Grants for Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Health

The URGenT network grant aims to speed up the development and clinical testing of gene-based therapies for ultra-rare neurological or neuromuscular disorders, with the ultimate goal of initiating a clinical trial.

This funding opportunity supports researchers in exploring brain imaging techniques related to substance use and addiction, providing resources for small studies that can lead to larger research projects.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations to strengthen Sierra Leone's public health systems, focusing on disease prevention, detection, and response capabilities.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is soliciting proposals to reduce whale mortality from fishing gear entanglement in Southern California. This grant directly aligns with NFWF's mission to sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats for current and future generations by addressing a critical threat to cetacean populations. The program aims to provide compensatory restoration for injuries to cetaceans caused by the Refugio Beach Oil Spill (RBOS), thereby mitigating past environmental damage and fostering healthier marine ecosystems. The primary beneficiaries of this program are cetaceans in Southern California, particularly those susceptible to entanglement in fishing gear. The impact goals are to increase the capacity of the entanglement response network, improve documentation and disentanglement efforts, and broadly support activities that reduce serious injuries or mortalities from entanglements. This initiative contributes to the foundation's strategic priority of healthy oceans and coasts by safeguarding marine mammals. The program prioritizes several key areas to achieve its goals. These include directly enhancing entanglement response in Southern California, and potentially beyond if it benefits local cetaceans, coordinating with federal, state, and local resource agencies to improve the overall West Coast Marine Mammal Entanglement Response Program, and training and developing volunteer response capacity. Furthermore, proposals should outline how activities will contribute to the development of the overall capacity and infrastructure of the program. Expected outcomes include a more robust and efficient entanglement response network, a reduction in the number of entangled cetaceans, improved survival rates of entangled animals through effective disentanglement, and enhanced coordination among relevant agencies. Measurable results would likely involve metrics such as the number of successful disentanglements, the increase in trained responders, and the documented reduction in entanglement-related mortalities. An estimated $250,000 will be available for a Phase 1 project award, anticipated to last 1-2 years, with a priority geographic focus on the coastlines off Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Orange Counties.

This funding opportunity supports interdisciplinary teams in developing innovative tools to measure and analyze human behavior in real-world settings, integrating neural and environmental data to advance our understanding of brain function and behavior.

This funding opportunity supports research projects that utilize existing datasets to advance understanding of substance use disorders, targeting a wide range of eligible applicants including educational institutions, government entities, and nonprofits.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to early-stage postdoctoral researchers dedicated to advancing their careers in cancer research through enhanced training and mentorship.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for established neuroscientists to extend their research projects, ensuring continuity and progress in the field of neurological disorders.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits R01 grant applications that propose independent research projects that are within the scientific mission areas of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). This program is intended to support Early Stage and New Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the health-related sciences. Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups (e.g., seeNOT-OD-20-031, Notice of NIHs Interest in Diversity), are eligible to apply. Investigators from categories A-C are particularly encouraged to work with their institutions to apply. Preliminary data are not required for this NOFO. All applications require a letter of affirmation from the applicant institution documenting the Investigators eligibility. Applications that do not include this letter will be administratively withdrawn.

This FOA will support integrated, interdisciplinary research teams from prior BRAIN technology and/or integrated approaches teams, and/or new projects from the research community that focus on examining circuit functions related to behavior, using advanced and innovative technologies. The goal will be to support programs with a team science approach that can realize meaningful outcomes within 5-plus years. Awards will be made for 5 years, with a possibility of one competing renewal. Applications should address overarching principles of circuit function in the context of specific neural systems underlying sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, decision-making, motor control, communication, or homeostasis. Applications should incorporate theory-/model-driven experimental design and should offer predictive models as deliverables. Applications should seek to understand circuits of the central nervous system by systematically controlling stimuli and/or behavior while actively recording and/or manipulating relevant dynamic patterns of neural activity and by measuring the resulting behaviors and/or perceptions. Applications are expected to employ approaches guided by specified theoretical constructs, and are encouraged to employ quantitative, mechanistic models where appropriate. Applications will be required to manage their data and analysis methods in a prototype framework that will be developed and used in the proposed U19 project and exchanged with other U19 awardees for further refinement and development. Model systems, including the possibility of multiple species ranging from invertebrates to humans, can be employed and should be appropriately justified. Budgets should be commensurate with multi-component teams of research expertise including neurobiologists, statisticians, physicists, mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, and data scientists, as appropriate - that seek to cross boundaries of interdisciplinary collaboration.

This funding opportunity supports U.S.-based researchers and organizations in discovering and developing natural products as potential agents for cancer prevention, focusing on safe and effective compounds.

This funding opportunity supports clinician-scientists with doctoral degrees who are dedicated to conducting innovative research on pain management through basic experimental studies involving human participants.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research to personalize probiotic therapies by identifying individual factors that influence how people respond to probiotics, ultimately aiming to improve health outcomes.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to integrate HIV services into primary health care systems, enhancing health resilience and epidemic control globally.

This funding opportunity supports innovative research projects aimed at improving health outcomes and reducing disparities for minority populations in the U.S. through short-term studies and pilot interventions.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to U.S. institutions focused on improving minority health and reducing health disparities by enhancing research capacity, fostering investigator development, and promoting community engagement.

This funding opportunity provides resources to academic and biotech researchers to develop and advance new treatments for Substance Use Disorders through drug repurposing and repositioning strategies.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that develop and evaluate street medicine interventions aimed at improving healthcare access and outcomes for individuals living with HIV who are unsheltered or unstably housed.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and local governments to develop and implement innovative programs that reduce falls among older adults and individuals with disabilities, particularly those facing economic or social challenges.

This funding opportunity supports a New York-based organization to improve tobacco use treatment across the state by providing resources, training, and coordination for health systems and regional partners.