Notice of NIDCR Participation in PAR-17-097 Planning for Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries (D71)

Notice Number: NOT-DE-18-026

Key Dates
Release Date: October 29, 2018

Related Announcements
PAR-17-097

Issued by
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is participating, effective immediately, in PAR-17-097 “Planning for Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries”.

The following sections of PAR-17-097 have been updated to reflect the participation of NIDCR in this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Part 1. Overview Information

The following information has been added:

Components of Participating Organizations

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research ( NIDCR

Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

The following information has been added:

Program Considerations

Scientific Focus

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research ( NIDCR ) is interested in applications that plan research training programs that develop research capacity to improve dental, oral, and craniofacial health across the lifespan. NIDCR supports basic, translational, and clinical biomedical and behavioral research training in the following areas: dental caries and periodontal diseases; oral infections and host-responses to oral infections; head and neck cancers; dental and craniofacial development; orofacial pain and other oral sensory and motor dysfunctions; salivary glands and disorders, Sj gren's Syndrome, immune dysfunctions in the oral cavity ; population-based, oral health promotion and disease prevention; and restoration and regeneration of dental, oral and craniofacial structures. Focus of research training topics in LMICs include, but are not limited to: addressing disparities in access to oral health care; prevention, early detection and intervention relating to dental, oral and craniofacial diseases and disorders ; development and application of genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology expertise for basic and translational dental, oral, and craniofacial research; integration of oral health care into care for chronic, non-communicable diseases and disorders, and implementation science.

Section VII. Agency Contacts

The following information has been added:

Scientific/Research Contacts

Lynn Mertens King, Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-5006
Email: lynn.king@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management

Diana Rutberg, M.B.A.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-4798
Email: rutbergd@mail.nih.gov

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Lynn Mertens King, Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Telephone: 301-594-5006
Email: lynn.king@nih.gov