen itself, it may have an added advantage as a treatment for infections with antibiotic-resistant Mtb strains.

Licensing Contact:
James Robinson,
Email: james.robinson4@nih.gov
Phone: 301-761-7542

More information: https://www.ott.nih.gov/technology/e-174-2016

Due Dates: January 8, 2020; January 8, 2021; January 10, 2022

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of innovative clinical, preclinical and non-clinical research to determine the potential of MDSCs as a target for host-directed therapeutics for tuberculosis in the context of HIV co-infection, and to better understand the role of host-induced immunosuppression in the progression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis.

R01: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-357.html

R21: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-19-364.html

Pre-proposals due November 28, 2018

The Clinical Scientist Development Award consists of $150,000 annual direct costs plus $15,000 (10 percent) annual indirect costs for three years. The priority of the CSDA program is to fund outstanding individuals with potential for clinical research careers, whose projects will address highly significant research questions and lead to career advancement. DDCF does not have funding priorities based on disease area or research type.

http://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/medical-research/goals-and-strategies/encourage-and-develop-clinical-research-careers/clinical-scientist-development-award/

Application due: November 1, 2018

Website: www.vumc.org/vecd

The VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship is a one-year NIH-funded opportunity for pre- and postdoctoral trainees from Vanderbilt, Emory, Cornell, and Duke Universities and partner institutions interested in working in low-resource settings.

The fellowship is open to:

• Postdoctoral trainees within three years of their last major training (i.e. degree program, residency, fellowship)
• Advanced doctoral students currently enrolled in health-related doctoral programs