WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to four grants for exploratory data science methods and algorithm development in infectious and immune-mediated diseases. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support exploratory research focused on developing innovative methods and algorithms in biomedical computing, informatics, an  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award grants for research on autoantigens and neoantigens function in the etiology and pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes. The agency description of the grant states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications from institutions and organizations proposing original research aimed at the characterization of the function of neoepitopes and n  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 108 grants for strategies to address COVID-19 health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities. The agency description of the grant states: "The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260), which contained the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260,   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the development of animal models and related biological materials for research. The agency description of the grant states: "This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages innovative research to develop, characterize, and improve animal models, biological materials, and novel technologies to better understand human health and disease. Thi  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for short courses on innovative methodologies and approaches in the behavioral and social sciences. The agency description of the grant states: "The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this OBSSR R25 program is to support educational activities that compl  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for research on cancer control and population sciences. The agency description of the grant states: "The overarching goal is to provide support to promote research efforts on novel scientific ideas that have the potential to substantially advance cancer research in statistical and analytic methods, epidemiology, cancer survivorship, cancer-related be  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award a grant for the protection of emergency responders from exposure to radiation. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this NOFO is to improve the understanding of radiation science to better protect the American public, workers and emergency responders from exposure to radiation from natural, environmental, medical and occup  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it intends to award a $5,665,726 grant to Auckland UniServices Ltd. of New Zealand for safety monitoring for COVID-19 vaccines. The agency description of the grant states: "The University of Auckland's Auckland Univservices Limited is the coordinating site for the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN). The GVDN is an existing network of 21 study sites representing 13   more