Funding-NIH-NSF
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program: A Joint Program for
Multidisciplinary Research; November 20, 2013
Notice Number: NOT-TW-13-010
Key Dates
Release
Date: August 1, 2013
Related
Announcements
NOT-TW-12-022
Issued by
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Purpose
This Notice
updates and supersedes the previous Guide Notice,NOT-TW-12-022,
published in the NIH Guide, August 22, 2012.
The Fogarty
International Center (FIC) and the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
have identified ecological and evolutionary sciences, including field biology
and mathematical modeling, and socio-ecology as essential disciplines to
understand and predict transmission of zoonotic and other infectious diseases
that involve biotic or abiotic vectors, including diseases of humans, other
animals, and plants. FIC, NIGMS, NSF and USDA will continue this multi-year
collaboration on an important initiative to advance our ability to address the
environmental and public health components of disease control. As described in
the NSF Program Solicitation (NSF-13-577), the
purpose of the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program is
to support multidisciplinary teams in the development of predictive models that
integrate ecology and evolution with the goal of discovering principles
governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents to humans and
other hosts. Proposed projects should include research and associated expertise
in diverse disciplines (e.g., biostatistics, ecology, entomology, epidemiology,
evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, mammalogy,
mathematical modeling, microbiology, ornithology, parasitology, social
sciences) as relevant to understanding the disease transmission system
proposed. The EEID program scope includes socio-ecology, pathogen evolution and
translational research in the overall context of the ecology of disease
transmission.
US
institutions and foreign institutions from low- and middle-income countries
(LMICs), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups),
are eligible to apply. Foreign institutions are only eligible for EEID awards
from FIC.
The FIC
mission prioritizes collaborative projects with scientists in LMICs focused on
significant health threats in their countries.
The NIGMS
mission prioritizes basic biomedical research that increases understanding of
life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis,
treatment and prevention.
Other NIH
components have participated in the past and may do so again in the current
cycle.
Potential applicants
are strongly encouraged to contact NIH or NSF program officials prior to
submitting an application. It is anticipated that eight awards will be made
through the EEID program in fiscal year 2014 for projects to begin in the
summer of 2014, subject to the availability of funds. The maximum total (for
all years) award size is $2.5 million, including indirect costs, and the
maximum award duration is five years. Awards made by components of the NIH may
receive support of up to $350,000 in direct costs per year for up to five
years.
Application
submission is through the National Science Foundation. Following a
jointly-conducted initial peer review of these applications, likely NIH
awardees will be invited to reformat their application and resubmit their application
for NIH processing. Subsequent submission and grant administration procedures
will be in accordance with NIH policy.
Note
that the deadline for submission to NSF has been moved two weeks earlier than
in recent years.
The deadline is November 20, 2013.
Detailed
information about this program can be obtained on the NSF website at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5269&org=DEB&from=home
and on the NIH website at http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/Pages/ecology-infectious-diseases.aspx.
Inquiries
Please
direct all inquiries to:
FIC:
Christine Jessup, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Telephone: 301-496-1653
Email: Christine.Jessup@nih.gov
NIGMS:
Irene
Eckstrand, Ph.D.
Program Officer
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Telephone: 301-594-0943
Email: eckstrai@nigms.nih.gov
Link
to Full Announcement
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-TW-13-010.html