Extending the Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: August/October 2021 Councils
Notice NOT-OD-20-179 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 30, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) Research on Rehabilitation Needs Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Notice NOT-HD-20-031 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 29, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Addressing Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts
Funding to improve the capacity of local health departments to address the needs of people with disabilities when planning and responding to outbreaks and other national emergencies, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Association of County and City Health Officials (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 10, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

I'm a Child of Appalachia Fund: Fostering Youth Resiliency Grants
Grants to build resilience and increase protective factors for youth in Appalachian Ohio by addressing the social, economic, educational, and health challenges arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographic coverage: Ohio -- Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation of Nelsonville (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - September 4, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

New Sessions Available on Optimizing Animal Care and Use Program Success in a Changing Environment (ICARE Dialogues)
Working with animals in your research? The Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE) Project invites you to join us in ICARE Dialogues: Optimizing Animal Care and Use Program Success in a Changing Environment. ICARE Dialogues is offered at no charge. Each session addresses specific topics, as described below. Participants may register for one or both sessions. Although free, attendance is required of registered participants (see the registration page for details). The program format is dialogue between and among participants and ICARE faculty, including federal partners. Thursday, Septemb...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Animal Welfare Calendar Source Type: funding

Maternal Telehealth Access Project: Collaboration and Innovation for Equity and Healthy Families
Grants for organizations to strengthen their COVID-19 response by delivering or supporting the delivery of equitable maternal health support and services through telehealth. The goal of the program is to ensure that women at highest risk receive quality maternal care services before, during, and/or after pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - August 31, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NIH Will Continue to Accept Preliminary Data as Post-Submission Material Through May 2021 Council
The ability to submit preliminary data as post-submission materials for applications submitted for the January 2021 council (NOT-OD-20-123) has been extended to apply to the May 2021 council (NOT-OD-20-163). This is a temporary flexibility due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few items to note: Preliminary data update is limited to one-page for a single component application or one page for each component of a multi-component applicationThe FOA must allow preliminary data.The deadline for submitting all post-submission materials, including preliminary data, will be 30 days before the study section meeting. ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 14, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories COVID-19 preliminary data Source Type: funding

NIH Helps Small Businesses Change the World
Did you know that the NIH’s small business programs (SBIR and STTR) invest over 1 billion dollars into life science and healthcare companies each year? The newly-created Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) office provides grantees with many of the valuable entrepreneurship and commercialization services we have discussed in previous blogs to help them thrive. As our small business program has grown, we have seen early ideas transform into improved patient access to technologies. To celebrate these successes, the NIH has launched a new interactive mapping tool thatfeatures many of the amazi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 13, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike SBIR small business Source Type: funding

Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award During COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, NIH will be providing up to a two-receipt cycle extension (roughly eight additional months) of eligibility for prospective applicants meeting the requirements for submission of a K99/R00 application from the June/July 2020 due dates through the February/March 2021 due dates. For more details, see the full Guide Notice. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 12, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories coronavirus COVID-19 R00 Source Type: funding

Extending the Special Exception to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Notice NOT-OD-20-163 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 12, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Notice NOT-OD-20-158 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 11, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

COVID-19 Tribal School Readiness Mini-grant
Mini-grants for tribes and tribal organization to strengthen school preparation and readiness to ensure safe operation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Indian Health Board (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - August 7, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Roundup of New COVID-19 Resources for NIH Applicants and Recipients: Part 3
We continue to add new resources to our COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding webpage. We hope they are helpful in navigating this unprecedented situation. Here is a summary of what’s new since the last Nexus: Updated infographic describing the peer review process during COVID-19 highlights policies in effect for the upcoming round of due dates Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for the Fall 2020 Due Dates During the COVID-19 Pandemic Link to new dedicated page for funding opportunities specific to COVID-19 provides visibility into expiration dates and separates...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 30, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: funding

An Early Look at Applications Submitted During the Pandemic
It has been four months since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered laboratories and clinical studies across the country and the world.  On April 10, only a few weeks into the pandemic, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a report on the “Effects of COVID-19 on the Federal Research and Development Enterprise.”  The report described the consequences of social distancing and other pandemic mitigation measures.  These consequences included laboratory closures, de-prioritized projects, cancellation of meetings and conferences, loss of revenue, disrupted personnel processes (e.g. graduation, promotio...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 28, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike coronavirus COVID-19 Funding data Source Type: funding

Useful Flexibilities for Animal Care and Use Programs to Comply with the PHS Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As we continue to address the effects of COVID-19 and as some states and institutions are considering reopening, we would like to share some administrative flexibilities that NIH is providing to research institutions with laboratory animal programs. These flexibilities are meant to assure personnel safety and animal welfare while enabling research personnel to prioritize and preserve research efforts. Some of these can be useful in reducing administrative burden, too. My colleagues with the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), Drs. Catharine Pritchard, Nicolette Petervary, and Neera Gopee, described these ad...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 20, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare COVID-19 OLAW Source Type: funding