Emergency Capital Investment Program
Funding for certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) to provide loans, grants, and forbearance for small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and consumers, especially in low-income and underserved communities, that have been disproportionately impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A set aside of $2 billion is available for smaller CDFIs and MDIs with less than $500 million in assets. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Treasury (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 5, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Emergency Competitive Revisions for the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program to Address COVID-19 Public Health Needs
Notice NOT-TR-21-022 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 26, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Training and Technical Assistance Providers for the Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19 Program
Contracts with qualified training and technical assistance providers to work with local health departments that are awardees of the Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19 Program. Topic areas include addressing health equity in emergency response activities; public health communication; and contact tracing, testing, and vaccine administration. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Association of County and City Health Officials (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - February 18, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Notice of Early Expiration of NOT-AI-20-065 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Emergency Awards for Limited Clinical Trials to Evaluate Therapeutic and Vaccine Candidates Against SARS-CoV-2
Notice NOT-AI-21-036 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 17, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Underground Mine Evacuation Technologies and Human Factors Research (U60)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-165 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to provide grant opportunities to universities with graduate programs in both mining and explosives engineering to 1) support research related to mine emergencies, and 2) build on the work of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to address mandates in the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-236) and P.L. 116-94 to advance the safety and health of mine workers in our nation. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 10, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Oregon Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Partner Emergency Response Simulation Team Training
Training opportunity offering two sponsored simulation training events for Oregon Critical Access Hospitals and their EMS agency partners to strengthen their emergency response capabilities. Geographic coverage: Oregon -- Oregon Office of Rural Health (Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - February 4, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: funding
What You Read in 2020
Looking back on 2020 includes seeing how well we have done to capture your interest with our Open Mike blog posts. Did we hit the mark?
Here we analyze page views on the Open Mike blog. Similar to what we did for 2018, below we show the top ten blog posts from 2020 based on overall page views pulled from Google Analytics. We issued 43 blogs last year on many different subjects. Posts on topics that are directly related to grant funding were the ones that were viewed the most.
Rank
Title
Page Views
1
COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunities
51,295
2
COVID-19 Resources for Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 19, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: funding
Reminder: NIH Will Continue to Accept Preliminary Data as Post-Submission Material Through August/October 2021 Councils
In recognition of the fact that COVID-19 may still be adversely affecting the ability of applicants to generate preliminary data, NIH will continue to accept a one-page update with preliminary data as post-submission materials for applications submitted for the August/October 2021 council (beginning with applications submitted for the January 25, 2021 due date for Summer 2021 review meetings), ONLY if the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) used for submission allowed preliminary data in the application (NOT-OD-20-179).
The deadline for submitting all post-submission materials, including preliminary data, will be 30 da...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 13, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories coronavirus COVID-19 preliminary data Source Type: funding
Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)
Grants for fire departments, EMS organizations, and fire academies for equipment, training, personnel wellness programs, capital funding, and collaboration/regional communication efforts. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - January 5, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: funding
Reflections on 2020, Looking Towards 2021
It probably goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyways, what a year 2020 was. Our principal focus throughout the year, of course, was on COVID-19 and its disruptions on NIH-supported research and the workforce. Its effect can still be felt, even many months in, and with various grant flexibilities we put into place.
Though the stress it has caused will be with us for some time longer, our response to this public health emergency was not the only story that will continue into 2021. Our work towards ensuring safe work environments free from harassment, encouraging dialogue on peer review integrity, protecting our nationâ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 4, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Biomedical Workforce COVID-19 reflection Source Type: funding
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Emergency Administrative Supplements to Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Awards to Address 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Needs
Notice NOT-TR-21-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 17, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Oregon Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Partnered Improvement Project
Grant for one Oregon Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and a partner Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency to improve outcomes by strengthening the coordination between pre-hospital and hospital providers, policies, and/or programs. Geographic coverage: Oregon -- Oregon Office of Rural Health (Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - December 8, 2020 Category: Rural Health Source Type: funding
Extended Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency plans that would outline steps needed to recover from temporary, emergency situations, or institutional return-to-the-workplace plans, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contingency plans will not be considered in peer review but, if needed, COVID-19 contingency plans will be requested and carefully considered by NIH staff before funding.
Reviewers will continue to receive instruction to assume that temporary, emergency problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic will be resolved and complications related to COVID-19 should not affect their scores. Reviewers will be ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: funding
Limited Competition for Emergency Competitive Revisions For Novel Biosensing for Screening, Diagnosis and Monitoring of COVID-19 from Skin and the Oral Cavity for Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Radical (RADx-rad)
Notice NOT-OD-21-035 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Flicker Fund
Emergency response funding for pandemic relief and wildfire response in Native communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc. (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - November 13, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
