Funding-Limited Submission – Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research (U10) – RFA-HD-13-006; June 25, 2012

The NIH invites applications from U.S. institutions to support Research Units (RUs) within the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research at NICHD. RUs will consist of U.S.-based research centers in partnership with research centers in low income foreign countries. These RUs will participate in addressing the major causes of maternal, neonatal, infant, and early childhood morbidity and mortality through the conduct of clinical research.  The grantees will form a cooperative network in scientific partnership with NIH to conduct multi-center randomized clinical trials evaluating interventions in resource-poor settings.

Applications for a Global Network Research Unit grant must be submitted jointly by collaborating teams of investigators that include the applicant U.S. PD/PI and a Senior Foreign Investigator (SFI), who must be a national of a low income country residing in his/her own country. These collaborating teams are identified as “Research Units” in the context of this FOA. For the purposes of this FOA, low income countries are defined as resource-limited nations in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Investigators and their institutions from the low income countries are expected to function as full and equal partners with the collaborating U.S. investigators.

See the complete RFA for additional information and guidelines:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-13-006.html

Because the sponsor limits an institution to only one application, UK has established an internal selection process and deadline. Researchers wanting to submit an application to this program are to send the following material electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Monday, June 25, 2012:

1. Names and departments of the Project Director and other key UK personnel of the project team

2. Name of the participating institution(s) in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or Latin America and the name of the Senior Foreign Investigator

3. Provide a descriptive title of the proposed research and a 2 page overview of the project, experience in randomized clinical trials, and history of collaboration

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant. The optional letter of intent is due June 30, 2012; July 31, 2012 is the deadline for the complete application.

Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.)