WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration announced that it expects to award up to three grants for the training of rural health workforce of the Mississippi River Delta Region in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The agency description of the grant states: "This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Delta Regional Rural Health Workforce Trai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration announced that it expects to award a grant for the development of sustainable rural residency programs to improve health care. The agency description of the grant states: "This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program. The purpose of this grant progr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for HIV monitoring in Zimbabwe. The agency description of the grant states: "PEPFAR Small Grants recognizes the importance of engaging with communities in the development and implementation of HIV programming. PEPFAR will attempt to support at least one community-led monitoring initiative in each of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces. Further, PEPFAR is trying to improve its reach among underserved an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for enhanced interpersonal focused strategies for suicide prevention interventions. The agency description of the grant states: "This initiative encourages research focused on development of and testing the effectiveness of intervention approaches that utilize enhanced interpersonal strategies to strengthen and compliment efforts in suicide prevention  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration announced that it expects to award up to 50 grants for substance use disorder prevention and treatment. The agency description of the grant states: "The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is a multi-year initiative by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the Clinical Research Education and Career Development Program. 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 over-arching goal of this NIMHD R25 program is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the clinical  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the identification and characterization of persistence mechanisms of select protozoan pathogen. The agency description of the grant states: "To expand our understanding of protozoan parasite persistence mechanisms and provide research tools and strategies to enable identification and credentialing of novel treatments for persistent protozoan patho  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for the advancement of Group A Streptococcus vaccine discovery. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support discovery and design of novel Group A Streptococcus (GAS) vaccine candidates and their advancement into preclinical evaluation for broad protection agai  more