Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions
Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in counties and parishes and/or areas currently underserved by other resources. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, and energy. Geographic coverage: Service areas of the Northern Bor...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 12, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) for Administrative Supplements to Fogarty International Center's (FIC) Training Grants to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Notice NOT-TW-23-006 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 12, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Phase 2 of the U.S.-South Africa Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research, Administrative Supplement Opportunity for South African International Research Training Grants (D43; U2R)
Notice NOT-TW-23-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 12, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

HEAL Initiative Partnerships to Advance INterdisciplinary (PAIN) Training in Clinical Pain Research: The HEAL PAIN Cohort Program (T90/R90 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-24-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This concept would support the development of pain clinical trainees as a means of enhancing the clinical pain workforce. It would fund 4 clinical pain T90/R90s that would provide robust post-doctoral fellowship research training in areas of clinical pain management that would benefit from further research. The T90/R90 mechanism is a NRSA program that supports comprehensive interdisciplinary research training programs at the undergraduate, predoctoral, and/or post-doctoral levels by capitalizing on the infrastructure of existing multidiscipl...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 9, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-OD-23-016 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Predoctoral to postdoctoral Fellow Transition award (F99/K00) is to recruit exceptional graduate students from diverse research fields to pursue postdoctoral training focused on Down syndrome related research. Talented graduate students from disciplines including, but not limited to, genetics, biochemistry, data science, imaging, engineering and neurobiology are invited to apply to this opportunity. Prospective applicants are ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Preventing Youth Overdose: Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness, and Training
Grants to increase services across the spectrum of prevention, treatment, and recovery for youth and young adults with, or at risk for, opioid use disorder and/or co-occurring disorders by supporting local efforts to raise awareness about fentanyl, improve access to treatment with medications, and to support youth with their treatment and recovery. Tribal and rural populations are a program priority. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health 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 - May 2, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Reminder – NIH Policies for NRSA Stipends, Compensation, and Other Income
NIH provides stipends to NRSA fellows and trainees as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. NIH does not provide stipends as a condition of employment with either the Federal government or the sponsoring institution. While stipends are not provided as a condition of employment, this policy is not intended to discourage or otherwise prevent recipient institutions from hiring NRSA trainees and fellows as employees or providing them with benefits consistent with what the institution provides others at similar career stages.  For more information, see the full G...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories NRSA stipends Source Type: funding

Northwest Native American Research Center for Health Research Training Institute
Research training programs designed for health professionals and students interested in native health. Courses emphasize practical skill-building in research, program evaluation, and implementation. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Institutes of Health, Native American Research Centers for Health, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Update on Improving Fellowship Review: A Request for Information
This blog has been co-authored with Noni Byrnes, Director, Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Originally posted on the Review Matters blog. Mike Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review NIH is recommending changes to the peer review of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowship applications by restructuring the review criteria and modifying some sections of the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form that are specific to NRSAs. The goal of this effort is to facilitate the mission of NRSA fellowship peer review – to iden...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 25, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike fellowship NRSA request for information Request For Information (RFI) Review Source Type: funding

Yield Giving Open Call
Unrestricted awards for community-led, community-focused organizations working to advance opportunities for individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles. Examples include organizations providing access to healthcare, stable and affordable housing, education and job training, support for sustained employment, asset ownership, and civic engagement. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- MacKenzie Scott, Yield Giving (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 25, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Dear Colleague Letter: A New Supplemental Funding Opportunity for Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23093/nsf23093.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23093/nsf23093.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf23093This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - April 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23579/nsf23579.html?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23579/nsf23579.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf23579Public Comment: This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - April 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Broadband Technical Assistance Program
Funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of broadband into rural areas. In addition to supporting broadband technical assistance and training activities, funding may be used to help develop and expand broadband cooperatives. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Utilities Service (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NNLM Region 6 State Advisory Group (SAG) Illinois Outreach Award
Funding to improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information. The program focus is to address issues of mental health and/or social or environmental health in health disparity populations in Illinois. Geographic coverage: Illinois -- Network of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - April 18, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-23-026 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Reissue of RFA-NS-22-011 to comply with DMSP. No additional receipt dates added. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supports efforts to disseminate resources and to integrate them into neuroscience research practice. Projects should be highly relevant to specific goals of the BRAIN Initiative, goals that are described in the planning document "BRAIN 2025: A Scientific Vision." They should engage in one or more of the following activities: distribution of tools and reagents; user training on the usage of new technologies or techniques...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 17, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding