Key Dates

Related Announcements

• September 11, 2023 - Notice of NIH Participation in the NIH-NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program. See Notice NOT-TW-23-007

Issued by

Fogarty International Center (FIC)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to announce that the NIH is collaborating on the multi-agency funding opportunity, the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) (NSF 24-592).

This Notice updates and supersedes the previous Guide Notice:

September 11, 2023 - Notice of NIH Participation in the NIH-NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program. See NOFO/Notice NOT-TW-23-007.

The Fogarty International Center (FIC), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will continue this multi-year collaboration that supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted EEID projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease (re)emergence and transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of transmission among humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species or hosts; the feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; and the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease transmission. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, or enteric diseases of terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.

NIH Partner Interests

Fogarty International Center

The Fogarty International Center (FIC) is dedicated to advancing the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by supporting and facilitating global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators, building partnerships between health research institutions in the U.S. and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs. The FIC is interested in EEID applications that include explicit plans for capacity building in Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), as defined by the World Bank and encourages applications that are focused on significant and/or emerging infectious disease threats, including zoonotic disease threats, to human health in LMICs. To be considered for FIC support, EEID applications must be submitted by LMIC applicants or must demonstrate equitable LMIC research collaboration with LMIC investigator(s) in a leadership role on the proposed research if submitted by US applicants. The FIC will consider supporting meritorious EEID research applications that address the above priorities and/or meritorious EEID Research Coordination Network (RCN) applications aimed at capacity building in LMICs.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that improves understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnoses, prevention, and treatment. NIGMS also has a strong interest in training and support of the nation’s scientific workforce. NIGMS is interested in EEID applications that address the evolution of hosts, pathogens, and their interactions as well as basic biology and population genetics of hosts and pathogens as they relate to disease transmission and prevention. NIGMS will consider supporting meritorious EEID research applications as single-PI or multi-PI research program grants.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. NIAID supports research on nearly 300 infectious agents and investigates the biological properties of these pathogens and the immune system’s responses to them. Findings from this research are vital to NIAID efforts to create vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tools to better diagnose, prevent, and treat infectious diseases.

Award Information

It is anticipated the EEID program will issue approximately ten awards (through all EEID partners combined) in Fiscal Year 2025 for projects to begin in the summer of 2025, subject to the availability of funds. For awards made by components of the NIH, requested budgets should not exceed $350,000 in direct costs per year for up to five years. The NIH will consider both EEID research applications and Research Coordination Network (RCN) applications.

Application Preparation and Submission Instructions

Applications must be submitted to the NSF in accordance with (NSF 24-592), and not to the NIH. Following a jointly-conducted initial peer review of these applications, meritorious proposals may be recommended for funding by NSF, NIH, or USDA, at the option of the agencies. For those proposals selected for potential funding by participating NIH Institutes and Centers, the applicant will be invited to submit the proposal in an NIH-approved format directly to the Center for Scientific Review (http://www.csr.nih.gov/) of the NIH for further processing.  Subsequent submission and grant administration procedures will be in accordance with NIH policy. Proposals that are selected for potential funding by participating NIH Institutes or Centers will be subject to the NIH Data Management and Sharing policy (NIH NOT-OD-21-013, effective January 25, 2023) intended to promote the sharing of scientific data. Following the resubmission instructions provided by NIH, applicants planning research that results in the generation of scientific data will need to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan, as described at https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy. As outlined in the NIH Guide Notice Supplemental Policy Information: Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing (NIH NOT-OD-21-015), investigators may request funds toward data management and sharing in the budget and budget justification sections of their applications.

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIH or NSF program officials prior to submitting an application.

The deadline for submission to NSF is November 20, 2024. In subsequent years, the deadline is the third Wednesday in November.

Detailed information about this program can be obtained on the NSF website at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5269&org=DEB&from=home and on the NIH website at http://www.fic.nih.gov/programs/Pages/ecology-infectious-diseases.aspx.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Christine Jessup, Ph.D.
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
National Institutes of Health
Telephone: 301-496-1653
Email: christine.jessup@nih.gov

Stephanie Coomes, Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institutes of Health
Telephone: 301-761-6855
Email: stephanie.coomes@nih.gov

Ronald Adkins, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Email: ronald.adkins@nih.gov