The University of Maryland, Baltimore was awarded a $248,306 Project Grant by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) to implement the "Strengthening Surgical Scientists Capacity for NCD-Lifespan Research (SSSCAR) Program". This program aims to build the research capacity of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) trainees by implementing multidisciplinary graduate training programs that would empower them to address...
This Project Grant award of $378,904 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) will fund an innovative research education program titled "Developing Research Leaders in Global Infectious Diseases in Women." The program aims to address the knowledge gap in sex differences in global infectious diseases and train the next generation of clinical investigators in this field. The program has...
This federal Project Grant award of $174,511 from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to develop an effective education strategy to increase provider proficiency with evidence-based interventions that can be scaled up worldwide. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining if the addition of tailored skills training increases refresher knowledge assignment completion above 60% for...
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $100,987 Project Grant under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to Mu-Jhu Care LTD, a non-profit organization in Uganda. The three-year grant, awarded on May 19, 2025 and concluding on Feb 29, 2028, aims to strengthen the research compliance and integrity (RCI) capacity of the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration and other...
This Project Grant award of $245,305.00 was made on July 6, 2025 by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The grant aims to develop a sustainable Master's degree program in research ethics and integrity in Morocco. Specific objectives include creating new courses and training faculty to equip them with the skills to teach the new curriculum,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) will provide $108,916 to Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi to characterize the pharmacokinetic and safety profiles of the antimalarial drugs artemether-lumefantrine plus amodiaquine (ALAQ) in two key target populations: children with severe acute malnutrition and adults living with HIV on dolutegravir-based antiretroviral...
This Project Grant award from the John E. Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) provides $108,237 to Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda to develop and assess the feasibility of a diagnostic tool for post-tuberculosis (TB) lung disease that can be deployed in primary healthcare settings. The key objectives are to: (1) create and validate a clinical diagnostic algorithm for post-TB lung disease, (2) conduct qualitative...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $157,855 to the University of Utah to establish the ASCENT Research Training Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (SRHRJ). The program aims to strategically develop an innovative, interdisciplinary, and multi-level national research training experience to increase...
This federal Project Grant award of $302,142, provided by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training program), is intended to strengthen the capacity of researchers in Uganda to conduct HIV treatment and prevention clinical trials focused on perinatal, pediatric, adolescent, and high-risk populations, including women and their partners. The awardee, Mu-Jhu Care LTD, an international organization based in Kampala, Uganda, will serve as a...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $1 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) on September 1, 2024 to conduct the "KUPAMBANA: A Combined Microeconomic Strengthening and Stigma Reduction Intervention for Young People with HIV in Zambia" project. The project aims to address the intersectional challenges of HIV and poverty stigma among young...