Coordinating Center for Canine Cancer Immunotherapy Network (K9CIN; U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-CA-21-051 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will support a coordinating center to facilitate coordination across the Canine Cancer Immunotherapy Network (K9CIN; see U01 awards supported under companion RFA-CA-21-050) that will conduct immunotherapy clinical trials in pet dogs with spontaneous tumors and perform laboratory correlative studies associated with the clinical trials. The network will include a representative from the NCI Comparative Oncology Program (COP) of the NCI's Center for Cancer R...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 27, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
NCI Research Specialist (Laboratory-based Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-285 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This FOA is specifically for laboratory-based scientists. The Research Specialist Award is designed to encourage the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists who want to continue to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded basic, translational, clinical, or population science cancer research program, but not serve as independent investig...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 21, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Request for Information (RFI) on Clarifying the Reporting Requirements for Departures from the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Notice NOT-OD-21-161 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 20, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Webinar Available on IACUC Responsibilities Regarding Service Animals
Are you involved in animal programs or working with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)? Check out this webinar, where Drs. Axel Wolff, from the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, and Ron Banks, from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, discuss laws and regulations relevant to providing access to research facilities for service animals. They define and discuss different categories of animals (e.g., service animals, emotional support animals, psychiatric service dogs, pets) and provide publicly available examples of institutional policies regarding service animals in research faciliti...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 15, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources Animal Welfare Source Type: funding
Political Determinants of Health Learning Laboratory Program
Training and grant funding for leaders to enhance their skills in policy and health equity and to implement projects in their respective communities. The program is actively recruiting leaders from rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Morehouse School of Medicine (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 28, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Standardization of C-Peptide and HbA1C Measurements Program (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DK-21-007 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for a Central Primary Reference Laboratory (CPRL) to provide support for the harmonization and standardization of laboratory measurements critical for clinical research in type 1 diabetes. The CPRL will provide administrative functions to coordinate harmonization efforts among clinical laboratories and commercial suppliers of reagents and methods, and will provide measurements of reference values for C-peptide and HbA1c measurements. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 7, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
8th Annual 3Rs Symposium: Pandemic-Driven Advances June 3-4, 2021 | Virtual
The 8th joint symposium, titled “Pandemic Driven Advances,” organized by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), NIH’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, USDA’s Animal Welfare Information Center, and Johns Hopkins Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology is scheduled for June 3rd and 4th, 2021. Join us as we bring together experts and practitioners to focus on the challenges faced during the pandemic and the successes in effectively using animal models to maximize both biomedical discovery and the 3Rs goal.
Visit CAAT now to view the preliminary agenda and reg...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 4, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Calendar Animal Welfare Source Type: funding
Novel Tools and Devices for Animal Research Facilities and to Support Care of Animal Models (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-226 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications from small business concerns (SBCs) for Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) projects to develop novel tools and devices to improve handling of laboratory animals, to ease the management of animal facilities, and to enhance experiments which use animal models. The intent is to facilitate the design, implementation, and creation of tools and devices to directly benefit the welfare of research animals, and to advance equipment to improve infrastructure and environmental condi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 30, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Novel Tools and Devices for Animal Research Facilities and to Support Care of Animal Models (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-225 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications from small business concerns (SBCs) for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to develop novel tools and devices to improve handling of laboratory animals, to ease the management of animal facilities, and to enhance experiments which use animal models. The intent is to facilitate the design, implementation, and creation of tools and devices to directly benefit the welfare of research animals, and to advance equipment to improve infrastructure and environmental condi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 30, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
New Reviewer Resources for Assessing the Vertebrate Animals Section
Developing your application and wondering how reviewers will assess the vertebrate animal section (VAS)? If so, we encourage you to check out these two new resources, a training module and cheat sheet, which are available on the Consolidated List of Reviewer Documents webpage. The training module highlights what reviewers need to know about the information that must be included in the VAS and assists reviewers in evaluating the VAS. The cheat sheet provides an overview of the criteria required in the VAS including justifications for animal use and interventions to minimize pain, discomfort, and injury.
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Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 14, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources Animal Welfare application Peer review Source Type: funding
Intramural - Extramural Collaboration for Drug Screening with Biofabricated 3-D Disease Tissue Models (UH2/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-TR-21-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote partnerships between intramural investigators at the NCATS 3-D Bioprinting Laboratory and extramural researchers to jointly develop and demonstrate the use of 3-D biofabricated tissues for disease modeling and drug screening. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 2, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Extramural Scientific Workforce – Outcomes from an NIH-Led Survey
Conclusion
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. Our survey findings show that the scientific workforce has not been immune to its effects. It is clear the NIH-funded community of extramural researchers has experienced inequities in several domains, with early-career researchers and those with caregiving responsibilities most affected.
NIH has already begun taking preemptive actions for investigators early in their careers, recently issuing a guide notice detailing opportunities for extension of Fellowship (F) and Career Development (K) awards impacted by COVID-19. NIH has also allowed investigators ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 25, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Marie A. Bernard and Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike biomedical research workforce COVID-19 Source Type: funding
Webinar Available on Progress Towards Reducing Administrative Burden While Maintaining Animal Welfare and Scientific Integrity
The NIH’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), along with their colleagues from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recently presented a webinar discussing progress towards implementing the 21st Century Cures Act. The new webinar focuses on how the three agencies recommend reducing administrative burden on investigators while maintaining the integrity and credibility of research findings and the protection of research animals. The actions discussed follow the release of their final report in 2019 (see also this NIH Open Mike blog). Topics of note for Assured instituti...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 17, 2021 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources 21st Century Cures Act Administrative Burden Animal Welfare Source Type: funding
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Enhance Laboratory Safety Curriculum and a Culture of Safety in Biomedical Research Training Environments
Notice NOT-GM-21-027 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
NEI Translational Research Program (TRP) on Therapy for Visual Disorders (R24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-319 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is the rapid and efficient translation of innovative laboratory research findings into therapies, devices or other resources for use by clinicians to treat visual system diseases or disorders. Multidisciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians will focus on generating preclinical data that will lead to the development of biological interventions, such as gene therapy, cell-based therapy, pharmacological approaches, and/or medical devices. The ultimate goal of this program is to make technological, biological and pharmac...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 9, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
