New Podcast on NIH Advisory Councils: Understanding What Happens During the Second Round of Peer Review
Have you ever wondered why your grant application must undergo a separate round of peer review—even after a panel of experts initially weighed in on its scientific merit and provided a score to consider when making funding decisions? A new All About Grants podcast delves more into the second round of peer review at NIH (MP3 / Transcript). Dr. Sally Amero, NIH’s Review Policy Officer with the NIH Office of Extramural Research, and Dr. Rebekah Rasooly, a Branch Chief in program with the National Institute of Nursing Research, will discuss the role and functions of these advisory councils. Listeners will hear about who ma...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 5, 2018 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Peer Review Council review Source Type: funding

NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (U54 - Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-19-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for the AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (Collaboratory, henceforth) to improve care for persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers through health systems. Health and long-term systems for this FOA are defined broadly and include organizations providing care across settings to include primary and specialty outpatient care, acute inpatient care, skilled nursing and other rehabilitation facilities, residential long-term care, and home and community-based services. Organi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 25, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

End-of-Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes in Serious, Advanced Illness
Funding for research focused on identification of the key barriers to effective end-of-life and palliative care health literacy in diverse settings and populations, and to create novel strategies, interventions, and models of care to improve health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with serious, advanced illness and their families and caregivers. This program is featured in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Selected List of Funding Opportunities Relevant to Rural Cancer Control. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Nursing Resea...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 21, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Advanced Nursing Education - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program
Grants to increase the number of Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, and Forensic Nurses trained and certified as sexual assault nurse examiners, with a preference for projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved populations or help meet public health nursing needs in state or local health departments. The program goal is to train providers to conduct sexual assault forensic examinations, which provide for better physical and mental healthcare for survivors, better evidence collection, and higher prosecution rates. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Re...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 15, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Improving Patient Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens to Promote Health (R01)
Research grants that address patient adherence to treatment and prevention regimens to promote positive health outcomes. Clinical trials are optional. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Cancer Institute, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of ...
Source: AIDS and HIV funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - March 28, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: funding

Wisconsin Advanced Practice Clinician Training Grant
Grants for activities that focus on increasing the number of rural hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin that provide clinical training for physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. Geographic coverage: Wisconsin -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 19, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Montana Board of Nursing Online Training
Free online training that focuses on the Montana Board of Nursing administrative rules, statutes, complaint and discipline process, and delegation. Geographic coverage: Montana -- Montana Area Health Education Center, Montana Office of Rural Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 16, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Nurse Scholar Program
A free distance learning opportunity available to rural nurses working for nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or educational institutions designed to increase knowledge base in prevention, identification, and assessment of diseases related to agricultural work exposures. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- AgriSafe Network (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - February 20, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Minority Fellowship Program
Grants to public or private nonprofit professional organizations representing mental and substance use disorder treatment professionals in the fields of psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, or substance use disorder and addictions counseling. Funding will be used to support post-baccalaureate training, including for master ’s and doctoral degrees for minority and underrepresented students and encourage students to specialize in areas where personnel shortages frequently occur within underserved minority communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Substa...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 26, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Tribal Forensic Healthcare Training Opportunities
Live, online, and clinical training courses related to the identification, collection, and preservation of medical forensic evidence obtained during the treatment of victims of sexual and domestic violence. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Indian Health Service, Indian Health Service Division of Behavioral Health, International Association of Forensic Nurses (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 27, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Innovative Questions in Symptom Science and Genomics (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-471 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This initiative seeks to optimize innovation, insight and cutting edge conceptual and technological breakthroughs by catalyzing research that emanates from the identified innovative questions in symptom and genomic nursing science. These innovative questions are reflective of broad domains from which more specific novel hypotheses or problems to be solved can be derived. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 18, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-503 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages exploratory or developmental research grant applications to develop new tools, methods, and models focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors offices, patients homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, n...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-502 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors offices, patients homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospices, and other healthcare or community settings. Thi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Surgical Disparities Research (R01 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Grants to support investigative and collaborative research focused on understanding and addressing disparities in surgical care and outcomes in minority and health disparity populations. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women ’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: F...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 12, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Awards funding for research projects that target the reduction of health disparities among children, including rural, low-income, geographically isolated children. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - December 12, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: funding