The Global Health Bulletin
Date: 8/21/2007
Events (see all events)
JHSPH Postdoctoral Fellows Seminar Series: "Landscape ecology of anopheline mosquitos in Macha, Zambia" Julie Clennon, PhD Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, JHSPH; "Phage display library screening, a functional tool to study malaria parasite-host interaction" Sung-Jae Cha, PhD, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, JHSPH. Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Place: W2030, Wolfe St. building, Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by: Office of Graduate Education Research, JHSPH, and Postdoctoral Fellows Association, JHSPH.
Announcements (see all announcements)
New Activity Code Book: The new and reorganized Activity Codes, Organizational Codes, and Definitions Used in Extramural Programs book is here. Read the full article in the NIAID Funding News: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/newsletters/2007/0815.htm#r04
Foreign Researchers: E-Application Tips Just for You: As a foreign investigator, what should you know about applying electronically for a grant? Read the full article in the NIAID Funding News: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/newsletters/2007/0815.htm#r02
Project Funding (see all project funding)
Neuro-AIDS Pilot Grant Announcement 2008: The Johns Hopkins University NIMH Center for Novel Therapeutics of HIV-Associated Cognitive Disorders has announced the upcoming 2008 Developmental Pilot Grant Awards for innovative neuro-AIDS projects. The grant awards are particularly designed to stimulate new projects and encourage new investigators to generate data which would be used for future grant applications. Faculty members of any rank are encouraged to apply, and collaborations with other academic institutions or international sites are allowable. The Center will award 2-4 pilot grants of $25,000 to $45,000 in direct costs for a one-year period. Letters of Intent, a required first part of a two-stage process, are due by September 15, 2007.
Provision of Full-Access, Home-Based, Confidential HIV Counseling and Testing and Basic Care in Kalangala District in Uganda under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to provide 100 percent access for confidential, home-based HIV counseling and testing throughout the District of Kalangala and the surrounding fishing communities of Lake Victoria in the Republic of Uganda. Deadline: September 7, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-739.htm
Provision of HIV/AIDS/TB Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services Among People Who Are Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to support the provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and related support to HIV-positive persons and their families. Deadline: September 7, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-738.htm
Implementing Comprehensive HIV Prevention Services for Injection Drug Users and Other Most At-Risk Populations in Tanzania under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to support the development and implementation of comprehensive, multi-level interventions in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar to reduce high-risk sexual and drug-related practices. Deadline: September 12, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-731.htm
Expansion of National Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment and the Training of Service Providers in Uganda under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to support the expansion of comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment to HIV-infected children and their families in Uganda, and to provide local-language training opportunities in HIV for Ugandan clinical and ancillary health professionals. Deadline: September 12, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-741.htm
Strengthening the Excellence in Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Interventions in Zimbabwe under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to strengthen the capacity of excellence in monitoring and evaluating the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a legally-registered indigenous organization in Zimbabwe. Deadline: September 5, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-760.htm
Building Human-Resource Capacity to Support HIV/AIDS Programs in Botswana under PEPFAR: The purpose of this funding announcement is to contribute to the strengthening of the capacity of health-care workers within Botswana to ensure the continued improvement, expansion, and sustainability of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs supported by PEPFAR; this contribution will be responsive to the emergency nature of the epidemic while building the long-term sustainability of programs. Deadline: September 12, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-747.htm
Conducting Public Health Evaluations Related to Counseling, Testing, Care, and Treatment in Kenya under PEPFAR: The purpose of this announcement is to enable the District Hospital in Coastal Kilifi, in the Republic of Kenya, in collaboration with a research institution, to address key policy questions related to HIV/AIDS through operational research and evaluation, and through the piloting of new, innovative programmatic approaches. Deadline: September 12, 2007. More information: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS07-745.htm
Microbicide Innovation Program (MIP III) (R21/R33): (RFA-AI-07-034) Application Receipt Date: November 20, 2007. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-034.html
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