Project Grant G11AI152202

This federal Project Grant award, titled "EXPANDED STRENGTHENING OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY'S RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY PROGRAM (E-SMAC)", is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research. The $101,290 award, made on July 22, 2024, supports Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda to strengthen its research administration capacity, particularly related to managing NIH grants....

This $100,987 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) aims to strengthen the capacity of the Research Compliance and Integrity (RCI) Office at the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University (MU-JHU) Research Collaboration in Uganda to provide rigorous oversight of HIV clinical trials. The key activities include: 1) providing advanced training in research compliance and...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) provides $108,000 to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Kenya. The objective is to strengthen KNH's pre-award grants management capacity to enable more researchers to successfully apply for NIH funding. The key activities include: 1) training two senior KNH research administrators on pre-award grant management...

This federal Project Grant award for $246,521.00, awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research), supports the development of a workforce training program to build capacity in West Africa for pathogen surveillance and outbreak response. The key elements of the award include: Establishing a training program at the University of Science, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB) in Mali to teach best practices for...

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) awarded a $962,344 Project Grant to the Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) in Ghana. The grant, titled "Strengthening Capacity for Policy-Relevant Life Course Epidemiological Research in Ghana," aims to develop a sustainable pipeline of interdisciplinary African physician scientists and postdoctoral investigators dedicated to addressing the growing...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $245,178 Project Grant under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan. The grant will fund a project to transform AKU's research administration infrastructure and build research administration capacity at AKU and other institutions across Pakistan. The key objectives are to: (1) develop a strategic plan for improving research administration and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) totaling $1,316,524 supports a collaborative research project titled "Revisioning Research Administration in Rhode Island for Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS)". The project aims to address collective challenges in the Rhode Island research administration landscape by building research administration capacity and developing a robust infrastructure of professional support...

This $108,916 federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training) will allow Dr. Clifford George Banda of the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi to conduct research to inform optimal dosing of the antimalarial combination therapy artemether-lumefantrine plus amodiaquine (ALAQ) in two key target populations: children with severe acute malnutrition and adults living with HIV on...

This Cooperative Agreement award, titled "RACING AHEAD (RESEARCH-FOCUSED ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND ADDRESS DISPARITIES)", is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855). The $704,996 award to East Carolina University (ECU) aims to assess the university's organizational capacity for health disparities research and...

The federal Project Grant award, titled "ENHANCING NOVEL RESEARCH FOR INFLAMMATION AND COGNITIVE HEALTH AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH PERINATALLY ACQUIRED HIV AND ADVERSITY (ENRICH+)", is funded by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989 - International Research and Research Training). The primary awardee is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, with sub-awards to Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and The Ohio State...