Rehabilitation Research News: August 22, 2022

I want to thank the speakers and attendees for the wonderful workshop hosted last week by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and NICHD to review the progress of the 2017 NINDS/NICHD Strategic Plan for Cerebral Palsy Research. The meeting recordings are available on the NIH VideoCast page, and a meeting summary will be posted to the website. 

BREAKING NEWS! The Training in Grantsmanship for Rehabilitation Research (TIGRR) application deadline has been extended to Friday, August 26! If you are thinking about putting in your first NIH application in the next year, please consider applying for this incredible mentoring and grant writing opportunity. More details are available at the end of the newsletter. 

The Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (MR3) Network is hosting their second annual scientific retreat, Rehabilitation Clinical Trials: Innovations, Designs, and Tribulations, on September 29–30, 2022, via Zoom. For more information and to register, please visit the retreat website . 

NICHD Notices and Funding Opportunities

• Notice of Upcoming Prize Competition Announcement for the RADx® Tech for Maternal Health Challenge
  • (NOT-HD-22-035)
  • NICHD
     
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities with a focus on addressing diverse representation in research on Down syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • (NOT-OD-22-142)
  • Multiple Institutes
     
• HEAL Initiative: Interdisciplinary Team Science to Uncover the Mechanisms of Pain Relief by Medical Devices (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • (RFA-NS-23-003)
  • Multiple Institutes
  • Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement.
     
• Notice of Upcoming Prize Competition Announcement for the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge
  • (NOT-HD-22-039)
  • NICHD
     
• Notice of Pre-Application Webinar for the Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings Implementation Science Network (PATC3H-IN) Funding Opportunity Announcements
  • (NOT-HD-22-041)
  • NICHD
     
• Advancing Research to Understand Congenital Malformations (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (PAR-22-215)
  • NICHD
  • Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates; see announcement. 

NIH Notices and Funding Opportunities

• New NIH “FORMS-H” Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2023
  • (NOT-OD-22-195)
  • Multiple Agencies
     
• Implementation Details for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
  • (NOT-OD-22-189)
  • NIH
     
• Adjustments to NIH and AHRQ Grant Application Due Dates Between September 22 and September 30, 2022
  • (NOT-OD-22-190)
  • NIH
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     
• Notice of FY2023 Cohort Dates for PAR-22-073, Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (NOT-CA-22-116)
  • National Cancer Institute

Other Notices and Funding Opportunities: National Science Foundation

Please find links below for the latest information about the National Science Foundation’s fiscal year (FY) 2022/2023 Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program topic: Brain-Inspired Dynamics for Engineering Energy-Efficient Circuits and Artificial Intelligence (BRAID). Given BRAID’s core requirement of theoretical expertise in brain function, we strongly encourage participation from interested members of the theoretical and computational neuroscience research communities.

• Read the full solicitation (21-615).
• Access the webinar recordings.
• Webinar slides (PDF, 1.1 MB) are available from the Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities (EFMA).

Letters of Intent are due by September 12, 2022, and Preliminary Proposals are due by October 13, 2022. Full Proposals from anyone invited to submit will be due by February 7, 2023.

To receive feedback on your ideas, please send a one-page white paper (or any questions) to ghwang@nsf.gov or braid@nsf.gov.