Public Health Informatics and Technology Workforce Development Program
Funding to increase the number of public health professionals trained in informatics and technology with an emphasis on improving public health reporting through modern standards and computing. Through an interdisciplinary approach to data science and managing public health information, the program is designed to build capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, other minority serving institutions, and other colleges and universities to educate and diversify the future public health workforce. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of the National Coordinator for Health In...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 14, 2021 Program Guidelines: NSF 21-570With emphasis in helping to launch the careers of pre-tenure faculty in Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) fields at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and Carnegie Research 2 (R2) universities, and with the goal of achieving excellence through diversity, the ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505892&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item. (Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates)
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - May 15, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: funding

FY 2020 By the Numbers: Extramural Investments in Research
Each year around this time we look back on NIH’s investment in research. Similar to previous fiscal years (FYs), this post focuses on grant funding and success rates for research supported through our traditional annual appropriations. Grants data related to special coronavirus appropriations are excluded here to be consistent with prior “By The Numbers” posts. For more on that spending, please review these posts and use the advanced search functionality available in RePORTER. NIH received $ 41.6 billion in FY 2020 (see our Appropriations history here ). Of this amount, $30.8 billion was awarded to 56,169 new and ren...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 21, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Funding data Source Type: funding

Underground Mine Evacuation Technologies and Human Factors Research (U60)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-165 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to provide grant opportunities to universities with graduate programs in both mining and explosives engineering to 1) support research related to mine emergencies, and 2) build on the work of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to address mandates in the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-236) and P.L. 116-94 to advance the safety and health of mine workers in our nation. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 10, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Small Business Transition Grant For Early Career Scientists (R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-CA-21-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support early-career academic scientists interested in transitioning to entrepreneurship while also supporting the transfer of technology from academic laboratories into small businesses. Both small businesses and universities are drivers of technological innovation in the United States (U.S.), often working together to advance innovative ideas into products that can benefit the U.S. population. While most NIH funding supports basic research in university laboratories, the NIH a...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Challenges Academia to Share Strategies to Strengthen Gender Diversity
Has your school made an important contribution to helping women become leaders in their field? Maybe your department made noticeable strides recently in diversifying the gender and race or ethnicity of its workforce? What about your institution’s response to reversing the “backward slide” experienced by women in biomedicine because of COVID-19? Well, tell us about it! Your institution could improve leadership prospects for women in science—and win a prize. On behalf of the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers, the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health has launched a new challenge competition to pro...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 16, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Challenge Competition gender equity scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding

NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-283 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and their health care providers. Access to useful, usable, understandable health information is an important factor when making health decisions. Proposed projects should exploit the capabilities of computer and information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their health care providers. Because this FOA focuses on ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 19, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Addressing Foreign Interference and Associated Risks to the Integrity of Biomedical Research, and How You Can Help
On Tuesday, June 23, Dr. Kelvin Drogemeier, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), gave a presentation to the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) on “Enhancing the Security and Integrity of America’s Research Enterprise.”  Dr. Drogemeier articulated five “key takeaway” messages: The integrity of our research enterprise rests upon core principles and values, including transparency, honesty, accountability, objectivity, respect, freedom of inquiry, reciprocity, and merit-based competition;Principled international collaboration and foreign contributions are critical to our su...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 8, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike other support Research integrity 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

Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU- EiR)
This report provided guidance to ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505765&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item. (Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates)
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - June 23, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding

Tribal Colleges and Universities Implementation Activities or Feasibility Study for Dental Therapy Training Programs
Grants to Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to implement activities to support training and educational opportunities for dental therapy students, or to undertake a feasibility study to explore what it would take to begin a dental therapy training program at the TCU. 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 - June 12, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program Grants
Grants for tribal colleges and universities to establish or enhance partnerships with Head Start programs to increase the number of qualified education staff working in American Indian Alaska Native Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Administration for Children and Families, 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 - June 3, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Extramural Investments in Research: FY 2019 By the Numbers
In times of stress and uncertainty, such as what we are all experiencing now, seeing something different may be welcome.  With that in mind, we are taking a few moments to continue our annual tradition spotlighting NIH’s research investments, grant funding, and success rates from the previous fiscal year (FY). You can read these posts from FY 2018, FY 2017, and FY 2016 as well as information on the NIH Data Book for more. NIH’s total budget in FY 2019 was $39.2 billion (see page 76 of the FY 2021 Congressional Justification overview for more). Of that appropriation, $29.466 billion was awarded to 55,012 new and...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 5, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Funding data FY 2019 Success Rate Source Type: funding

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)
Available Formats: HTML: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20559/nsf20559.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickPDF: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20559/nsf20559.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickDocument Number: nsf20559This is an NSF Program Announcements and Information item. (Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information)
Source: NSF Program Announcements and Information - March 17, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: funding