Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
NIH D-43 Application
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-260.html
Announcement Expiration Date: May 22, 2013
Components of Participating Organizations
Fogarty International Center (FIC), (http://www.fic.nih.gov/)
Global Infectious Disease Research Training
Program PA-10-260
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 21, 2012 and 2013
no later than 5:00pm EST
Application Receipt Date: May 21, 2012 and 2013
Peer Review Date: October/November 2013 and 2014
Council Review Date: January 2013 and 2014
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: March 2013 and 2014
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Overall goal: Have a collaborative research training program to
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Strengthen the capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC)
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Conduct infectious disease (excluding HIV/AIDS other than co-infection) research.
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Focus on major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases,
neglected tropical diseases, widespread co-infections of HIV/AIDS patients or
infections associated with non-communicable disease conditions of poverty in
developing countries
Duration: Up to five years
Awards: Up to $200,000 in new awards; up to $250,000 in renewal awards (Total Direct Costs)
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Allowable Costs include: Stipends, tuition and fees, trainee travel, training-related
expenses, salary for Senior/Key personnel, Faculty travel and Facilities and Administrative
costs.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Research training activities should include:
•Basic biomedical or clinical sciences;
•Behavioral or social sciences
•Prevention research
•Health services
•Operations and implementation research
•Sustainable research enhancing areas such as biosafety, data management, scientific writing,
grant writing, statistics, good clinical practice, bioinformatics, management of intellectual
property, and English as a second language (if needed).
Applicants are encouraged to:
Maximize the use of information technology to facilitate trainee data management, access to
scientific information, distance learning and collaborative scientific interaction.
Design multidisciplinary research training programs.
•The proposed training is expected to strengthen sustainable research capacity at the LMIC
institution.
•Training can take place in the U.S. or a foreign country, but training-related research should be
carried out mainly in the LMIC
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Objectives of Global Infectious Disease Research Training:
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To develop research training programs to strengthen the capacity to conduct
infectious disease research at LMIC institutions.
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To develop a cadre of research experts who can address issues of importance
and are most likely to contribute to science and affect public health policy in
their country;
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To support training-related research (degree-related or mentored research
projects) that is directly relevant to the health priorities of the LMIC;
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To strengthen core research support capabilities of trainees at LMIC
institutions that they needed to manage research and research training grants
such as: expertise in ethics and compliance issues, protection for human
subjects, animal welfare, fiscal management, budgeting, program and grants
administration, grant and report writing, preparation of scientific manuscripts,
information technologies, technology transfer and management of intellectual
property, data management, and Internet connectivity.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Eligibility Criteria of Training PD/PI:
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Any individual with the skills, knowledge, successful past training record, and
available resources necessary to carry out the proposed research training
program.
An established researcher at the applicant institution.
Responsible for the selection of eligible trainees to the training grant, the
overall direction, management and administration of the research training
program, program evaluation, and the submission of all required forms in a
timely manner.
Must identify at least one scientist from each LMIC institution as the main
foreign collaborator for that institution.
Women, individuals from underrepresented racial, ethnic or socially
disadvantaged groups as well as individuals with disabilities encouraged
Must be designated as the PD of at least one research award that is directly
relevant to the research training proposed and with at least 18 months of
support remaining at the time of submission of the application.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Types of Trainings (but not limited to):
•Long-term (master’s or doctoral degree and other training; 6+ months)
For full range of skills necessary to support research and research administration with the
understanding that the focus of thesis and training-related research will be in their
country. Part-time long term training is permitted but should be described and justified in the
application.
•Medium-term (3-6 months) training or mentoring
Includes specialized clinical, laboratory, research or administrative/business skills necessary to
support research that is planned or ongoing.
•Short-term (< 3 months) training or mentoring
Focuses on research methodology, laboratory skills necessary to support research ethics and
compliance issues, program and grants administration, accounting, financial management, grant
writing, peer review, preparation of scientific manuscripts, data management, Internet
connectivity, technology transfer, medical informatics, and other relevant areas.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Types of Trainings, cont’d:
•Additional institutional capacity-building efforts encouraged
Examples: in-country training workshops in advanced techniques; distance
learning; and interaction with other national and regional efforts to strengthen
the ability of institutions to support research and research training.
•Advanced in-country mentored research
Undertaken by trainee’s own home country upon completion of his/her initial
period of long-term training under the program (master’s, Ph.D., post-doctoral or
other long-term training).
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Breakdown of components
• Item 1: Introduction
• Item 2: Background
• Table 2*: Participating Faculty Members
• Item 3: Program Plan
•Table 4: Grant and Contract Support of Participating Faculty Members
•Table 5: Pre- and Postdoctoral Trainees of Participating Faculty Members
•Table 6: Publications of Research Completed by Trainees (or Potential
Trainees)
• Item 4: Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity
• Item 5: Plan for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of
Research
* Items 7-9, 11-12 not listed, see PA. Only complete tables as listed above; Items not
mentioned are not required by PA.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
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• Item 6: Progress Report
•Table 12A: Pre-doctoral Trainees Supported by this Training
Grant
• Table 12B: Postdoctoral Trainees Supported by this Training
Grant
• Item 10: Multiple PD/PI Leadership Plan
• Item 13: Data Tables
• Item 14: Letters of Support
• Item 15: Appendix
* Items 7-9, 11-12 not listed, see PA. Only complete Tables as listed
above; Items not mentioned are not required by PA.
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program
PA-10-260
Research Plan Page Limits
• Introduction - 3 pages for resubmission, 1 page
for revision application
• Items 2-5 - 25 pages total, including additional
tables, graphs, charts, etc.