This grant from the Fogarty International Center focuses on supporting educational activities in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance health workforce capacity and increase diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce. The initiative aims to recruit individuals with specific backgrounds to research careers, encourage interprofessional education initiatives, and improve the understanding of research implications to enhance evidence-based health services. Funding will support courses for skills development, research training, mentoring activities, and curriculum development to broaden community outreach and participation.
Opportunity ID: 299515
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-TW-17-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Health-professional Education Partnership Initiative (HEPI) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.989 — International Research and Research Training |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 18, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | May 03, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $600,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. see the funding opportunity for eligibility details |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institutes of Health |
| Description: | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this Fogarty International Center R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs by enhancing health workforce capacity in high HIV-burden, low-income countriesin sub-Saharan Africa; enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce by encouraging interprofessional education initiatives to enhance team health care delivery; help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences in low-income countries to enhance capacity of US research projects; foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications to improve capacity to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based health services. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on courses for Skills Development;Research training; Mentoring Activities; Curriculum or Methods Development to increase Outreach to broad communities to enhance participation in skills development courses, curricula, and mentoring activities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-17-001.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NIH OER Webmaster
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV Email:FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NIH OER Webmaster FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV Email: FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORMS-E | Use for due dates on or after January 25, 2018 | PKG00237119 | Feb 28, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
299515 RR_SF424_2_0-2.0.pdf
299515 PHS398_CoverPageSupplement_4_0-4.0.pdf
299515 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_4-1.4.pdf
299515 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
299515 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_2_0-2.0.pdf
299515 RR_Budget_1_4-1.4.pdf
299515 PHS398_ResearchPlan_4_0-4.0.pdf
Optional forms
299515 RR_SubawardBudget30_1_4-1.4.pdf
299515 PHS_AssignmentRequestForm_2_0-2.0.pdf
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