BOEM FY 2017 Environmental Studies Program
This study will examine and analyze a major oil spillâ¿¿s prospective lasting effects on shipwrecks, which have been demonstrated in previous BOEM studies to serve as deepwater artificial reefs for various biota.BOEM seeks to facilitate environmental research by the University of Southern Mississippi with the State of Mississippi for gathering scientific information about prospective lingering impacts on shipwreck microbiomes from 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.The total anticipated amount of funding available in FY 2017 is approximately $265,000, with additional funds in subsequent fiscal years, subject to the availa...
Source: Grants.gov - February 2, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Environment Source Type: funding

CVM Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program (U18)
Funding Opportunity ID: 291511 Opportunity Number: PAR-17-141 Opportunity Title: CVM Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program (U18)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureConsumer ProtectionFood and NutritionCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.103Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: Higher Education Institutions Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Edu...
Source: Grants.gov - January 30, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Consumer Protection Food and Nutrition Source Type: funding

Building Capacity of the "Institut Pasteur de Cote d'Ivoire" to Provide Quality Laboratory Diagnosis and Surveillance of Opportunistic Infections Related to HIV under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Funding Opportunity ID: 288049 Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH17-1757 Opportunity Title: Building Capacity of the "Institut Pasteur de Cote d'Ivoire" to Provide Quality Laboratory Diagnosis and Surveillance of Opportunistic Infections Related to HIV under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.067Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarifica...
Source: Grants.gov - August 26, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Funding Opportunity ID: 287690 Opportunity Number: 16-592 Opportunity Title: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious DiseasesOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 10.31047.07447.07593.85693.85993.989Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Additional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: NSFAgenc...
Source: Grants.gov - August 19, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

The Role of Dysbiosis in Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Hematological Complications During HIV Infection (R01)
Funding Opportunity ID: 285956 Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-17-017 Opportunity Title: The Role of Dysbiosis in Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Hematological Complications During HIV Infection (R01)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.23393.83793.83893.83993.840Eligible Applicants: State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher ...
Source: Grants.gov - July 11, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

The Role of Dysbiosis in Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Hematological Complications During HIV Infection (R01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-17-017 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite basic research project grant applications for HIV Microbiome Centers to perform investigations on the role of HIV-induced dysbiosis and how this imbalance may induce and/or contribute to the occurrence of heart, lung, or blood (HLB) co-morbidities in HIV positive individuals. This FOA will support mechanistic studies that will use in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, and in silico models applied to HIV research. The goal is to provide the critical basic science foundation to gu...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - July 11, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Understanding the Epidemiology of Syphilis in the United States
Opportunity ID: 285278 Opportunity Number: RFA-PS-17-002 Opportunity Title: Understanding the Epidemiology of Syphilis in the United StatesOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.978Eligible Applicants: State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recogni...
Source: Grants.gov - June 21, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

OER Welcomes Jodi Black
Dr. Jodi Black will be joining the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) as its deputy director. Dr. Black is currently the acting director of the NIH National Health Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Division of Extramural Research Activities. Dr. Black has held a variety of leadership positions at NIH as well as in the private sector. Early in her NIH career she was a program officer and director of the Office of the AIDS Malignancy Program at the National Cancer Institute. From 2005 through 2009 she served as director of research administration and vice president of research administration at the Translational Genomics...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 26, 2016 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Source Type: funding

Strategies that Support Global Food Safety (U01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-FD-16-034 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureConsumer ProtectionFood and NutritionCFDA Number: 93.103Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-FDAClosing Date: May 26, 2016Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 24, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: FDA announces its intention to accept and consider a single source application for award of a coope...
Source: Grants.gov - March 25, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Consumer Protection Food and Nutrition Source Type: funding

Vet-LIRN Cooperative Agreement Program to Develop and Validate Testing Methods for Food Irradiation Specific Markers in Animal Feeds and Treats (U18)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-16-132 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: AgricultureConsumer ProtectionFood and NutritionCFDA Number: 93.103Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal gove...
Source: Grants.gov - March 17, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Consumer Protection Food and Nutrition Source Type: funding

Vet-LIRN Cooperative Agreement Program to Develop and Validate Testing Methods for Food Irradiation Specific Markers in Animal Feeds and Treats (U18)
Funding Opportunity PAR-16-132 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Food irradiation is a food preservation method which is used in many countries, both in human and animal food manufacturing. Treating food with irradiation results in large reduction in microbial contamination and insect pests. It is also useful in slowing ripening of fruit and for inhibiting sprouting of plant products.In USA, the FDA regulates all aspects of irradiation, such as irradiation dose, product type, and labeling requirements.The use of irradiation requires development of analytical methods capable to determine the irradiation sta...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 15, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: funding

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK12-120303CONT16 Opportunity Category: ContinuationFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.283Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Feb 29, 2016Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 50Creation Date: Jan 26, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) (Source: Grants.gov)
Source: Grants.gov - January 27, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Enhanced Surveillance for New Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-IP-16-004 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.185Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) s...
Source: Grants.gov - November 15, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Enhanced Surveillance for New Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-IP-16-004 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.185Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jan 15, 2016Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 7Creation Date: Nov 13, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this announcement is to solicit applications for a research cooperative agreement that will fund a network of pediatric me...
Source: Grants.gov - November 15, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Household Air Pollution (HAP) Health Outcomes Trial (UM1)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-16-012 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationEnvironmentHealthIncome Security and Social ServicesCFDA Number: 93.11393.31093.39393.39993.83893.86593.989Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organi...
Source: Grants.gov - October 3, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Education Environment Health Income Security and Social Services Source Type: funding