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Quiz Yourself on NIH Grant Funding Vocabulary

How familiar are you with NIAID’s application and grant terminology? Test your knowledge with this 10-question quiz.

Opportunities and Resources

NIAID Replaces COVID-19 NOSI for R03, Small Business Applications

NIAID issued a new notice of special interest (NOSI) to encourage small research project and small business grant applications on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Join the Mucosal Immunology Study Team

Apply for a cooperative agreement award to study immune mechanisms and regulation at mucosal surfaces of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tracts.

Clinical Trials and Organ Transplantation Come Together in Reissued Funding Opportunity

Consider applying if you want to participate in a clinical studies/clinical trials program to improve outcomes of recipients of thoracic or abdominal organ transplants, vascularized composite allografts, or cell replacement allografts.

Clinical Researchers—Explore an Opportunity To Be a Lasker Scholar

The Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program combines a period of research experience as a tenure-track investigator in NIH’s Intramural Research Program (IRP) with additional years of independent support, either within IRP or at an extramural research institution.

Add Research Focused on Maternal Mortality to Ongoing Grants

NIAID is participating in a notice of special interest that encourages currently funded grantees to seek administrative supplements for new research focused on maternal mortality. We are most interested in projects centered on infection and immunity.

In The News

Supplemental Appropriations Bolster NIAID's COVID-19 Response

This spring, NIAID received a total of $1.532 billion from Congress to support our research response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). For perspective, NIAID's annual appropriation for fiscal year 2020 was $5.885 billion.

Help Inform Research Strategy for Coronavirus Serology Testing

Submit your feedback on NIH's strategy to develop, validate, improve, and implement serological testing and associated technologies by May 26, 2020.

Flurry of FOA Reissues in Preparation for FORMS-F Transition

You may have noticed that NIH reissued most parent funding opportunity announcements over the past month. Doing so is part of the process for transitioning from one application form set to another; in this case, switching from FORMS-E to FORMS-F on May 25, 2020.

NIAID Helps Build TRUST in Digital Repositories

NIAID staff worked with several stakeholders to develop and endorse the Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability, and Technology (TRUST) Principles, which serve as a common framework to facilitate communication among stakeholders and implement best practices in digital preservation.

Check Out New NIH Resources for COVID-19 Surveys, Publications

Check out NIH's COVID-19 Portfolio, a repository that contains expert-curated, peer-reviewed articles from PubMed and preprints, and two survey item platforms that collate and standardize COVID-19 related survey items and investigator contact information.

Advice Corner

Don't Forget To Register, Review, and Update Records at ClinicalTrials.gov

All NIH-funded clinical trials must be registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov database, with results submitted in a timely manner. In addition, updates to study records should be prompt, including updates in the recruitment status or completion date of a clinical trial.

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