Recovery Act Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Signature Innovations Initiative (R24)

Post Date

January 26th 2010

Application Due Date

March 22nd 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-OD-10-007

CFDA Number(s)

93.701

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2700000

• Award Range:

  $None - $250000

Grant Description

Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications from U.S. institutions and their partners to enhance the infrastructure and opportunities at the participating institutions for training postdoctoral investigators to carry out innovative, multidisciplinary research in Global Health. The initiative emphasizes hands on, problem solving, and collaborative approaches and may require the development of new training models and new partnerships within and beyond the university community. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Resource-Related Research Project (R24) award mechanism. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The Fogarty International Center intends to commit up to $2.7 million under this FOA. We anticipate that 6-10 awards will be made for fiscal year 2010, pending the number and quality of applications and availability of funds.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster

• Agency Email Address:

  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-10-007.html