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- | Funding Opportunity Announcement - Cancer Grand Challenges | The Cancer Grand Challenges works with the global research community and people affected by cancer to identify the toughest challenges in cancer research, then dares interdisciplinary, world-class teams to take them on. Cancer Grand Challenges are intended to transform cancer research. This funding opportunity seeks applications that reflect this ambition. Therefore, proposals need to be bold, innovative solutions to the challenges below, and should include evidence that applicants have actively sought out new, perhaps unusual, collaborations, that will bring fresh thinking to these problems. Cancer Grand Challenges awards are not intended to fund research that would be fundable by other response-mode schemes and initiatives.
Award details: International teams are invited to apply for up to $25m in funding. Deadlines:
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- | Funding Opportunity Announcement - NIH: Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applications for Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional; PAR-20-300 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional; PAR-23-131).
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support translational and clinical research to improve safe and effective precision therapeutics for pregnant and lactating persons, fetuses, neonates, and children (including those with disabilities) by: 1. Advancing precision medicine in pregnant persons, lactating persons, and children through the development of novel tools, models, and other technologies that could have a direct clinical or health impact. 2. Enhancing the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of drug action, including the role of pediatric ontogeny and the dynamic physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and lactation. 3. Discovering and developing novel therapeutics or enhance the usage of existing drugs or drug repurposing for safer and more effective medications in pregnant and lactating persons, neonates, and children.
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- | Announcement of NRF One Call for Proposals 2023 / 2024 | Dear UCT Researchers,
The NRF has announced the opening of NRF One call for proposal applications. Please see the attached MS Word list for the NRF calls that are currently open, the internal deadlines and contact person per funding programme.
Please take note of the following:
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It is recommended that researchers check the current funding page regularly for up to date information about open funding calls- https://www.uct.ac.za/research-support-hub/funding-contracts/current-funding-opportunities. |
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- | Funding Opportunity Announcement: NIH - Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting applications for the Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional; RFA-ES-23-007) program. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs).
This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied research to examine the impacts of climate change on health and to develop action-oriented solutions to protect the health of individuals, communities, and nations from the hazards posed by climate change. This opportunity will allow the development of new research teams collaborating with communities and other partners to develop projects that generate data that will build or expand research capacity across a range of thematic scientific areas in support of the four core elements of the NIH’s Initiative in climate heath research: health effects research, health equity, intervention research, and training and capacity building.
Award details: · Awards are available for three years and offer up to $850,000 for direct costs per year.
Deadlines:
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- | RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme | The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (RSTMH) is seeking applications for the Early Career Grants Programme. The overall aim of the programme is to encourage and inspire the next generation of global health leaders, innovators, and professionals by providing the opportunity for them to carry out projects which could improve tropical medicine or global health. Applications can be on any topic related to tropical medicine and global health, from across the research spectrum of lab, translation, implementation, and policy. RSTMH held a webinar on the Early Career Grant application process on 15 February. Please click here to watch the recording of the information session.
Eligibility: This call is open to early career researchers and global health professionals based anywhere in the world, who have not held more than £5,000 research funding before.
Award details: Grants of up to £5,000 are available for a period of one year.
Deadlines: · PI to initiate an eRA proposal approval request and contact the Departmental Finance Officer no later than: 24 March 2023 · PI to submit an eRA proposal approval request to the Finance Approver step on eRA no later than: 24 April 2023 · Funder deadline: 28 April 2023, 10:00 SAST
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- | Funding Opportunity Announcement: SAMRC Research Grants – Early Career and Research Grants – Program | In January 2023, South Africa was admitted as a member of the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) following a competitive application process. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) serve as joint institutional members. South Africa is the 16th country to be admitted, and the only country from Africa. HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries.
Two types of research grants are available:
Award details:
Please adhere to the following SAMRC application deadlines:
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