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Don’t Waste Your Time: Take an Extra Minute When Selecting NOFOs, Form Sets

We’ve now reached a stretch of time in which two form sets (i.e., FORMS-H and FORMS-I) and two versions of certain notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) will be active simultaneously.
Labeled specimens for malaria and other vector research.

Opportunities and Resources

NIAID will support multidisciplinary, collaborative research programs focused on discovery to early development research to inform new approaches to prevent, diagnose, and treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
While most of our understanding of Post-TB Lung Disease (PTLD) comes from long-term human cohorts, using animal models for PTLD development could help address difficult mechanistic questions when relying solely on human studies.
Propose research on the fundamental mechanisms of toxicity of highly toxic Chemicals of Concern but also on potential new targets to inform the development of medical countermeasures that would be effective during and after civilian mass exposure situations. 

In The News

The newly structured candidate section will ask for four personal statements: 1) a statement of professional and fellowship goals, 2) a statement of fellowship qualifications, 3) a self-assessment, and 4) a statement of scientific perspective.
Investigators will soon be required to use Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to complete Common Forms and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement to produce digitally certified PDFs for their application submission.
HHS Policy Also Caps Indirect Salaries Paid Using Award Funds; Small Business Recipients—Get Help to Hone Your Product Pitch; Read Summary of Recent Artificial Intelligence Use Cases at NIH

Advice Corner

If you know your application will go to a Center for Scientific Review study section, you can request assignment to the most appropriate one.

Contact Us

Email us at deaweb@niaid.nih.gov for help navigating NIAID’s grant and contract policies and procedures.