Dear Colleagues:
This is an interesting opportunity: RFA-AI-14-009
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supports international collaborative biomedical research to advance science and expand biomedical knowledge. Scientific cooperation between the U.S. and the Republic of South Africa was initiated in 1995 and has grown in recent years. Recognizing that enhanced cooperative biomedical research would be of mutual benefit to the U.S. and South Africa, the NIH Director and the President of the Medical Research Council (MRC) of the Republic of South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in January, 2013 to develop a new U.S.-South Africa Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research. A working group, made up of members from both the NIH and MRC, developed strategic plans for collaboration. Both the NIH and MRC have allocated resources to support joint activities pursued under this program.
Purpose
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to establish a new U.S.-South Africa Program for Collaborative Biomedical Research. Research areas supported under this program include TB, HIV/AIDS biomedical and behavioral science, and HIV-related co-morbidities, including malignancies.
The intent of this FOA is to foster, stimulate, and/or expand basic, translational, behavioral and applied research that will advance scientific discovery and engage U.S. and South African researchers working collaboratively in the areas of TB, HIV/AIDS biomedical and behavioral science, and HIV-related co-morbidities, including malignancies. Clinical trials (any phase) are not supported under this FOA. Proposed research should reflect the highest possible scientific standards, as well as shared interests, international and local public health needs and priorities, and involve mutually advantageous collaborations among institutions, including participating communities and other partners.
U.S. and South African investigators working in partnership will prepare and submit a single joint application. Applications must include at least one Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI) affiliated with an institution from each country.
This FOA encourages New Investigators, and in particular Early Stage Investigators, to participate in this research program.
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Denise Wallen
Research Officer and Senior Fellow; Research Assistant Professor
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM
505-277-7649
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