Community Health Center Climate Resilience Learning Collaborative
Learning collaborative for clinical and administrative health center representatives to identify challenges related to a changing climate, specifically extreme heat. Health center teams will engage in interactive activities to enhance preparedness and develop strategies to build resilience to extreme heat. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Association of Community Health Centers (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - February 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NIH Director Statement on Catalyzing the Development of Novel Alternative Methods
This report, which the ACD enthusiastically endorsed and conveyed to the agency, recommended that NIH work with the community to: Prioritize the development and use of combinatorial NAMs Establish resources, infrastructure, and collaborations to promote the use of interoperable, reliable, and well curated/high quality datasets produced from research using NAMs Promote effective dissemination and interconnection of NAM technologies Invest in comprehensive training to bolster continuous advances in development and use of NAMs Facilitate multidisciplinary teams with expertise across technologies and the lifecy...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 9, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Alternatives to Animals Animal Welfare rigor Source Type: funding

Advancing Learning Health Care Research in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-24-118 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages pilot effectiveness, implementation, data science, and services research studies that will advance data-driven learning health care in behavioral health treatment settings, leading to better knowledge and tools for implementing, sustaining, and optimizing evidence-based, high quality, and equitable mental health services in community settings. Pilot studies could examine the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based practices in community-based settings that deliver care to people with men...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: funding

South Dakota Harvest of the Month Grant
Funding and support to actively engage children in South Dakota in learning about and exposing them to fruits and vegetables by utilizing Harvest of the Month educational lesson plans, recipes, and materials. Geographic coverage: South Dakota -- South Dakota Department of Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 30, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Learning Collaborative
Learning collaborative is designed to assist health centers that anticipate conducting a capital project during the next 1-3 years and are considering the benefits of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Capital Link (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 29, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Leadership Learning for Professionals working in Public Health and Community Health Centers Mini-Grants
Funding for the development and offering of learning opportunities for professionals working in public health or community health in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, or Wyoming. Geographic coverage: The 6 states within the service area of the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center -- Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center (RM-PHTC) (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 29, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Evaluation and Coordinating Center for the AHRQ/PCORI Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research Centers (U18)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HS-24-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek applications for an Evaluation and Coordinating Center to support the AHRQ and PCORI Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research Centers (P30) (LHS E-STaR) funded under RFA-HS-23-001. The goals of the Evaluation and Coordinating Center are to facilitate coordination of activities among and between recipients; facilitate dissemination, implementation, and uptake of LHS E-STaR outputs to ensure broad public use for health system improvement; and conduct a mu...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 25, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Follow Friendly Formats for PDF Attachments
Your grant applications, just-in-time information, and progress reports must all include PDF file attachments. Learn how to make your attachments reader-friendly for both people and electronic systems. NIH uses your attachments in different ways. Some are read as stand-alone documents. However, most attachments undergo eRA system processing before staff and others use the content. eRA often combines PDF attachments with additional forms and submission data to create consolidated applications or reports. Our systems also “read” PDF attachments and use text data mining for categorization, searches, and further analysi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 18, 2024 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit applications Grants policy Source Type: funding

Learning More About NIH Research Directions and How You Can Provide Input: Highlighting Autoimmune Disease Research
Regular readers of this blog know that we often seek feedback on various grant policies and initiatives broadly effecting the extramural research community. As just a few examples from last year, we sought input on research misconduct regulations, care and use of laboratory cephalopods, foreign subaward agreements, postdoctoral training, and review of fellowship applications. There are also opportunities to weigh in on future directions for the many different disease-specific research areas NIH supports, which we typically do not discuss on this blog. Here, we wanted to briefly share some resources about these comment oppo...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 16, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike RePORT Request For Information (RFI) strategic plan Source Type: funding

Jail-based Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT) Mentor Site Initiative
Peer-to-peer learning opportunity for jails interested in providing or enhancing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for individuals with substance use disorders. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Justice Assistance, Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP), U.S. Department of Justice (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 24, 2024 Program Guidelines: NSF 23-624The purpose of the Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) program is to support early-stage research in emerging technologies for teaching and learning that respond to pressing needs in authentic (real-world) educational environments. RITEL supports future-oriented exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/504984This is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates ite...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - December 25, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: funding

NIH All About Grants Podcast:  Ensuring Safe and Respectful Workplaces
Elyse Sullivan, Ph.D., NIH/OER Research Integrity Officer Patricia Valdez, Ph.D., NIH/OER Chief Extramural Research Integrity Officer Researchers deserve and should expect to work in places free from harassment, discrimination, and other forms of inappropriate behavior. This NIH All About Grants podcast episode explores how we at NIH aim to ensure a safe and respectful workplace wherever NIH-funded work is conducted. Drs. Patricia Valdez and Elyse Sullivan, Research Integrity Officers with the NIH Office of Extramural Research, explain more in this conversation. Our conversation covers NIH’s long-standing policies in...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources harassment podcast Source Type: funding

Midwestern Public Health Training Center Field Placement Program
A field placement program designed for students in the midwestern region to participate in experiential learning in a public health setting. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Midwestern Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements to NIGMS-Funded Awards for Building Cloud-Based Learning Modules
Notice NOT-GM-24-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 7, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Learning Collaborative - Advancing Health Equity: Increasing Access to Care for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Exploitation Survivors
A 4-session learning collaborative designed to review system changes and best practices to advance health equity for survivors of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and exploitation. The sessions will explore the health impacts on multiple survivor populations including farmworkers, youth, and rural communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Futures Without Violence, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 5, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding