The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Extramural Scientific Workforce – Outcomes from an NIH-Led Survey
Conclusion
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. Our survey findings show that the scientific workforce has not been immune to its effects. It is clear the NIH-funded community of extramural researchers has experienced inequities in several domains, with early-career researchers and those with caregiving responsibilities most affected.
NIH has already begun taking preemptive actions for investigators early in their careers, recently issuing a guide notice detailing opportunities for extension of Fellowship (F) and Career Development (K) awards impacted by COVID-19. NIH has also allowed investigators ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 25, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Marie A. Bernard and Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike biomedical research workforce COVID-19 Source Type: funding
NHGRI Notice of Participation in PAR-19-134, "Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-HG-21-021 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 8, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Expansion Sponsor Competition
Program that engages adults age 55 and over to provide mentorship for children and youth with special or exceptional needs, or who would benefit from the one-one-one attention. AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve an average of 20 hours per week in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, and childcare centers. Rural communities are a priority. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- AmeriCorps (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - October 29, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Interactive Digital Media STEM Resources for Pre-College and Informal Science Education Audiences (SBIR) (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-244 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide opportunities for eligible small business concerns (SBCs) to submit NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications to develop interactive digital media science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) resources that address student career choice and health and medicine topics for: (1) pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12) students, and pre- and in-service teachers and famlies ("Teachers") or (2) Informal science education (ISE), i.e., outside the clas...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Interactive Digital Media STEM Resources for Pre-College and Informal Science Education Audiences (STTR) (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-239 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide opportunities for eligible small business concerns (SBCs) to submit NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications to develop interactive digital media science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) resources that address student career choice and health and medicine topics for: (1) pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P-12) students and pre- and in-service teachers and famlies or (2) Informal science education (ISE), i.e., outside the classroom resource...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Security of Our Virtual Peer Review Meetings
Dr. Dipak Bhattacharyya, Chief Information Officer, NIH CSR
Guest post by Dipak Bhattacharyya, Chief Information Officer of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR), originally released on the Review Matters blog
CSR will conduct all summer peer review meetings using one of three platforms – 1) video; 2) telephone; 3) web-based discussion. A majority will take place using the Zoom video platform. We want to provide information about how we are maintaining the security and confidentiality of our review meetings.
The Zoom video platform that we are using is not the same as that used by schools or by you at hom...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Dipak Bhattacharyya Tags: blog Open Mike CSR Peer review Source Type: funding
Notice of Change Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-134 and PAR-19-135 "Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools"
Notice NOT-DE-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 16, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Adirondack Foundation Special and Urgent Needs Fund
Grants for nonprofit organizations, municipalities, and schools in Adirondack communities in the areas of food access, child care, low wage workers, elderly individuals, nonprofit/small business support, and media. Geographic coverage: The Adirondack region of northern New York. -- Adirondack Foundation (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
Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants
Funding for schools to improve opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Fuel Up to Play 60 (Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Children funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - March 10, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: funding
Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence
Grants to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 3, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
Awards funding to health professions schools to increase diversity in the health professions workforce by providing scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Priority is given to institutions that seek to place graduates in medically underserved communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 8, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding
Notice of Participation of NIMH in NOT-DE-19-013 "Clarifications Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-134 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-MH-20-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Participation of NIMH in NOT-NR-19-010 "Clarifications Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-135 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)"
Notice NOT-MH-20-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of NIAID's Participation in NOT-DE-19-013 "Clarifications Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-134 "Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-AI-19-075 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 1, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of NINDS's Participation in NOT-DE-19-013 "Clarifications Regarding Institutional Eligibility for PAR-19-134 "Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-NS-20-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 27, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
