Novartis COVID-19 Community Response Fund
Grants to support local initiatives and communities in the United States impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Novartis U.S. (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 9, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Competitive and Administrative Supplements for the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Notice NOT-MD-20-019 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 9, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Small Business Administration Coronavirus Relief Programs
Relief programs established by the CARES Act to address the economic disruption to small businesses and nonprofit organizations caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Small Business Administration (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 5, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Special OLAW Webinar on March 19: Pandemic Contingency Planning and Its Impact on Animal Care
Are you testing or implementing your institution’s pandemic response plan for the first time? Do you have questions about flexibilities provided by the PHS Policy that may be helpful during a pandemic? All PHS-assured institutions are required to develop disaster plans that account for both the well-being of animals and consideration of personnel during unexpected events that may compromise ongoing animal care. This includes contingency planning for pandemics such as the current outbreak of COVID-19. We are hosting a special webinar on March 19th to help your institution prepare for a pandemic that may impact the ani...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 17, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Calendar Top Stories Animal Welfare COVID-19 webinar Source Type: funding

Flexibilities for Assured Institutions for Activities of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) Due to COVID-19
The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) is deeply concerned about the impact of the expanding outbreak of the respiratory illness, COVID-19, on the ability of Assured institutions to support the well-being of animals and personnel during this public health emergency. See NOT-OD-20-088 for flexibilities provided in the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Policy) that are applicable to implementing a pandemic plan for animal care and use programs.  (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 17, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Policy Top Stories Source Type: funding

Data are Available on NIH Funding Plans
The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FYs 2016-2020) laid the groundwork for discussing data on our funding strategies—see page 28 for example data on R01 applications across peer review percentiles in FY 2014. The 21st Century Cures Act recognized the value of reporting such information. Building on what we have blogged on before (see here, here, here, and here), let’s talk more about how we make funding decisions and show some data as well. Funding decisions rely heavily on peer review scores, but there is more to the story. NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) weigh those scores together with ensuring their ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 23, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike NIH Data Book NIH funding plans Source Type: funding

Maintenance and Enhancement of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation and Whole Genome Sequencing for State Food Testing Laboratories (U18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-FD-19-018 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The intended outcome of this cooperative agreement is to advance the goal of a national food safety system by supporting and enhancing state food laboratories tasked with investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks in activities including: 1. Ensuring microbiological and chemical food analyses performed on behalf of the State manufactured food regulatory programs are conducted within the scope of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/ International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 17025 accredited laboratory; 2. Strength...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 19, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AI-19-028 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to establish a coordinated network of Emerging Infectious Disease Research Centers (EIDRCs) in regions around the globe where emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks are likely to occur. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators will conduct pathogen/host surveillance, study pathogen transmission, pathogenesis and immunologic responses in the host, and will develop reagents and diagnostic assays for improved detection for important emerging pathogens and their vectors....
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 5, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects
Funding Opportunity PAR-18-604 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support enhanced human and animal food safety by strengthening the capacity, collaboration, and integration of food-safety laboratories and networks, thereby facilitating an effective and coordinated response to future human and animal food safety issues. The current FOA solicits applications from FDA's Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network laboratories for research related to emerging public food safety issues identified by the Vet-LIRN network office (VPO), for...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 29, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU
Funding Opportunity ID: 292952 Opportunity Number: G17AS00056 Opportunity Title: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESUOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 15.808Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative E...
Source: Grants.gov - April 5, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU
Funding Opportunity ID: 292952 Opportunity Number: G17AS00056 Opportunity Title: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESUOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 15.808Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecos...
Source: Grants.gov - April 3, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding

COPY OF Sustained Strengthening of Public Health Laboratory, Transfusion Services, and Health Care Worker Infection Control Practices for Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia
Funding Opportunity ID: 292933 Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH15-16300301SUPP17 Opportunity Title: COPY OF Sustained Strengthening of Public Health Laboratory, Transfusion Services, and Health Care Worker Infection Control Practices for Ebola Virus Disease in LiberiaOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.318Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: ...
Source: Grants.gov - April 1, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Identification of Target Peptide Sequences for Zika IgM Diagnostic Device
Funding Opportunity ID: 292882 Opportunity Number: RFA-FD-17-002 Opportunity Title: Identification of Target Peptide Sequences for Zika IgM Diagnostic DeviceOpportunity 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: The following organization is eligible to apply: PEPperPrint GmbHA...
Source: Grants.gov - March 31, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Consumer Protection Food and Nutrition Source Type: funding

Enhancing Innovation and Capabilities of the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
In this report, the Commission documented that the existing environmental health systems were inadequate and fragmented and recommended a “Nationwide Health Tracking Network for disease and exposures.” In response to the report, Congress appropriated funds in the fiscal year 2002’s budget for the CDC to establish National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) and Network and has appropriated funds each year thereafter to continue this effort. Environmental Public Health Tracking (Tracking) is the integrated surveillance of health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a...
Source: Grants.gov - March 29, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Building Capacity and Networks to Address Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Americas (CK-1301-04SUPP2017)
Funding Opportunity ID: 292838 Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK13-1301 Opportunity Title: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Building Capacity and Networks to Address Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Americas (CK-1301-04SUPP2017)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.099Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: Pan American Health Organizati...
Source: Grants.gov - March 29, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding