Funding Opportunities
Grants
Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression
This call aims to support validation of biological, psychological, social or digital markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible. Stratification will allow targeted treatment and ensure that the right people get the right treatment at the right time.
Preliminary closing deadline: 7 June 2023
For more information: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/mental-health-award-finding-right-treatment-right-people-right-time-anxiety#key-dates-36d4
Generating evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine
This funding call seeks to generate evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV), with a focus on real-world impact and preparing for future preventative vaccination campaigns. Successful teams will support and engage with policymakers and/or implementing partners who are responsible for preventing and controlling cholera.
Applications closing deadline: 6 July 2023
For more information: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/generating-evidence-decision-making-use-oral-cholera-vaccine#scheme-at-a-glance-0143
Wellcome Discovery Awards
This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
Applications closing deadline: 25 July 2023
For more information: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/discovery-awards#scheme-at-a-glance-cf48
Wellcome Career Development Awards
This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
Applications closing deadline: 27 July 2023
For more information, click: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/career-development-awards#scheme-at-a-glance-3f5f
Grand Cancer Challenges
Grand Cancer Challenges has announced nine of cancer’s toughest challenges for the global research community to take on, with international teams invited to apply for up to $25m in funding. These are the obstacles that continue to impede progress against cancer and that no one scientist, institution, or country can solve alone.
Expressions of interest deadline: June 22, 2023
For more information, click: https://cancergrandchallenges.org/new-challenges-2023
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Proposed approaches may include but are not limited to data-generating qualitative and quantitative approaches, legal, economic and normative analyses, and other types of analytical and conceptual research methodologies, such as those involving the direct engagement of stakeholders.
Applications closing deadline: June 19, 2023, October 19, 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-254.html
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should propose single or mixed methods studies that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies. Of particular interest are studies that explore the implications of new or emerging genomic technologies or novel uses of genomic information.
Applications closing deadline: June 19, 2023, October 19, 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-20-255.html
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Research Grant (R03) applications to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection of preliminary data and the secondary analysis of existing data.
Applications closing deadline: June 19, 2023, October 19, 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-20-257.html
The BJSM Global Research Grant Program
Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is a growing multidisciplinary field. However, SEM as a discipline
is still developing in marginalised communities* which may lack resources such as trained SEM
personnel, necessary funding, and institutional support to implement robust clinical programs or
conduct research. Funding SEM research also may not be a high priority among other more
immediate concerns experienced by resource-limited communities. In such environments, persons
of colour, Indigenous communities, women, youth, those with disabilities, those who are displaced,
and those from the LGBTQIA+ communities may be further marginalised and bear the brunt of
scarce resources. The purpose of these grants is to facilitate and enhance SEM-oriented research on the health and welfare of marginalised communities by researchers from marginalised groups. The award also
provides recipients with opportunities to be mentored by fellow international SEM researchers
through the BJSM Global Mentoring Program.
Applications closing deadline: 31 July 2023
For more information, click: https://bmjjournals-chicken.bmj.com/bjsm/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/05/BJSM-Global-Research-Grant-Program-Final-April-2023.pdf
The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. The Foundation funds applied research, pilot projects, new initiatives, training, and technical assistance, rather than ongoing support for programs that are already well underway. An important goal for the Foundation is to provide seed money to help promising projects, organizations, and individuals develop the track record they need to attract major foundation funding in the future.
Applications closing deadline: 1 July 2023
For more information, click: https://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/
Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for the Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) D43 program for institutional research training programs in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs, as defined by the World Bank classification system). Applications may be for collaborations between institutions in the U.S and an eligible LMIC or may involve just LMIC institutions if there is a previous track record of externally funded research and/or research training programs by the lead LMIC institution. The proposed institutional research training program is expected to sustainably strengthen the NCD research capacity of the LMIC institutions, and to train in-country experts to develop and conduct research on NCDs across the lifespan, with the long-range goal of developing and implementing evidence-based interventions relevant to their countries. Interdisciplinary research training that cuts across NCDs is encouraged.
Applications closing deadline: 13 July 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-104.html
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program [D43 Clinical Trial Optional]
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages joint applications for the Global Infectious Disease (GID) Research Training programs from U.S. and low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. The application should propose a collaborative training program that will strengthen the capacity of a LMIC institution to conduct infectious disease research not including HIV/AIDS. FIC will support research-training programs that focus on major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, infections that frequently occur as co-infections in HIV infected individuals or infections associated with non-communicable disease conditions of public health importance in LMICs. Training related to prevention, treatment or public health approaches to any technical area of basic, epidemiology, clinical, behavioral or social science health research may be supported. Research Training programs should incorporate didactic, mentored research and professional development skills components to prepare individuals for careers that will have significant impact on the priority health research needs of LMICs.
Applications closing deadline: 3 August 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-120.html
Fellowships and Scholarships
Call For Applications: Humphrey Fellowship Program (2024-2025)
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is a one-year, fully funded, professional development program offered to mid-career professionals. Typically, Humphrey Fellows have a record of leadership, a commitment to public service and the initiative to take full advantage of a self-defined program of independent study at a leading American university. The Humphrey Fellowship enhances leadership among international professionals who collaborate to address local and global challenges and foster change for our collective good. Through academic study and professional development with U.S. counterparts, this growing global network shares best practices and builds expertise in fields of critical importance to advance societal and institutional capacity, promote human rights and freedoms, ensure sustainable environments, and develop thriving communities.
Applications closing deadline: 2 June 2023
For more information click: https://zw.usembassy.gov/now-open-call-for-applications-humphrey-fellowship-program-2024-2025/
The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants
The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants are annual awards of USD150,000, which support early-career investigators who are working to significantly advance human immunology and vaccine and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. The 2023 Michelson Prizes will be looking for research aimed at tackling the current roadblocks that exist in human vaccine development and expanding limited understanding of key immune processes that are fundamental to successful vaccine and immunotherapy discovery.
Applications closing deadline: 11 June 2023
For more information click: https://www.humanimmunomeproject.org/michelson-prizes/
MSc Health Economics Studentships, 2023-2026 Thanzi Programme
In September 2023, the Thanzi Programme will be launching 6 new funded Health Economics Distance
Learning MSc Studentships to support postgraduate training in health economics. The studentships are open
to African-based candidates currently working on health economics-related issues for ministries of health or
public universities in the WAHO and ECSA regions. The studentships cover the MSc and related travel.
Applications closing deadline: 19 June 2023
For more information: see attached flyer
2023 TOPMed Fellowship
The goal of the TOPMed Fellowship program is to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists pursue further studies or careers in genomic data science research. With this fellowship program, TOPMed seeks to facilitate the career advancement and/or transition of participants to the next steps in their scientific careers and to develop a cadre of diverse scientists capable of leading genomic data science research in the areas relevant to heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.
Applications closing deadline: 31 July 2023
For more information: https://topmed.nhlbi.nih.gov/2023-topmed-fellowship
Catalyst Fund inviting Early-stage Ideas or Projects addressing Global Challenges
The Roddenberry Foundation is accepting proposals for the Catalyst Fund from anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges.
Applications closing deadline: Ongoing
For more information: https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/
Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression
This call aims to support validation of biological, psychological, social or digital markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible. Stratification will allow targeted treatment and ensure that the right people get the right treatment at the right time.
Applications closing deadline: 7 June 2023
For more information, click: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/mental-health-award-finding-right-treatment-right-people-right-time-anxiety
International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)
The overall goal of this initiative is to support the mentored training of a sustainable critical mass of bioethics scholars in low and middle-income country (LMIC) research intensive institutions with the capabilities to conduct original empirical or conceptual ethics research that addresses challenging issues in health research and research policy in these countries as well as provide research ethics leadership to their institutions, governments and international research organizations. FIC will support LMIC-U.S. collaborative institutional bioethics doctoral and postdoctoral research training programs that incorporate mentored research, advanced theoretical didactic courses and ethics career skills training components to prepare multiple individuals for positions of ethics scholarship and leadership in health research institutions in LMICs.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows appointment of Trainees (D43) proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or proposing a separate ancillary clinical trial; or proposing to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.
Applications closing deadline: 6 June 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-116.html
HEAL Initiative: Discovery of Biomarkers and Biomarker Signatures to Facilitate Clinical Trials for Pain Therapeutics (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the discovery of candidate biomarkers or biomarker signatures for pain that can be used to facilitate the testing of non-opioid pain therapeutics in Phase II clinical trials. The biomarkers or biomarker signature will be developed through clinical research specifically focused on the identification of pain biomarkers or biosignatures that predict and/or monitor response to pain therapeutics. The resulting biomarkers or biomarker signatures may be focused on a single pain condition or on several pain conditions with common underlying pathophysiology. Applications to identify biomarkers or biomarker signatures that predict or monitor a therapeutic response across several related pain conditions should feature Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI)-led teams that represent each of the related pain conditions and associated clinical networks. The MPI-led teams are expected to decide upon a single set of measures or biomarker modalities including, but not limited to a combination of omics, Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST), actigraphy, Electroencephalography (EEG), digital measures, etc.as components of the biosignature for all pain conditions represented in the application. Applications should feature centralized resource groups that will coordinate clinical trials and standardize all sample or data collection methods, technology development, statistical analysis and algorithm development across the pain conditions under investigation.
Applications closing deadline: 10 July 2023
For more information, click: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-24-018.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
