Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research

The summary for the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research: - The NICHD, NCI and NCCAM invite applications from investigators willing to participate under a cooperative agreement in an ongoing multi-center international research network designed to perform randomized clinical trials, using common protocols, to reduce the major risk of maternal, neonatal, infant, and early childhood mortality and significant morbidity in resource-poor countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. - The NICHD intends to commit approximately $3.7 million dollars in total costs [Direct plus Facilities and Administrative (F and A) costs] in FY 2006 to fund four to eight new and/or competing continuation grants in response to this RFA, NCI intends to commit $100,000 and NCCAM intends to commit $225,000 in FY 2006. Additional funds are being sought from other sources. - This funding opportunity will use the NIH Cooperative Research Project Grant (U01) award mechanism. - You may submit an application if your institution has any of the following characteristics: For-profit or non-profit organizations, public or private institutions such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories, domestic. - Eligible principal investigators (PIs), including any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research, are invited to work with their institution and senior foreign investigators (SFIs) to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH programs. - Applicant institutions may apply for (1) only a Data Coordinating Center grant, or (2) only a Research Unit grant, but not both. - An institution may submit only one application in response to this RFA. - Background information about the RFA will be available online at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/RFA/HD-05-025.htm. - Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research grant application instructions and forms (rev. 09/2004). The PHS 398 is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo, Telephone (301) 435-0714, email: [email protected]. Applications must be received by the date listed under Key Dates, above. - Telecommunications for the hearing impaired is available at: TTY 301-451-0088.