Research Funding Update
Research Funding Update is published monthly by the office of Research Administration to notify the campus community about potential sources of external support for their research and scholarly activities.
Additional information about opportunities listed in the update can be obtained by clicking on the given link or by contacting your Sponsored Research Officer.
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HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICE
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-269.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor provides support for short-term preparatory, pilot or feasibility studies that will inform larger scale real world health IT implementation and use or the conduct of more comprehensive health IT implementation research.
Agency: American Cancer Society, Inc.
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The sponsor provides support for research projects centered on health services and health policy research. The program is open to investigators at any stage of their career. Applicants will normally have completed a period of postdoctoral research training. Applicants must at the time of application be United States citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.
Agency: American Group Psychotherapy Association Foundation
Details: http://www.agpa.org/stdnt/resgrantapp.html
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Funds are available from the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health to support group psychotherapy research that focuses on one of five clinical populations: children, the elderly, and the chronic mentally ill, substance abusers and significantly ill patients with marked functional impairment. The Group Psychotherapy Foundation is seeking research-focused, rather than program-focused, applications.
Agency: American Lung Association
Details: http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/cg-program-description.pdf
Next Deadline: 11/8/2012
One or two grants are available to provide seed monies for junior investigators working on traditional clinical studies examining methods of improving patient care and/or treatment for lung disease.
At the time of application, an applicant must hold a doctoral degree, be assured of a faculty appointment or equivalent with demonstrated institutional commitment (salary support, research space) by the start of the award. He/she must have completed two years of post-doctoral research training by the start of the award.
Agency: American Lung Association
Details: http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/sb-program-description.pdf
Next Deadline: 11/8/2012
The sponsor provides seed monies for junior investigators working on epidemiological and behavioral studies examining risk factors affecting lung health. This grant includes studies concerning the ethical, legal and economic aspects of health services and policies. At the time of application, an applicant must hold a doctoral degree and have a faculty appointment or equivalent with demonstrated institutional commitment (salary support, research space). Fellows are eligible to apply only if their Department Chair can assure a promotion to faculty status by the start of the award. An applicant must have completed two years of post-doctoral research training by the start of the award.
Agency: Dermatology Foundation
Details: http://www.dermatologyfoundation.org/pdf/rap/2013/DF_RAP_Applicant_
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The CDA supports the establishment and/or development of careers in health care policy or public health. The sponsor will accept one new application for this program from a single academic program.
Agency: Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
Details: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/pdf_files/FRG_Guidelines_&_Application.pdf
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Faculty members of accredited colleges or universities or individuals affiliated with accredited non-profit human service organizations in the United States or Canada are eligible to apply. The applicant organization must agree to accept administrative responsibility for the project and submit required financial forms and reports to the Fund. The principal investigator (PI) must have an earned doctorate in a relevant discipline and relevant experience. The PI must be in full control of the research and be the principal author of the final report.
Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
Next Deadline: 11/30/2012
The overall goal of this grant program is to: (1) reduce the gap between the demand for organ transplants and the supply of organs from deceased donors by identifying successful strategies that can serve as model interventions to increase deceased organ donation and, (2) increase the knowledge of options available through living donation among patients who may need transplants and/or individuals considering serving as a living donor.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-079.html
Next Deadline: 12/14/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose small and time-limited projects pertinent to the development of cancer chemoprevention agents, biomarkers for early cancer detection, cancer-related nutrition science, and/or clinical prevention studies that focus on specific target organs. Proposed projects may involve basic and/or translational research and/or human subjects-oriented research. However, treatment-related quality-of-life population-based studies, as well as projects focused on cancer etiology, metastasis, or treatment will be considered non-responsive to this PROGRAM. New, as well as established, investigators in relevant fields and disciplines (e.g., chemoprevention, nutritional science, genetics, infectious agents, and early detection, including biomarker development and validation) are encouraged to apply for these small grants to test the feasibility of innovative ideas or carry out pilot studies. Ultimately, these small grants are expected to facilitate the development of full research projects.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-164.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor offers support for research to: improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-088.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for exploratory research on the role of nutrition in cancer prevention. Specifically, this request for proposals seeks to promote cancer prevention research to identify and characterize molecular targets for bioactive food components. For the purpose of this program, a bioactive food component is defined as a dietary constituent that has a health benefit by altering one or more cellular processes when provided in quantities over and beyond that needed for basic nutrition.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-027.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related “natural experiments” (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this program is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-229.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for transdisciplinary and translational research that will identify specific biological or biobehavioral pathways through which physical activity and/or weight control (either weight loss or avoidance of weight gain) may affect cancer prognosis and survival. Research applications must test the effects of physical activity or weight control or both interventions on biomarkers of cancer prognosis among cancer survivors identified by previous animal or observational research, which may include but are not limited to intervention-induced changes in sex hormones, insulin or insulin-like growth factors or their binding proteins, insulin resistance, glucose metabolism, leptin and other adipokines, immunologic or inflammatory factors, oxidative stress and DNA damage or repair capacity, angiogenesis, or prostaglandins. This research will require transdisciplinary approaches that bring together behavioral intervention expertise, cancer biology, and other basic and clinical science disciplines relevant to the pathways being studied. Understanding the pathways through which these interventions are effective would identify the optimal type and intensity of intervention and determine who is most likely to benefit from these interventions by cancer type, age, or other host factors.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-140.html
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications for multidisciplinary research projects that will advance our mechanistic understanding of microflora influences on Gastro-Intestinal (GI) carcinogenesis. This program seeks applications that leverage and integrate information from large, meta-omic data sets to guide studies that identify critical microbial activities that can be mechanistically linked to GI carcinogenesis. Applicants may draw from existing large data sets, and may also propose to generate appropriate new data, including but not limited to data from both gene and protein analysis, such as DNA sequence and copy number, post-translational modifications, secreted signals, and protein-protein interaction data between host factors and individual microbial species, or communities of microbes. Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of existing methodologies and technologies developed by the microbiome and integrative cancer biology communities as well as other relevant technology sources, and to apply existing or new sophisticated data analysis, integration, and modeling methodologies to inform and guide hypothesis driven mechanistic studies on the role of the GI microflora during carcinogenesis. The common goal of the projects should be to understand how the resident microbes interact with the host and the host environment to prevent or enhance carcinogenesis in the GI tract.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-035.html
Next Deadline: 10/18/2012
National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources in behavioral research in cancer prevention and control. This PROGRAM is designed to enhance basic and applied behavioral sciences research in the context of cancer control, with a secondary goal of attracting new investigators to the field from a variety of biomedical, behavioral and public health disciplines. Proposed research projects would include pilot or feasibility studies, secondary analyses of existing data, and meta-analyses particularly in the areas of: (1) basic biobehavioral and psychological services, (2) behavioral genetics, (3) cancer survivorship and bereavement, (4) health behaviors, (5) health communication and informatics, (6) health disparities, (7) processes of cancer care including delivery and utilization, and (8) tobacco control. To be appropriate for this PROGRAM, proposed research must be significantly applicable to cancer control research and address specific gaps in knowledge or methodologies. Although the specific study proposed may attempt only to obtain preliminary data and/or conduct pilot studies in support of a future, more detailed study, it is important that a long-term human cancer control hypothesis and supporting scientific justification be presented. Investigators new to the field of behavioral cancer control research, including early-stage and established investigators looking to refocus or apply their expertise to cancer control, are encouraged to apply for this small grants announcement.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-152.html
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012, 11/15/2012
The sponsors invite applications that characterize the effects of microbially generated metabolites of dietary components on host cell biology. Specifically, this PROGRAM seeks to characterize microbially generated metabolites and better understand their molecular mechanisms of action that affect host cell proliferative/apoptotic responses, cytokine production, inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. This PROGRAM will also encourage the conduct of human intervention studies that identify inter-individual variability among various racial and ethnic groups in the production of bacterial metabolites and determine their efficacy in cancer prevention.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-134.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012, 10/16/2012
The sponsors offer support for empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory and interventions as these relate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ public health priorities that are outlined in its HealthierUS and Healthy People 2010 initiatives. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Agency: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-210.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invites applications that propose to investigate the basic science and mechanisms of action underlying the biomechanical, immunological, endocrinological and/or neurophysiological consequences of manual therapies, such as spinal manipulation, mobilization and massage therapy.
Agency: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Details: http://nciia.org/grants/sustainablevision
Next Deadline: 11/9/2012
Sustainable Vision grants fund educational programs in which technologies are created and commercialized to benefit people living in poverty. Sustainable Vision grants range in size from $10,000 to $50,000. Funds are awarded to US-based colleges and universities and can then be shared with partners (other universities, NGOs, etc.) in the US and abroad.
Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-166.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications on the role of nutrition and diet in the causation, prevention, and treatment of cardiomyopathies and heart failure. Mechanistic, translational, and applied interdisciplinary research applications with rigorous hypothesis-testing designs for projects in humans or animals are of interest. The overall goal is to develop a satisfactory science base for rational nutritional management of patients in various stages of heart failure and for preventive approaches in high-risk individuals. This PA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant award mechanisms.
Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-212.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites exploratory/developmental research applications that capitalize on the unique capabilities of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to visualize outcomes, teach, motivate, and to extend the health care and learning environments, in order to foster desirable eating, physical activity, self-care, and other health-related behaviors necessary for prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. Of highest interest are well-designed multidisciplinary projects drawing on expertise in VR technologies and biomedical behavioral, and pedagogical sciences. The overall goal is to develop the potential of VR technologies as research tools for behavioral science-oriented studies in diabetes and obesity, and as practical tools for clinical and public health-level prevention and management of obesity and diabetes.
Agency: National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-251.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should propose exploratory or novel studies that break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications. Of particular interest are studies that explore the implications of new or emerging genomic technologies or novel uses of genomic information.
Agency: National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health/CDC/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-126.html
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites applications for research projects and epidemiologic studies to help answer critical questions about physical and mental health conditions related to the September 2001 terrorist attacks including: biomarkers of exposures or health outcomes; epidemiologic studies; exposure-response relationships; improvements in diagnosis and treatment; patterns of illness (age, gender, etc.); risk factors for disease; and other research studies on WTC-related health conditions or emerging conditions.
Agency: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-162.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications for hypothesis-driven basic research in HIV/AIDS that is focused on directly achieving this aim. The emphasis of this initiative is on the development of new ideas and approaches in HIV-1 persistence including model and assay development that may directly inform future studies on the design of therapeutic strategies to achieve long term remission without treatment or a complete eradication of residual virus and complete cure for HIV infection and AIDS.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-284.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that will improve our understanding of how patterns of physical activity and dietary choice affect the health and fitness of children with physical disabilities. Proposed research should account for the functional limitations of children with disabilities and their nutritional needs, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and environmental factors that play a role in determining the health of this population.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-052.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to study the molecular, cellular and genetic mechanisms involved in the production of adverse drug reactions in children.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-202.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite developmental and exploratory studies on the impact of parental military deployment, combat-related stress, and reintegration with the family on child social and affective development as well as family functioning. Intervention studies targeting the particular concerns of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence are also encouraged, as are the development and testing of measures to assess family functioning and child development outcomes.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-142.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-142.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to investigate epidemiologic, clinical, social, and behavioral interventions to improve the identification, prevention, treatment, and social circumstances of women at risk for or with obstetric fistula. The purpose of this PROGRAM is not to address service delivery issues that have been outlined in the obstetric fistula program development materials distributed by WHO although it is recognized that improving financial access to care, transportation of women in labor, and obstetric service coverage is critical for reducing and eliminating the obstetric fistula rate. Rather, this PROGRAM requests research applications that complement the programmatic efforts to deliver better and more timely health care during labor, delivery, and post partum. Obstetric fistula is a critical maternal and child health issue in developing countries. Multiple approaches including both improving emergency obstetric care and improved clinical, social and behavioral care are needed to reduce its toll on women and children.
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-040.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to focus investigator-initiated research upon the factors that impact functioning and quality of life in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) during adolescence.
Agency: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-333.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012, 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose studies to translate new scientific insights about HIV infection, oral pathogen co-infections (viruses, bacteria and fungi) and AIDS-related oral opportunistic infections (viruses, bacteria, and fungi) into better understanding of the immunopathogenesis of these infectious agents to guide translational research focused on the development of novel, oral mucosal prophylactic HIV vaccines as well as therapeutic strategies against HIV, oral co-infections and oral opportunistic infections.
Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-179.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
NIH and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications that propose to conduct exploratory/developmental clinical studies that will accelerate the development of effective interventions for prevention or treatment of overweight or obesity in adults and/or children. Exploratory epidemiological research with a goal of informing translational/clinical research will also be supported within this program.
Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-128.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing novel home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood. Tested interventions can use behavioral (including dietary and physical activity), environmental, or other relevant approaches. Applications should focus on infants and young children (to age six years) and emphasize the role of home environment and the influence of family/extended family members and parents (including guardians/substantial care-providers) within the child’s home environment. The direct goal of this initiative is to fund research that will advance knowledge for innovative approaches to the prevention or management of overweight in children less than 6 years of age, with potential for future translation to applications either in the home or linked to a community setting. Research should consider the familial mechanisms of behavior such as the role of families in the initiation, support, and reinforcement of fundamental food and beverage consumption, physical activity practices, and sedentary behaviors. In addition it is of interest to elucidate various underlying behavioral determinants that are crucial to initiate or sustain changes in behaviors that impact energy balance. Research designs may include linkages with other settings (e.g., daycare, pre-school, or other community venues) or other care providers (e.g., health care providers or teachers) but must include infants or children less than age six years as the primary study participant along with parents, and/or other family members residing with the child. The overarching goal is to identify interventions that influence parent and child behaviors that contribute to inappropriate weight gain, and thereby improve subsequent health status in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood for which overweight is a known risk factor.
Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-157.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012, 10/16/2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites pilot and feasibility clinical and behavioral studies related to the prevention or treatment of diabetes and endocrine and genetic metabolic diseases. The Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants Program is for exploratory, short-term clinical studies, so that new ideas may be investigated without stringent requirements for preliminary data. The short-term studies should focus on research questions that are likely to have high clinical impact. Studies can include testing a new prevention strategy, a new intervention or a unique combination of therapies. A high priority is the use of such studies to help stimulate the translation of promising research developments from the laboratory into clinical practice in the treatment or prevention of diabetes, endocrine diseases and genetic metabolic diseases, including cystic fibrosis.
Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-139.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) invite applications for pilot and feasibility clinical and epidemiological research studies of new therapies or means of health promotion and prevention of digestive and liver diseases and nutritional disorders associated with digestive and liver diseases.
Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-257.html
Next Deadline: 9/12/2012, 10/10/2012
This Funding Opportunity Announcement is issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute on Aging (NIA), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This announcement establishes an accelerated review/award process to support time-sensitive research to evaluate a new policy or program expected to influence obesity related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, or sedentary behavior) and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity. This PROGRAM is intended to support research where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and funding.
Agency: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-184.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invite applications to understand the role of environmental chemical exposures in the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome. Applications must link an environmental exposure to the increased incidence of weight gain, type 2 diabetes and aspects of metabolic syndrome in animal models or human studies. While any exposure window is acceptable it is anticipated that the most sensitive time for exposures to affect the disease outcomes will be during development e.g., in utero and/or neonatal or early childhood. For human studies developmental exposures (in utero and early childhood) should be linked to early biomarkers of disease onset. Animal studies should focus on identifying new environmental chemicals that alter weight gain, insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance and altered lipid metabolism indicative of obesity, type 2 diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome.
Agency: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-261.html
Next Deadline: 9/26/2012, 10/26/2012
The sponsor invites applications for continued support of important “legacy” resources developed as a result of NIGMS-supported research activities that are not being renewed under the original initiatives, because an initiative is expiring or an award is not renewable due to a fixed duration of funding specified in the initiative. A resource is a non-hypothesis-driven activity to provide data, materials, tools, or services that are essential to making the most timely, high quality, and cost-efficient progress in a field. Additionally, a resource should be available to all investigators for clear purposes that are known. NIGMS will consider funding (or providing partial support) for resources that are central to its mission, not supportable by other institutes/centers’ initiatives, and not yet self-sustaining or commercializable. A resource must show great potential for having high value to a community of researchers that the institute supports with its granting programs. This funding opportunity is designed only to support continuation of existing resources, not to develop new ones. The support requested must be for funding of maintenance activities only, and not for research activities. Because this is a limited pilot, awardees should be aware that support may not continue beyond the funding period.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-272.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012, 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for research designed to increase the impact of effective HIV/AIDS-related interventions for prevention and treatment. This program is informed by priority areas from the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Plan for HIV/AIDS Related Research, as well as the NIMH Strategic Plan (Objective 4): To strengthen the public health impact of NIMH-supported research. That is, through research, evaluation, and collaboration, to develop the capacity of NIMH to help close the gap between the development of new, research-tested interventions and their widespread use by those most in need. The two overarching goals of this PROGRAM are to encourage projects that will 1) improve the uptake of efficacious interventions and 2) conduct research to inform and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions, in order to maximize community impact.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-071.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for collaborative preliminary intervention studies to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel mechanism drug candidates, promising investigational new drugs (INDs), or novel psychosocial strategies for the treatment of mental disorders and for obtaining the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to larger-scale (efficacy or effectiveness) intervention or services studies. This program should be used when at least two but no more than three sites from different Institutions/Organizations are needed to complete the study. The collaborating studies should be organized in order to increase sample size, accelerate recruitment, and/or increase sample diversity and representation. For a linked set of collaborative R34s, each site shall have its own Program Director/Principal Investigator and provide for a mechanism for cross-site coordination, quality control, database management, statistical analysis, and reporting.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-024.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invites research grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose the development of novel radioligands for positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in human brain, and that incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-276.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for innovative intervention development research to advance HIV prevention and care. This program encourages research designed to (a) conduct tests of the efficacy of novel behavioral and/or integrated behavioral and biomedical interventions, (b) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of innovative interventions, and (c) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-039.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-207.html
Next Deadline: 9/24/2012, 10/22/2012
The sponsors provide support for multidisciplinary research groups or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction. The objectives of this program are to: accelerate innovative drug discovery; develop pharmacologic tools for basic and clinical research on mental disorders, or drug or alcohol addiction; develop and validate models for evaluating novel therapeutics for mental disorders; and support early phase human clinical testing to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of promising drug candidates and new indications for IND-ready drugs for the treatment of mental disorders or alcohol addiction. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of concept testing of new, rationally based candidate medications to treat mental disorders or drug or alcohol addiction, and to develop novel ligands as tools to further characterize existing or to validate new drug targets. Partnerships between academia and industry are strongly encouraged.
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-283.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications for exploratory research on psychosocial/behavioral treatments and innovative services research for autism spectrum disorders, including the development of instruments to evaluate the impact of interventions on core features of autism spectrum disorders, and comorbid symptomatology. It is intended to encourage research on: 1) the development and/or pilot testing of new or adapted interventions or instruments, 2) pilot testing novel interventions in preparation for larger efficacy trials, or 3) innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development, as well as to facilitate the program goal of enhancing autism research through the broad availability of data and resource infrastructure to further scientific advancement and public health benefits.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-159.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged. This program is intended to support the broad research goals of the Strategic Plan for ASD Research (http://iacc.hhs.gov/reports/2009/iacc-strategic-plan-for-autism-spectrum-disorder-research-jan26.shtml).
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-059.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
NIH invites applications to form collaborations with an established academic, nonprofit, or commercial high throughput screening (HTS) facility that has the requisite expertise and experience to implement HTS-ready assays for the discovery and development of small molecule chemical probes. Through this program, NIH wishes to stimulate research in 1) discovery and development of novel, small molecules for their potential use in studying disease treatment relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes, and 2) discovery and/or validation of novel, biological targets that will inform studies of disease mechanisms. Emphasis will be placed on assays that provide new insight into important disease targets and processes.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-215.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to outline priority areas for research related to women’s mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Priority areas include basic and clinical neuroscience, studies of clinical course, epidemiological factors and risk factors, as well as interventions and services research.
Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-259.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that intend to perform innovative research that will expand our current knowledge of neurobiological mechanisms underlying migraine headache, examine the role of neuromodulators, genetic and environmental influences in migraine susceptibility, and explore new targets for therapy development.
Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-293.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor provides funding to support preliminary steps in the preclinical development of therapeutics for neurological disorders. Such projects, if successful, should lead directly to a subsequent project that will include all remaining activities for submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) or Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The scope includes only therapy development activities, so development of diagnostics, biomarkers, or rehabilitation strategies cannot be supported. Clinical research, basic research, and studies of disease mechanism are outside program scope.
Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-143.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for projects intended to complete preliminary steps in the pipeline for the preclinical development of therapeutics to cure epilepsy, prevent the emergence of epilepsy following brain injury (including status epilepticus, traumatic brain injury, stroke, encephalitis, or other injury) or in other high-risk groups, or to better treat individuals with intractable epilepsy. Such projects, if successful, should lead directly to a subsequent project that will include all remaining activities for submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) or Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Only Aims required for therapy development can be supported in this program.
Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-071.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses. Children diagnosed with a chronic illness and their families have a life-long responsibility for self-management, to maintain and promote health and prevent complications. Biobehavioral studies of children in the context of family and family-community dynamics are encouraged. Research related to biological/technological factors, as well as, sociocultural, environmental, and behavioral mechanisms that contribute to successful and ongoing self-management of chronic illnesses in children is also encouraged. This program is restricted to studies of chronic illnesses in children and adolescents ages 8 to 21 grouped by developmental stages according to the discretion of the investigator.
Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-134.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invite applications for interdisciplinary research aimed at promoting health, limiting symptoms and disease, and reducing health disparities in children and older adults living or spending time in non-traditional settings. These settings result in exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins that result in health risks, symptoms, and other health conditions/diseases including lower respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Risk identification and symptom management include prevention and behavior changes and actions to maintain health and prevent disease with an emphasis on the individual, family, and community which will advance nursing science. For purposes of this program, non-traditional settings, for children and older adults, include, but are not limited to places such as community centers, pre-school and non-traditional school environments (e.g., churches, daycare, home-based schools, dormitories, and alternative schools), child and older adult foster care facilities, older adult day care facilities, half-way homes, assisted living and long-term care facilities.
Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-328.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include: developing healthy sleep patterns, developing effective self-regulation strategies, adaptive decision-making in risk situations, practicing proper dental hygiene, eating a balanced and nutritious diet, engaging in age-appropriate physical activity and/or participating in healthy relationships. Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. The ultimate goal of this program is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors.
Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-008.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute insult is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators.
Agency: National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-105.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invites applications to conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved children. Specifically, this initiative focuses on ethnic and racial minority children and underserved populations of children such as: children from low literacy, rural and low-income populations, geographically isolated children, hearing and visually impaired children, physically or mentally disabled children, children of migrant workers, children from immigrant and refugee families, and language minority children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (physical and family environments), social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-291.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for dissertation awards in all areas of research within NIA’s strategic priorities to increase diversity of the scientific research workforce engaged in research on aging and aging-related health conditions.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-265.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications that propose to study the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and/or management of asthma in older adults. Much of what is known about asthma in adults is based on studies in younger adult populations; however, the mechanisms underlying asthma in some older adults may differ, which may impact on diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-045.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to develop research protocols for Phase III and IV clinical trials related to critical illness and injury in aging. The planning grant mechanism is intended to permit early peer review of the rationale and design of the proposed Phase III or IV clinical trial, and to support development of a research team, tools for data management and research oversight, recruitment strategies, detailed protocol and Manual of Procedures (MOP), and other essential components necessary for a competitive clinical trial application.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-043.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications for proposing to study mechanisms and management of critical illness and injury, including trauma and neurotrauma, in aging. Studies may be mechanistic, observational, or interventional in nature. Secondary analyses of existing datasets, such as from large observational studies or clinical trials, may be proposed. Animal studies are appropriate in cases where human studies are not feasible.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-015.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for research that develops, characterizes, refines and enhances model systems for aging research, including but not limited to animal models, cell lines, and informatics. This program encourages applications that propose to: characterize aging at the physiological, biochemical and functional levels in existing animal models, including but not limited to animal models currently used in other scientific fields that have potential to benefit aging research; develop new animal models for aging research; develop unique cell lines for aging research; use comparative biology to identify models of highest priority for aging research; or develop informatics that enhance the utilization of animals for aging research.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-253.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages research which would develop reliable estimates of the current economic costs of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and also project future costs in the coming decades, including direct and indirect costs to public and private health care payers, costs faced by families and other informal caregivers, as well as labor market costs from reduced productivity or labor force participation.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-226.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications proposing to study bioenergetic factors underlying increased fatigability and activity limitations in aging. Increased fatigability is a significant cause of restricted physical and cognitive activity in older adults. Alterations in bioenergetics—the production and utilization of energy, and the regulation of these processes—may contribute significantly to increased fatigability. This program encourages applications that propose to 1) elucidate specific alterations in bioenergetics related to increased fatigability and activity limitations; 2) develop and evaluate improved measures of fatigability related to bioenergetics; 3) evaluate interventions for increased fatigability and activity limitations that target alterations in bioenergetics and lead to improved quality of life.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-151.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to advance the discovery of new, efficacious therapies for the treatment, delay of progression, or prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and age-related cognitive decline. This program encourages the early stages of drug discovery necessary to identify promising disease-modifying therapies as well as treatments aimed at ameliorating the cognitive and neuropsychiatric/behavioral symptoms characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies aimed at the discovery and testing of therapies directed at a variety of established as well as novel therapeutic targets are encouraged. The goal is not to duplicate or compete with pharmaceutical companies but to encourage the process of discovering new, innovative, and effective therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of the cognitive impairment and behavioral symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-164.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications focused on: 1) identifying novel targets within the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling network, the manipulation of which has the potential to promote healthy aging, i.e. extend health span in the aged (NIA interest); and 2) identifying and characterizing dietary constituents that modulate the mTOR pathway and promote cancer prevention (NCI interest). Identification and characterization of targets can utilize a wide range of approaches, including medicinal chemistry, in vitro assays, and studies in lower organisms or mammalian models.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-018.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases invite applications intended to encourage and accelerate the characterization of new or underutilized models and the testing of hypotheses that will lead to an improved understanding of the mechanisms mediating osteoarthritic progression.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-194.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications from institutions/organizations that propose to (1) study biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical mechanisms and processes by which aging and/or age-related diseases affect the experience of pain, (2) examine biological, neurobiological, psychosocial, and clinical factors that impact pain experience and prevalence in older people, (3) evaluate existing pain assessment and/or management approaches in older adults, or (4) develop new assessment methods and/or management strategies for pain with particular attention to the needs of older adults. Studies involving animal models or human subjects are appropriate under this program announcement.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-175.html
Next Deadline: 12/7/2012
The sponsors invites applications proposing to study HIV infection, HIV-associated conditions, HIV treatment, and/or biobehavioral or social factors associated with HIV/AIDS in the context of aging and/or in older adults. Research approaches of interest include clinical translational, observational, and intervention studies in domestic and international settings.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-174.html
Next Deadline: 12/7/2012
The sponsors invites applications proposing to study HIV infection, HIV-associated conditions, HIV treatment, and/or biobehavioral or social factors associated with HIV/AIDS in the context of aging and/or in older adults. Research approaches of interest include clinical translational, observational, and intervention studies in domestic and international settings.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-210.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications that propose basic, clinical, and translational research on chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its consequences in aging and in older persons. Applications should focus on the 1) biology and pathophysiology of CKD in animal models; 2) etiology and pathophysiology of CKD in older adults; 3) epidemiology and risk factors for the development of CKD with advancing age; and/or 4) diagnosis, medical management and clinical outcomes of CKD in this population. Research supported by this initiative should enhance knowledge of CKD and its consequences in older adults and provide evidence-based guidance in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of CKD in older persons.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-004.html
Next Deadline: 10/19/2012
National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) invite applications for (1) secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography or (2) archiving and dissemination of data sets.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-005.html
Next Deadline: 10/19/2012
National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for comparative approaches toward understanding the molecular pathways contributing to differences in aging rates, lifespan and healthspan in vertebrate species.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-321.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications hat propose to develop research on single cell biology to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms of normal aging and of age-related diseases. Applications using -omics technologies, imaging, optofluidic platforms, mass spectroscopy, whole genome sequencing, and other tools and technologies at the single cell level are encouraged since it is expected that the single cell approach will improve the determination of unique and biologically significant properties of tissues and organs during the aging process.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-11-280.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for projects intended to accelerate the pace of development of novel therapeutics involving biologics, pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for preventing and treating key health issues affecting the elderly. For the purposes of this program, T1 translational research on aging is defined as the application of basic and clinical biomedical findings towards the development of new strategies for prevention and treatment of age-related pathologies. For projects proposing basic research that is being conducted in animal models, the potential to treat a clinical age-related pathology must be clearly stated in the proposal. Direct relevance of the data to a clinical aging condition must be established and clearly stated in the application.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-11-281.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for projectson translational research (T2) directed towards development of health care practices, community programs and policies, including monitoring and quality improvement for pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for preventing and treating key health issues affecting the elderly. For the purposes of this program, T2 translational research on aging is defined as research to gather information needed to develop or evaluate methods of translating results from clinical studies into everyday clinical practice and health decision making (e.g., adapting an efficacious intervention for application in clinical practice and evaluating its effectiveness in different clinical settings). Methods for T2 translational research include but are not limited to intervention studies, systematic reviews, meta analysis, outcomes research and implementation research.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-135.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute on Aging (NIA)and National Cancer Institute (NCI) invite applications for translational research proposals in the overlapping areas of human aging and cancer, linking basic and clinical research relevant to the care of older cancer patients through both bench-to-bedside and bedside-to-bench approaches. Ultimately, information from the research supported by this initiative should improve the health and well-being of elderly patients at risk for, or diagnosed with, cancer and decrease the functional impairment and morbidity associated with cancer in this population.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-124.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for translational research that moves evidence-based research findings towards the development of new interventions, programs, policies, practices, and tools that can be used by community-based organizations to help elderly individuals remain healthy and independent, and living in their own homes and communities. The goal of this program is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving the elderly (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, and Area Agencies on Aging) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of their aging populations.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-026.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications from researchers with broad ranges of expertise to study the consequences of alcohol consumption on immune function with the ultimate goal of alleviating infection and reversing alcohol-induced organ damage. Susceptibility to infection and organ damage are the two most common causes of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. These consequences of alcohol abuse are closely associated with profound impairment of the host innate and adaptive immune systems. The mechanisms of these immune alterations and their link with alcohol-related medical problems are, in most cases, poorly understood. The goal of this program is to attract applications on basic and translational research: 1) to identify how alcohol alters immune function; 2) to establish functional links between immune alterations and alcohol related infections and organ damage; and 3) to develop means for mitigating immune impairment with the goal of alleviating alcohol-induced pathology.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-101.html
Next Deadline: 9/7/2012
The sponsor invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to support research on behavioral and pharmacological treatment for alcohol use disorders; organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of services for alcohol use disorders; and phenomenon of recovery from alcohol use disorders.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-028.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies on the effects of adolescent binge alcohol consumption on synaptic maturation and myelin formation in the developing brain.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-268.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct mechanistic studies on the relationship between alcohol drinking, alcohol dependence and pain. An association between chronic pain conditions and alcohol dependence has been revealed in numerous studies with episodes of alcohol abuse antedating chronic pain in some people and alcohol dependence emerging after the onset of chronic pain in others. Pain transmission and alcohol’s reinforcing effects share overlapping neural substrates giving rise to the possibility that chronic pain states significantly affect alcohol use patterns and promote the development of dependence and addiction. In addition, long term alcohol intoxication and alcohol dependence induce pain symptoms and may exacerbate chronic pain arising from other sources. The objective of this program is to understand genetic, pharmacological and learning mechanisms underlying the association between the propensity to drink alcohol and pain responses.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-065.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose study the neuroimmune mechanisms of alcohol related disorders. Studies supported by this program will provide fundamental insights of neuroimmune mechanisms underlying brain functional and behavioral changes induced by alcohol.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-240.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors provide support for Research Grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol dependence and psychiatric co-morbidities, chronic and acute diseases, and organ function and damage. Study designs may include biomedical research, epidemiologic approaches, and intervention studies.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-062.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the impact of national or local economic fluctuations on alcohol consumption, alcohol drinking patterns, and the prevention and treatment of problem drinking.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-088.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to conduct research on the effects of alcohol-related public policies on health, economic, and social behaviors and outcomes.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-029.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications for research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms. This program will use the NIH Small Research Grant award mechanism.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-309.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-243.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor offers support for applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-252.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioral treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioral, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. In addition, this program accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This program is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-011.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications for discrete, well-defined projects that can be completed within two years with limited resources. Projects of interest fall within the research domain of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated (behavioral/pharmacological) (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in diverse settings; (2) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (3) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (4) interventions to treat chronic pain. Specific examples include: 1) Stage I pilot or feasibility studies; 2) secondary analysis of existing data; 3) small, self-contained research projects; 4) development of research assessments or methodology; and 5) development of new research technology.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-251.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applications facilitate the entry of beginning investigators into the field of behavioral science research related to drug abuse. To be appropriate for a B/START award, research must be primarily focused on behavioral processes and research questions.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-222.html
Next Deadline: 11/11/2012
This initiative is intended to develop new cohorts or build on existing cohorts which include substance using individuals who are HIV positive or at risk for infection. The applications in response to this program may include specific research projects that focus on the intersection of HIV/AIDS and substance use, and should serve as a platform for a wide range of research efforts by the investigator, collaborators, and other researchers utilizing data and/or specimens collected from these studies as part of independent, investigator-initiated research grants. Research aims included in submitted applications may be broad or narrow, given the diverse topics of interest to this program, such as identifying the determinants of susceptibility or resistance to infection; HIV prevention; barriers to optimal HIV care; the effects of multiple co-morbidities and co-infections, such as HBV and HCV; disease progression and response to both substance abuse and HIV treatment; the impact of aging; factors affecting adherence to antiretroviral treatment and other pharmacotherapeutic and behavioral interventions; and understanding determinants and consequences of comprehensive care for chronic comorbid diseases, substance abuse, and mental health issues. Populations of particular interest may include injection and non-injection substance users, sexual minorities (including men who have sex with men (MSM)), racial and ethnic minorities women, youth/adolescents, and high-risk heterosexual couples.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-060.html
Next Deadline: 9/10/2012
The sponsor invites applications from institutions that serve economically disadvantaged students and communities. Applications should propose to develop or strengthen the drug abuse research infrastructure at the institution and foster the research career development of a diverse cadre of faculty, students and staff who are currently underrepresented in drug abuse research.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-020.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for support of drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services and/or women and sex/gender differences.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-232.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor offers support for research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This Program strongly encourages applications that address multiple levels of causation, reflecting the breadth of epidemiology research, that are transdisciplinary in nature and apply novel methods that allow for the advancement of science (e.g., those that investigate interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors, or those that examine how aspects of social environments affect health outcomes), as well as those that take advantage of the investments made by NIH and other funders by using existing data to inform our understanding of drug abuse epidemiology and etiology in a creative and cost efficient manner.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-129.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications for health services and economic research to improve the quality of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) organization and delivery of services; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; or (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-042.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY12 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, and prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders).
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-072.html
Next Deadline: 12/10/2012
The sponsor invites applications to support substance abuse prevention and treatment services research in rapidly evolving areas (e.g., changes in service systems, health care financing, policy, natural/man-made disasters, etc) where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and award of support. There are three distinguishing features of an eligible study: 1) the study's scientific value and feasibility are clear, 2) rapid review and funding are required in order for the scientific question to be answered, and 3) the knowledge gained from the study is time-sensitive and seeking funding through the regular NIH cycle of review and award would result in a missed opportunity to conduct the research. It should be clear that the research question offers an uncommon and scientifically significant research opportunity that could only become available if the project is initiated with minimum delay.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-171.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications for (a) pilot and/or feasibility testing of new, revised, or adapted preventive intervention approaches targeting the initiation of drug and alcohol use, the progression to abuse or dependence, and the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among diverse populations and settings; and (b) pre-trial feasibility testing for prevention services and systems research.
Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-049.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought.
Agency: National Institutes of Health/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-13-012.html
Next Deadline: 11/7/2012
This reissued funding opportunity announcement calls for collaborative applications between institutions in the United States, or other developed countries, and research institutions in developing countries affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The goal of this program is to strengthen the research infrastructure of local institutions in developing countries and provide support for a small portfolio of high impact social and/or behavioral science research on HIV/AIDS. Activities supported under this program should be led by local social and behavioral scientists in partnership with scientists from the United States and/or other developed countries. Research should address social and behavioral issues in the prevention, care, and/or treatment of HIV/AIDS. The research projects and enhanced research infrastructure support should be designed to foster the emergence of local scientists as recognized leaders in behavioral and social sciences research on HIV/AIDS.
Agency: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-136.html
Next Deadline: 89/14/2012
The sponsors provide support for behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: a) Public policy, b) health care, and c) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing “health gaps” among groups. Proposals that utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as system science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged.
Agency: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-023.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
This program seeks applications that propose practical interventions to improve adherence to medication. This program will support research to test interventions with the potential to significantly improve medication adherence in patients with chronic health conditions in settings where primary health care is delivered (including, dental and eye care settings). Applications may target medication adherence in the context of treatment for a single illness or chronic condition (e.g., hypertension) or multiple comorbid conditions (e.g., hypertension and HIV/AIDS). Studies should use the most rigorous design and methodology possible given the populations and settings in which the study is taking place. Primary outcomes of the research should include: a patient self-report of medication adherence, and at least one other non-self-report measure of medication adherence (e.g., pharmacy refill records, electronic monitoring, etc.). In addition, applications should include a health outcome or biomarker (e.g., blood pressure, viral load in HIV patients, cholesterol levels, HbA1c) that is expected to be affected by changes in the targeted adherence behavior. Researchers should address the capacity of the tested approach for wide dissemination, the sustainability of the approach once the research is concluded, and are encouraged to include measurement and costs of the intervention characteristics and contextual factors that affect implementation and adoption.
Agency: Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-063.html
Next Deadline: 10/5/2012
The sponsors invite applications that propose to translate findings from basic research on human behavior into effective clinical, community, or population-based behavioral interventions to improve health. Specifically, this program will support interdisciplinary teams of basic and applied biological, behavioral and/or social science researchers in developing and refining novel behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve health-promoting behaviors (e.g., healthy dietary intake, sun safety, physical activity, or adherence to medical regimens), and/or reduce problem health behaviors (e.g., smoking, tanning or physical activity or alcohol or substance use, abuse or dependence).
Agency: Office of Research on Women's Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-226.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors provide support for innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences. Recent research reports have established the importance of studying issues specific to women, including the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. ORWH is particularly interested in encouraging extramural investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women’s health and/or sex/gender research are invited.