Infrastructure Development Training Programs for Critical HIV Research at Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-22-153 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The overall goal of the Fogarty International Center (FIC) HIV Research Training Program is to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct HIV research on the evolving HIV epidemic in their countries.This FOA encourages collaborative applications from U.S. and LMIC institutions to support training to achieve technical, administration and financial management expertise required for one of the six research infrastructure functions considered critical to a successful high quality researc...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 21, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 5 Grants
Funding for projects in Region 5 (western U.S.) that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; and improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information. Geographic coverage: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - March 29, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 2 Grants
Funding for projects in Region 2 (southern U.S.) that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; and improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information. Geographic coverage: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - March 28, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

It ’s Not a Grant…It’s Not a Contract…It’s an Other Transaction!
You have likely heard about NIH establishing one of the most diverse health databases in history, aiming for at least a million participants. What about our search for new, more targeted pain treatments? Maybe the long-COVID cohort study? Or our cloud computing activities to enhance data access? Aside from these all being quite ambitious projects, they have something else in common. They are all supported through one of NIH’s Other Transactions Authorities. What does this mean? “Other Transactions” are not grants. They are neither contracts nor cooperative agreements. Other Transactions are a unique type of legal fun...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 23, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike funding Funding data other transactions Source Type: funding

NEI Research Grant for Vision-Related Secondary Data Analysis (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-22-141 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to fund meritorious vision-related research projects that involve secondary data analyses using existing database resources. The development of statistical methodology necessary for improving methods to analyze vision health data using existing vision data may also be proposed. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIDCD National Human Ear Resource Network (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The objective of this Funding Opportunity Annoucement (FOA) is to fund several laboratories to create a collaborative network, NIDCD National Human Ear Resource Network, to serve as a national technological resource for auditory and vestibular researchers who use human inner and middle ear tissues for a range of basic and clinical studies. The Network will also serve as a nucleus for expanding the use of human temporal bones in the research community and to facilitate communication and collaboration between laboratories, both Network laboratories and non-Network laboratories, using human temporal bones. The Network laborat...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 11, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

TechQuity Project Award
Funding for projects in Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 1 to purchase technology and provide online resource training that will improve health, and digital equity to underserved communities impacted by the digital divide. Geographic coverage: Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - February 7, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Health Information Outreach Award: Region 6
Funding for projects in Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 6 that improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information. Geographic coverage: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - February 7, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Express Health Information Outreach Award
Funding for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of consumers caregivers, students, and other members of the public to find and use health information. Priority points will be awarded to projects that focus on health disparity populations. Geographic coverage: Region 3 states which include Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - February 1, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Health Information Outreach Award: Region 1
Funding for projects in Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 1 that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; or improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information. Geographic coverage: Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia -- National Institutes of Health, 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 - January 28, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Webinar Available on Searches for Alternatives to Animals
The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare hosted a live webinar in December 2021 entitled, “Best Practices for Conducting a Search for Alternatives and Finding Animal Model/Model Organism Information.” The panelists included Jessie Kull from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Information Center and Joelle Mornini from the NIH Library. View this recording to learn how to find: 3Rs methods (replacement, reduction, and refinement) and animal use alternative information in bibliographic databases Journal articles, patents, NIH-funded research projects, and genetic information related to animal models and ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 6, 2022 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources Alternatives to Animals Animal Welfare webinar Source Type: funding

HEAL Initiative: HEAL Data2Action (HD2A) Data Infrastructure Support Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DA-22-052 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This FOA seeks applications for a single Data Infrastructure Support Center to support the HEAL Data-to-Action (D2A) Innovation Grants. Key activities for this Support Center would include (1) providing tailored data infrastructure and resources to support the Innovation Grants in identifying, merging, and analyzing existing records or data systems to forecast service needs or gaps and to monitor improvements resulting from strategic implementation of new interventions; (2) facilitating access to key datasets that may be of broad interest to ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 3, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization Effort: Beta Releases Now Available
Guest post by Anna M. Fine, PharmD, MS, acting director of ClinicalTrials.gov at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Originally released on the Musings from the Mezzanine blog.  Earlier this year, we provided an update on NLM’s efforts to modernize ClinicalTrials.gov, the world’s largest publicly accessible database of privately and publicly funded clinical trials. NLM released a request for information, hosted public webinars, and adopted a user-centered design approach intended to help ensure that modernization is responsive to user needs. These activities, together with input from th...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 10, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Anna Fine Tags: blog Open Mike Clinicaltrials.gov Source Type: funding

NIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-22-065 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications for support of national or regional resources that will provide access to state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, technologies, research tools, software, and/or service to a substantial user base at institutions across multiple states (regional) or the country (national). These resources should already be established, although new resources formed through consolidation of multiple local or regional facilities are also eligible. They should be poised to achieve or already have ac...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 29, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

FORMS-G – We’re Ready, Are You?
Hopefully, you’ve seen our notices (NOT-OD-22-018; NOT-OD-21-169 ), tweets, and previous Nexus posts (Goodbye FORMS-F, Hello FORMS-G; Goodbye DUNS, Hello UEI) regarding our pending transition to an updated set of grant application forms we refer to as FORMS-G. If so, you already know that you must use FORMS-G forms for grant application due dates on or after January 25, 2022 and FORMS-F for due dates on or before January 24, 2022. You might have even started preparing your FORMS-G application. Here are a few updates and tips to help navigate the transition. The How to Apply – Application Guide page includes appli...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 18, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories application forms FORMS-G Source Type: funding