Funding News

December 6, 2018

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Analyzing RNA from Patient Samples

Applicants should indicate in the Genomic Data Sharing plan whether or not the study should be considered “sensitive” for the purposes of access to Genomic Summary Results.

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Access to Genomic Summary Results: Get up to Date on Updated Policy

The updated data management procedures under the Genomic Data Sharing policy allow unrestricted access to most NIH-supported studies for health and research purposes while considering potential risk to research participants.

Opportunities and Resources

Opportunity To Study Single-Cell Multi-Omics of HIV Persistence

NIAID is encouraging collaborations among bioinformaticians, bioengineers, HIV basic scientists, and HIV clinicians with access to relevant clinical specimens to generate novel single-cell multi-omic approaches to improve our knowledge of HIV persistence.

Check Out Funding Opportunities To Increase Men’s Engagement in HIV Prevention and Care

Apply for funding to support projects that develop and test strategies to engage and retain men along the HIV prevention and care continuum.

Team Up for Cancer Immunotherapy Research

We seek multidisciplinary, collaborative teams researching innate and adaptive immune mechanisms that contribute to tumor progression.

In The News

Provide Feedback on NIAID’s Plan To Fund More New Innovators

To create an alternative pathway for early-stage investigators to earn their first substantial award, NIAID is developing a new initiative using the NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) activity code.

A New NIH Acronym To Know: BESH

NIH recently introduced a new funding opportunity announcement designation for prospective basic science studies involving human participants, to be called Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH).

Advice Corner

Budgeting for Your Proposed Clinical Trial

If you significantly over- or underestimate your project's budget request, reviewers will take that to mean you don't grasp the scope of the work.

Reader Questions

“How is expedited Council review different from full Council meetings?”


“If I am promoted to associate professor, will I lose my new investigator status?”


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