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<div>The NIH has announced four funding opportunities related to COVID-19 testing access and uptake. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss any of these opportunities.</div>
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I hope you are all doing well. RDS wanted to let you know that the NIH has announced a Notice of Intent to Publish four COVID-19 funding opportunities. Feel free to distribute to your faculty. Please find further information below, and let RDS know if you are
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-064.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Notice of Intent
to Publish</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>forecasting four upcoming funding opportunities through the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><a href="https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/radx/radx-programs#radx-up" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Rapid
Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP)</a></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>initiative. These new funding opportunities will build on the research funded in summer 2020 during the Phase I of RADx-UP, which focused
on increasing access to and uptake of COVID-19 diagnostic testing among underserved and vulnerable populations. In this second phase, RADx-UP will continue this mission while also taking into account the changing diagnostic landscape for COVID-19, the continued
need for behavioral mitigation strategies, and the ongoing effects of vaccination efforts.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Four announcements – two Requests for Applications (RFAs) and two Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) – are expected to be published<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-color: lime; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">around<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">April
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An RFA focused on<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“research on testing interventions to reduce COVID-19 disparities and address scientific questions on testing in the context of vaccine implementation
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A NOSI focused on “research that expands the scope and reach of RADx-UP testing interventions to reduce COVID-19 disparities and address scientific questions on testing in the context of vaccine implementation and uptake among underserved and vulnerable populations;”<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="normal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">
An RFA targeting “research to understand the social, ethical, and behavioral implications (SEBI) of COVID-19 testing in underserved populations;” and<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="normal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">
A NOSI for “administrative supplements to RADx-UP Phase I projects to understand and address vaccine hesitancy and to encourage testing and vaccine uptake among underserved and vulnerable communities, collaborating with <a href="http://www.covid19community.nih.gov/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Community
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Beyond these specific COVID-related opportunities, NIH is planning to continue the RADx program in some capacity in the months and years ahead. NIH Director Francis Collins has pointed to RADx as one of the most unexpected yet important successes to emerge
from the COVID-19 pandemic, and has indicated that NIH will incorporate the program into its broader portfolio moving forward. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), which played a leading role in the formation of RADx, is
the most likely place for this program to be permanently housed, and discussions are already underway within NIH about how a permanent RADx division would function. Lewis-Burke will continue to monitor developments related to RADx and will pass along any
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