Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury Across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21)

Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury Across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21)

Category of Opportunity: 
Other Funding

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports planning, design and initial pilots for locally relevant and catalytic research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or injury in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Research addressing multiple NCDs and their risk factors and research addressing NCDs as comorbidities for/with infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS is encouraged. Only scientists from the LMIC institutions are eligible to apply as the contact PI/PD. Income categories used are defined by the World Bank at http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lend....
Research activities under this FOA are expected to inform the development of comprehensive research programs that contribute to the long-term goals of building sustainable research capacity in LMICs to address NCDs and injury throughout life and to lead to diagnostics, prevention, treatment and implementation strategies. The proposed work may also contribute to developing a base for research networking and evidence-based policy beyond the specific research project. For applications on any research topic related to the brain, nervous system, mental health and substance abuse please see the companion FOA: PAR-18-836 "Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R21)". Applications on those topics are not appropriate for this FOA.