Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases and the International Health Regulations
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK14-1402 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.099Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: May 05, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 04, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of the program is to assist the World Health Organization to support national governments and regional authorities in addressing emer...
Source: Grants.gov - March 4, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Call for Nominations: 2014 Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health, which recognize innovative individuals, programs, institutions, and organizations that are advancing public health in the Americas.  Sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF), the awards highlight key aspects of public health as a way to stimulate the growth of the next and rising generation of leaders working together to improve health and health care in the Americas. The six awards in this call for nominations are the: Abra...
Source: ScanGrants feed - March 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Pan American Health Organization/Pan American Health and Education Foundation Source Type: funding

Revisions for DNA Collection from Existing Longitudinal Aging Cohorts in Africa (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-AG-14-015 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.866Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - December 21, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Revisions for DNA Collection from Existing Longitudinal Aging Cohorts in Africa (R01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-14-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to support revision applications proposing to collect DNA from older adult (age 50+) participants from African nations involved in the World Health Organization-supported surveys Study on global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) and the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health in Developing Countries (INDEPTH). Both SAGE and INDEPTH (supported in part by NIA) are longitudinal surveys in developing countries in Africa that have archived and shared their data in ways that fa...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 20, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Scholarship Program
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation has expanded its scholarship program with the addition of the multiyear Galaxy Scholarship. The new multiyear Galaxy Scholarship award complements the one-year award provided by the original PBTF scholarship program launched in 2002. This year we have also introduced an online-only application format for both awards. Our scholarship program eases the financial hardships of a childhood brain tumor diagnosis and helps survivors reach their academic goals. Scholarships are supported in part by the Cycle World Joseph C. Parkhurst Education Fund. Galaxy Scholarship The G...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 11, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Source Type: funding

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program
Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-14-069 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.178Eligible Applicants Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Jan 24, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 12Creation Date: Dec 03, 2013Funding Opportunit...
Source: Grants.gov - December 4, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Redefining Pulmonary Hypertension through Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics: Data Coordinating Center (DCC) (U01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-14-030 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.838Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) s...
Source: Grants.gov - November 28, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Redefining Pulmonary Hypertension through Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics: Clinical Centers (CC) (U01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HL-14-027 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.838Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) s...
Source: Grants.gov - November 28, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Redefining Pulmonary Hypertension through Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics: Clinical Centers (CC) (U01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-14-027 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in a new NHLBI Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics Program (hereafter referred to as "PVDOMICS"). Teams of investigators will perform comprehensive, deep phenotyping across the current World Health Organization (WHO)-classified pulmonary hypertension (PH) clinical Groups 1 through 5 (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pah/types.html). This program will consist of up to five clinical centers (CCs) and one data coordinatin...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 25, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Redefining Pulmonary Hypertension through Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics: Data Coordinating Center (DCC) (U01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HL-14-030 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in a new NHLBI Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics Program (hereafter referred to as "PVDOMICS"). Teams of investigators will perform comprehensive, deep phenotyping across the current World Health Organization (WHO)-classified pulmonary hypertension (PH) clinical Groups 1 through 5 (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pah/types.html), which will lead to novel subclassifications of patients with pulmonary vascular-right ve...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 25, 2013 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Call for Entries: World Health Organization Youth Photo Competition
Are you between 14 and 19 years old? We have created a photo competition and want to see health and illness through your eyes! The themes on which we’re looking for photos are: 1. Adolescents are healthy (engaging in healthy activities) 2. Adolescents learn about health (health education) 3. Adolescents use health services when needed 4. It can be difficult to stay healthy (images about the environment and risk-behaviours) 5. Adolescents are active in promoting health (advocating for health, participation) Who can enter? The competition is free to enter and is open to anyone betwe...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 28, 2013 Category: Research Authors: World Health Organization Source Type: funding

Cooperative Agreement on Occupational Health with the World Health Organization (WHO): Implementing World Health Assembly Resolution 60.26 Global Plan of Action for Workers Health 2008-2017
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-OH-14-002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.262Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERAClosing Date: Oct 30, 2013Award Ceiling: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Aug 21, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The current award will allow WHO to implement the GPA by actively engaging the network of CCs and other partners in scaling up access...
Source: Grants.gov - August 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Records for Life Contest
Proposals Due: October 31, 2013 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking help to redesign the look and feel of child health records. A redesigned health record will not only increase accuracy but also make medical records easier to interpret and use. Child health records serve at least five functions in a health system: 1. A unique identifier that is intimately connected to the child 2. A source of critical information for health workers about the child’s health and vaccination status, and what the child needs at each point of contact with the health system 3. A source of critic...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 12, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Source Type: funding

Building Research Capacity in Global Tobacco Product Regulation Program (U18)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-FD-13-032 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 93.103Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-FDAClosing Date: Jul 31, 2013Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 25, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The Food and Drug Administration announces its...
Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding