Clarifying Percent Effort and Support for Career Development (K) Awardees
In response to questions about career development (K) award policies, NIH issued a Guide Notice NOT-OD-17-094, to clarify percent effort requirements for K award principal investigators (PIs), and acceptable sources of research support. We’d like to provide some additional details to put the recent Guide Notice in context with existing K award policies on percent effort. For most K award programs, the K award PI (K awardee) must commit at the minimum 9 person months, equivalent to 75% full-time professional effort, directly to their research project. The remaining effort (up to 25%) can be devoted to additional research,...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 11, 2017 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Source Type: funding

New Mexico Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of New Mexico, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: New Mexico -- New Mexico Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 13, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Indiana J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Indiana, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Indiana -- Indiana Primary Health Care Association (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 12, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

New York J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of New York, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: New York -- New York State Department of Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 11, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Michigan J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Michigan, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Michigan -- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Health Council (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 11, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Kansas J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Kansas, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Kansas -- Kansas Office of Primary Care& Rural Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 7, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Kansas State 30 (Conrad ) J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Kansas, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Kansas -- Kansas Office of Primary Care& Rural Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 7, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Iowa J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Iowa, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Iowa -- Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Primary Care Office (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 7, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Basic Mechanisms of Health Effects (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-17-475 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support basic research examining how Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) aerosols affect normal and disease states relevant to human cells, tissues and organs. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 7, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Basic Mechanisms of Health Effects (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-17-476 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support basic research examining how Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) aerosols affect normal and disease states relevant to human cells, tissues and organs. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 7, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Texas Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Texas, allowing them to remain in the United States. Geographic coverage: Texas -- Texas Department of State Health Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 5, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Population, Clinical and Applied Prevention Research (R21)
Funding Opportunity PAR-17-472 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support studies on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that examine population-based, clinical and applied prevention of disease, including etiology of use, epidemiology of use, potential risks, benefits and impacts on other tobacco use behavior among different populations. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 1, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Population, Clinical and Applied Prevention Research (R01)
Funding Opportunity PAR-17-473 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support studies on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that examine population-based, clinical and applied prevention of disease, including etiology of use, epidemiology of use, potential risks, benefits and impacts on other tobacco use behavior among different populations. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 1, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH ’s Next Generation Researchers Initiative
We describe these approaches on a new web page that we will continue to update. Our activities address both research workforce stability, and evaluation of our investments in research. In brief, NIH will: commit substantial funds from NIH’s base budget, beginning this year with about $210 million, and ramping to approximately $1.1 billion per year after five years (pending availability of funds) to support additional meritorious early-stage investigators and mid-career investigators create a central inventory and track the impact of NIH institute and center funding decisions for early- and mid-career investigators ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 16, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike ACD Biomedical Workforce Grant support index GSI NextGen Source Type: funding

OVW FY 2017 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction
Funding Opportunity ID: 290515 Opportunity Number: OVW-2017-11906 Opportunity Title: OVW FY 2017 Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal JurisdictionOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)Category Explanation: OVW Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction This grant program supports tribal governments with establishing cr...
Source: Grants.gov - March 23, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding