Parenting in a Time of COVID
Guest post by Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., NIH Associate Director for Science Policy, originally released on the Under the Poliscope blog Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Science Policy, NIH Next week marks the one-year anniversary of NIH shifting to maximum telework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like employers and employees across the country, overnight we needed to adapt our entire enterprise and reinvent our jobs in the virtual workplace. Coincidentally, next week is also when with a deep breath and a big hug, I send my six year old back to school in person, masked up and excited to meet his 1st grade...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 9, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Carrie Wolinetz Tags: blog Open Mike COVID COVID-19 Source Type: funding

Dear Colleague Letter: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Supplemental Funding for Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Scholars in Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21047/nsf21047.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21047/nsf21047.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf21047Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - February 16, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-125 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single high-priced, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. The BIG Program is limited to institutions that have not received substantial S10 instrumentation awards of a total of $250,001 or greater in any of Federal fiscal years 2018-2020. The minimum award is $25,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $250,000. Instruments s...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Spectrum and Wireless Innovation enabled by Future Technologies (SWIFT)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 5, 2021 Program Guidelines: NSF 21-539The National Science Foundation's Directorates for Engineering (ENG), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS), and Geosciences (GEO) are coordinating efforts to identify new concepts and ideas on Spectrum and Wireless Innovation enabled by Future Technologies (SWIFT). A key aspect of the SWIFT program, now in its second year, is its focus on effective spectrum utilization and/or coexistence techniques, especially with passive uses, ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - February 3, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Dear Colleague Letter: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21044/nsf21044.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21044/nsf21044.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf21044Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - February 3, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program: Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Data Modeling and Bioinformatics Center (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-21-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for the Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Data Modeling and Bioinformatics (AIMDMB) Center to join the Nutrition for Precision Health consortium (https://commonfund.nih.gov/nutritionforprecisionhealth). Awards made through this FOA will generate actively learning algorithms to predict human response to different foods, nutrients, food components, and dietary patterns as well as advance understanding, from the individual and population level, of longitudinal dynamics from multimodal data w...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 21, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 16, 2021 Program Guidelines: NSF 21-530The purpose of this interagency program solicitation is to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - January 17, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Dear Colleague Letter: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Supplemental Funding in Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21028/nsf21028.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21028/nsf21028.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf21028Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - December 5, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program (CISE-MSI Program)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21533/nsf21533.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21533/nsf21533.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf21533Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - November 21, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Reminder: NIH Policy on Use of Hypertext in NIH Grant Applications
The use of hypertext (e.g. hyperlinks and URLS) in NIH applications is restricted due to concerns including reviewer confidentiality, “overstuffing” applications, review consistency, and malware. There is no change in the NIH policy on the use of hyperlinks. The policy, documented in the NIH SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and a recent reminder Guide Notice, reads: Hyperlinks and URLs are only allowed when specifically noted in funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and form field instructions. The use of hyperlinks is typically limited to citing relevant publications in biosketches and publication lists. It is ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit hyperlinks hypertext Source Type: funding

MAT Waiver Eligibility Training
A free online and computer-based training series for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that satisfies some of the requirements to obtain a waiver for prescribing buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS), The American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 25, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Free Registration for the Fall 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration!
No plane tickets, hotel costs, or food budgets to worry about! In fact, no registration fees either! The NIH is bringing the Fall 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration direct to your computer…free of charge, Tuesday, October 27 – Friday, October 30! This event is designed to demystify the NIH grant application and review process! Register today at https://nihvirtualseminar2020.vfairs.com/ and be sure to check out all the networking opportunities taking place during the seminar. For instance, the Meet the Experts page highlights all of the NIH Institutes and Centers, offices and speci...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 8, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Calendar Source Type: funding

NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-283 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and their health care providers. Access to useful, usable, understandable health information is an important factor when making health decisions. Proposed projects should exploit the capabilities of computer and information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their health care providers. Because this FOA focuses on ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 19, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Disseminating and Implementing Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Evidence into Practice through Interoperable Clinical Decision Support
Funding Opportunity PA-20-074 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites R18 grant applications that disseminate and implement patient-centered outcomes research evidence in clinical practice by scaling computer-based, interoperable clinical decision support. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 17, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20593/nsf20593.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20593/nsf20593.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf20593This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - August 4, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding