A Consortium for Gut-Brain Communication in Parkinsons Disease (U24 Clinical Trial not allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-23-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Parkinsons disease (PD) is the second most common and fastest growing neurodegenerative disorder, with approximately 60,000 Americans diagnosed annually. PD symptoms are not limited to motor dysfunction and more than 50% of patients who develop PD often have a history of bowel complaints affecting nearly all parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) system. These SI symptoms often precede the onset of motor symptoms, indicating that GI dysfunction may be an early manifestation of the disease and the gut may be an unexplored diagnostic and/or therape...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 31, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Research Resource for Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Integrative Health (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AT-24-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This initiative will support a research resource for the continuation of a database of controlled trials of complementary and integrative health interventions, which are useful to those conducting systematic reviews. The research team will need to describe how to establish a database, maintain an existing database, or convert an existing database, as well as how it will be maintained and kept current during the award. The initiative will encourage increasing outreach, access, and availability of the database to a broader scientific community,...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 13, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Arizona Librarians Enhancing Resilient Rural Communities Mini-Grants
Training and mini-grants for small and rural public libraries in Arizona to support innovative projects addressing health and health-related disparities in their communities. Geographic coverage: Arizona -- Arizona Center for Rural Health, Arizona Library Association (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

The Modernized ClinicalTrials.gov Website Is Here
The modernized ClinicalTrials.gov website has an updated design that is visually appealing and easy to read. This new design includes simple web components, such as left-side menus and expandable accordions, that improve navigation and make information readily findable. The website was modernized with plain language in mind to make informational content easier to understand. Learn more about the new design on the National Library of Medicine’s Technical Bulletin. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 27, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Clinical Trials Clinicaltrials.gov Source Type: funding

Analysis of data in the COVID-19 Neuro Databank-Biobank (R03 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-24-025 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is toinvite applications that aggregate and analyze existing data in the COVID-19 Neuro Databank-Biobank (NeuroCOVIDProject).TheNeuroCOVIDProject was establishedin 2020 to serve as a robust national resource to understand theneurological complicationsassociated with COVID-19 and the effects of COVID-19 on pre-existing neurological conditions. The NeuroCOVID Project has collected and curated a wide range of data from the United States and international sites. This NOFO encourages hypothe...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 26, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

ClinGen Genomic Curation Expert Panels (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-199 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. NIH established a clinical genomics infrastructure to develop an openly accessible knowledgebase that promotes data sharing and provides standardized infrastructure and tools for determining the clinical relevance of genetic variants through two initiatives: the Clinical Genomics Resource (ClinGen) and the Clinical Variant Database (ClinVar) of clinical variation. ClinGen defines the clinical relevance of genes and variants for use in precision medicine and research by standardizing clinical annotation and interpretation of variants and implemen...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 6, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Check Out These Public Federal Funding Databases to Learn More About Funding at NIH and Other Federal Agencies
We often recommend NIH RePORT (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools) site to applicants & awardees because it publicly provides reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities, including information on NIH expenditures and the results of NIH-supported research. The RePORT suite includes: NIH RePORTER (RePORT Expenditures and Results) allows users to search for funded projects, investigators, publications, and patents (see this NIH Open Mike blog for more). REPORTER also includes information on research projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Agenc...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 9, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Funding data Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Chemical Analysis Sites (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-23-021 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for Chemical Analysis Sites to serve as part of the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC; http://commonfund.nih.gov/MolecularTransducers). This is a limited competition FOA and open only to the previously funded grantees of MoTrPAC Chemical Analysis sites through RFA-RM-15-010 and RFA-RM-15-011. Awards made through this FOA will support participation of grantees in the MoTrPAC consortium activities and the continuation of the analysis of tissues collected by the MoTrP...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 2, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Bioinformatics Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-23-020 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This limited competition FOA invites applications for a Bioinformatics Center to serve as part of the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC; http://commonfund.nih.gov/MolecularTransducers). The overall goals of the Bioinformatics Center are to provide a database and associated tools for storage and integration of clinical physiological and metabolic data along with multiple types of chemical analysis data derived through metabolomics, proteomics, genomics, transcriptomics, or similar technologies. The Bioinformatics C...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 2, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Tool Tip: Identify NIH Funded Researchers at Your Institution and Beyond with RePORTER
Would you benefit from feedback on your NIH grant application? Or are you seeking advice on NIH funding and how it can support your career progression? Sometimes help is closer than you think! It can be very helpful to tap NIH-funded researchers at your own institution to provide feedback on your application or to serve as mentors. NIH RePORTER is a super easy way to identify NIH-funded investigators at your institution (or elsewhere) who may be willing to help. RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a database of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NI...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Funding data RePORTER Source Type: funding

NNLM Region 6 State Advisory Group (SAG) Illinois Outreach Award
Funding to improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information. The program focus is to address issues of mental health and/or social or environmental health in health disparity populations in Illinois. Geographic coverage: Illinois -- Network of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

ClinicalTrials.gov is Modernizing to Serve You Better
Anna M. Fine, PharmD, MS, Acting Director, ClinicalTrials.gov Guest post by Anna M. Fine, PharmD, MS, Acting Director of ClinicalTrials.gov at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. Originally posted on the Musings from the Mezzanine blog.  ClinicalTrials.gov is the world’s largest database of privately and publicly funded clinical trials. It provides easy access to clinical trial information for millions of users every month—from patients and their advocates to data submitters, data researchers, and the broader public. NLM is in the midst of a multi-year effort to modernize ClinicalTr...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Anna Fine Tags: blog Open Mike Clinical Trials Clinicaltrials.gov human subjects Source Type: funding

Discovery and Development of Natural Products for Cancer Interception and Prevention (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-CA-23-028 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The overall goal of this UG3/UH3 Exploratory/Developmental phased initiative is to support the discovery and development of novel natural products that are safe, nontoxic, and efficacious for cancer interception and prevention. 1. Purpose of UG3: Select clinically relevant targets and develop and validate assays for bioactivity as well as toxicity screening 2. Purpose of UH3 phase: Screening libraries, structure elucidation, full-scale characterization, efficacy testing, and development of the screened agents. (Source: NIH Funding Opportuniti...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 23, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Bioinformatics Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-23-008 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This limited competition FOA invites applications for a Bioinformatics Center to serve as part of the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC; http://commonfund.nih.gov/MolecularTransducers). The overall goals of the Bioinformatics Center are to provide a database and associated tools for storage and integration of clinical physiological and metabolic data along with multiple types of chemical analysis data derived through metabolomics, proteomics, genomics, transcriptomics, or similar technologies. The Bioinformatics C...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 22, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Limited Competition: Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Chemical Analysis Sites (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-23-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for Chemical Analysis Sites to serve as part of the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC; http://commonfund.nih.gov/MolecularTransducers). This is a limited competition FOA and open only to the previously funded grantees of MoTrPAC Chemical Analysis sites through RFA-RM-15-010 and RFA-RM-15-011. Awards made through this FOA will support participation of grantees in the MoTrPAC consortium activities and the continuation of the analysis of tissues collected by the MoTrP...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 22, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding