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NIH AIDS International Training and Research Program (D43)
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) AIDS International Training and Research Program (D43)
WHO: Texas A&M University faculty, including TAES, TEES and TTI personnel.
WHY: Applicants may request $278,000 in direct costs for each of five years.
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of April 30, 2007.
HOW: Faculty should submit an internal proposal via email for review by the appropriate internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:
The funding agency below has limited the number of solicitations to one per institution. If the number of faculty wishing to submit a proposal exceeds the number allowed by the agency, we will conduct an internal selection process. Below are due dates for the program, including the due date for the internal proposal for review by the internal selection committee, the date for the optional, but recommended, letter of intent and the date for announcement of the internal selection and the due date for submission to the agency.
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
AGENCY PROGRAM TITLE: AIDS International Training and Research Program
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The AIDS International Training and Research Program is designed to invite applications from eligible institutions for innovative, collaborative training programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in HIV/AIDS and HIV-related conditions at institutions with which they have ongoing research collaborations, in low and middle-income countries (as defined using the World Bank classification system at http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm.) There are 152 countries listed that are defined as: low income (54), lower middle income (58) and upper middle income (40).
The research training program should continue to emphasize prevention research and expand to include research to identify appropriate interventions to provide care to those adults and children infected with HIV. Further, the program should involve a wide range of professionals, including nurses, midwives, physicians, dentists, health care administrators and public health workers, and should be multidisciplinary, including training across the biomedical, behavioral and social sciences, clinical science, epidemiology, bio-statistics and public health practice.
The program should also provide short-, medium- and long-term training opportunities for participants from their proposed collaborating foreign institution in low- and middle-income countries. Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide support and mentoring for trainees to conduct the research related to their training in their country to the greatest extent possible.
The full announcement can be found at the web page of the sponsor here.
AGENCIES ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT: The AIDS International Training and Research Program is open to universities, colleges and non-profit organizations. Please note that eligible domestic institutions must demonstrate active research collaborations with institutions in the low and middle-income countries named in their application.
AWARD INFORMATION: Applicants may request $278,000 indirect costs for each of five years.
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS COSTS: Indirect Costs (F&A): 8%. Funds for tuition, academic fees and self-only or family medical insurance for trainees may not exceed 20% of direct costs. Also, salary and fringe benefits for staff at the U. S. institution should not exceed 25% of direct costs.
COST SHARING: NONE.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES
April 27, 2007: Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent here.
April 30, 2007: Deadline to obtain approval from your department head and college dean and to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Sponsored Projects. The internal proposal should include:
- An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH Program Announcement
- Project and Management Plans (including team members)
- Summary budget
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted via email for review by the internal selection committee.
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here. Selection of internal proposals will be based on National Institutes of Health guidelines. Meeting the needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact
departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also
request additional information from PI’s.
May 11, 2007: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
July 13, 2007: NIH Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent.
August 14, 2007: NIH Deadline for full proposal.