Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan

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Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan: This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits applications to plan and develop collaborative research and capacity building projects on brain disorders throughout life relevant to low- and middle-income nations. Applicants are expected to develop innovative, collaborative research programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in neurological/neurodevelopmental (including sensory, motor, cognitive and behavioral) impairment throughout life. This RFA is joined by the following Institutes and Centers: NIH sponsors include the Fogarty International Center (FIC), National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS); for Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and for Mexico, the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog'a (Conacyt). These sponsoring organizations seek domestic and international collaborative applications which address brain disorders in the developing world and which build research capacity of low- to middle-income countries to address brain disorders within their country or region. This first phase of the "Brain Disorders in The Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan" initiative, beginning in fiscal year 2003 (FY03), will consist of two-year planning/development grants using the R21 grant mechanism. The R21 grant will provide support to initiate preliminary studies and to organize, plan, prepare, and assemble an application for a more comprehensive R01 grant involving collaboration between high-income and low- to middle-income country investigators and which incorporates both research and capacity building. The main goals of the R21 applications should be to assess needs, develop collaborations and needed resources, show feasibility and generate preliminary data for the collaborative research to be proposed in a follow-up R01 submission. The applicants should propose specific milestones and a timeline to meet these goals. During the R21 award period, the applicant should: o further define the type and area of research to be developed; o develop and solidify collaborative relationships and understandings with the partners in the developed and developing countries involved; o assess current resources and needs, such as and including the need for an institutional review board (IRB) for studies involving human subjects; o develop and initiate a plan to address these needs to enable the proposed research and capacity building to be successfully carried out; o identify the training and other capacity-building opportunities to be incorporated into the research application in the context of the proposed research; o initiate cross-training of collaborators where necessary for the proposed research; and o conduct pilot studies and generate preliminary data; Projects should: 1) Involve a partnership between high-income and low-to middle-income country individuals or research teams; 2) lead to pursuit of basic, epidemiological, clinical, prevention, intervention or health services research in the area of brain disorders of relevance to low- to middle-income countries; and 3) build capacity as necessary in the proposed research area to enable further research to take place. An RFA for the second competitive phase of the "Brain Disorders in The Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan" initiative is currently planned to be issued in fiscal year 2005 (FY05), subject to availability of funds. That RFA is planned to provide support for collaborative research and capacity building to high-income and low- to middle-income country partners through the R01 mechanism. The second phase RFA competition, as currently planned, will not be limited to the R21 grantees under this competition, but will be open to all eligible applicants.