NIAID Funding News, October 20, 2021

October 20, 2021 NIAID Funding News Read this full edition online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/funding-news-notices Feature Articles  For Grant Applicants—A Focus on Facilities and Equipment When building your application, work with your department chair or colleagues to identify the resources and level of support your institution can provide and external resources you can leverage. Opportunities and Resources Develop Microbiome-Related Approaches To Advance Understanding of Radiation Injuries Explore how the presence of resident microbiomes in the body might affect the severity of radiation injuries sustained during a radiation or nuclear incident and how the microbiome itself is impacted by radiation exposure. Find PCTAS Assistance for NIAID-Funded Primary Caregivers Primary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements (PCTAS) help NIAID grantees support postdoctoral research scientists who are taking care of a child or sick family member by hiring a technician to fill in when the caregiver is away. Check Out Diversity Supplements for Small Business Grantees While staying within the scope of the original project, small business grantees may use supplement funds to enhance the diversity of the research and entrepreneurial workforce. Apply To Form an Analysis and Bioinformatics Center for SUNBEAM Provide analytic infrastructure to comprehensively understand molecular and cellular pathways that contribute to atopic disease development and identify early predictive biomarkers. In The News Good News—Trainees Can Receive Childcare Support Full-time predoctoral and postdoctoral institutional National Research Service Award-appointed trainees with children can now receive $2,500 per budget period for childcare costs provided by a licensed childcare provider. Participate in NIH Assessment of Health Disparities Research Landscape The NIH Common Fund will host a Virtual Community Listening Sessions Series to better understand the opportunities, challenges, and community needs surrounding interventions that target social factors that influence health. Spots Remain for Webinar on Building Research Infrastructure Capacity An engaging and informative virtual event will delve into the challenges of capacity building and the opportunities NIH offers to enhance institutional and research infrastructure. Provide Input on Search Capabilities Across the Biomedical Landscape NIH invites feedback from the perspective of data generators, users, and technology providers about researchers' experiences finding data and expectations for search capabilities. Advice Corner Two New Sample Applications Showcase Good Grantsmanship Explore full applications and summary statements from recently awarded Phase I small business innovation research (R43) and cooperative agreement (U01) awards. Reader Questions "Are there any parent funding opportunity announcements for cooperative agreements?" "Where should I list references used to justify key aspects of my research plan?" New Funding Opportunities RFA-AI-21-075, Identification and Characterization of Persistence Mechanisms of Select Protozoan Pathogens (R01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-AI-21-070, Advancing Group A Streptococcus Vaccine Discovery (R01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) NOT-AI-21-080, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI)—Somatic Cell Gene Editing Therapies To Improve Transplantation Outcomes NOT-AI-21-072, Notice of Special Interest (NOSI)—Leveraging Microbial Exposure for Improving Mouse Models of Human Immunity Find other announcements at NIAID Opportunities & Announcements. Send suggestions or comments to deaweb@niaid.nih.gov. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107