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Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports outstanding junior scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers.

NIH staff hosted a technical assistance webinar for community organizations who received an invitation email to submit a full application to the NIH Common Fund’s Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) OTA-22-007. In this presentation, NIH staff provided an overview of the ComPASS program, full application requirements and review process, a brief overview of the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Mechanism and the NIH ASSIST system. They also answered questions from webinar participants. The goals of ComPASS are to 1) develop, share, and evaluate community-led health equity structural interventions that leverage partnerships across multiple sectors to reduce health disparities and 2) develop a new health equity research model for community-led, multisectoral structural intervention research across NIH and other federal agencies. For more information about the ComPASS program visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/compass. Read the Full Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) OTA-22-007: https://commonfund.nih.gov/sites/default/files/OTA-22-007.pdf.

An audio described version of this video is available here: https://youtu.be/Ls0xNGGtYzc

The NIH staff pre-recorded a technical assistance presentation to help applicants prepare an application for the NIH Common Fund’s Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Funding Opportunity Announcement RFA-RM-23-001. In this presentation, NIH staff provided an overview of the ComPASS program, full application requirements, eligibility criteria and peer review process, and a brief overview of the U24 mechanism. The goals of ComPASS are to 1) develop, share, and evaluate community-led health equity structural interventions that leverage partnerships across multiple sectors to reduce health disparities and 2) develop a new health equity research model for community-led, multisectoral structural intervention research across NIH and other federal agencies. For more information about the ComPASS program visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/compass.

Read Full Funding Announcement RFA-RM-23-001: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-23-001.html.

On September 2, 2022, the NIH staff pre-recorded a technical assistance presentation to help applicants prepare your letter of intent (LOI) for the NIH Common Fund’s Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society ( ComPASS) Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) OTA-22-007. NIH staff provided an overview of ComPASS program, the LOI requirements and review process, a brief overview of the OTA-22-007 full application process and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Mechanism. The goals of ComPASS are to 1) develop, share, and evaluate community-led health equity structural interventions that leverage partnerships across multiple sectors to reduce health disparities and 2) develop a new health equity research model for community-led, multisectoral structural intervention research across NIH and other federal agencies. For more information about the ComPASS program visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/compass.

An audio described version of this video is available here: https://youtu.be/E89aKwqFtNA

On July 6, 2022. NIH staff discussed the programmatic, administrative, and review aspects of the Research Education Program (RFA-RM-22-022) and Partnership for Innovation Research Projects (RFA-RM-22-023) funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), and answered questions from prospective applicants. Participation in this webinar was optional and not required for the submission of an application in response to these FOAs. A recording of the webinar, the slides, and resultant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers will be posted on the program website at https://commonfund.nih.gov/africadata

In this webinar, NIH staff explain the application process for the NIH Director's New Innovator Award and answer attendee questions.

The New Innovator Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, and supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator

In this webinar, NIH staff explain the application process for the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and answer attendee questions.

The Pioneer award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, and supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer

On February 16, 2022 the NIH staff held a pre-application webinar for the NIH Common Fund’s Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity initiative funding opportunity announcement RFA-RM-22-001. NIH program, grants management, and review staff discussed the overall scope and intent of this funding opportunity, the review process, and the use of the cooperative agreement (U01) mechanism. NIH staff also discussed approaches to how to advance health equity through implementation science. Through transformative health disparities research and the commitment to Minority Serving institutions, this initiative supports NIH’s broader commitment to end structural racism and racial inequities throughout the biomedical research enterprise and the goals of the NIH UNITE effort.

For more information about the NIH Common Fund’s Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity initiative visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/healthdisparitiestransformation

The Office of Strategic Coordination (NIH Common Fund) has published a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for a new initiative of the Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program. This initiative called the Human Open Research Neural Engineering Technology (HORNET) Initiative (U41 Clinical Trial Optional) is intended to support HORNET Centers to develop and disseminate open-source implantable neuromodulation modules and systems to help facilitate translation of new peripheral neuromodulation therapies to humans. The FOA utilizes the cooperative agreement U41 activity code and applications are due January 12, 2022 by 5:00PM local time of applicant organization.

This video provides an overview of the HORNET initiative and application information. Please visit our website to find out more information on SPARC: https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc

You can find a list of HORNET FAQs at the following link: https://commonfund.nih.gov/sparc/faqs2

The SPARC HORNET initiative funding opportunity announcement (RFA-RM-21-024) is available here: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-21-024.html
An audio described version of the video is available at the following link: https://youtu.be/SZ6mGuYlkTY

The SPARC Plug vlog’s SPARC Portal Tutorials video series introduces you to the exciting resources available for advancing bioelectronic medicine through open science. In this video, learn how to use the SPARC Portal’s cloud-based open online portal and follow along with the video to learn about all of the features the portal offers.

The resources available via the SPARC Portal could potentially be used to help improve treatment of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, type II diabetes, and more.

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ and access SPARC datasets, maps, and more at sparc.science. Keep up with the latest news by following our Twitter (@NIH_CommonFund and @sparc_science), Facebook (@NIHCommonFund), and YouTube (@sparc.science) accounts.

The SPARC Plug vlog’s SPARC Portal Tutorials video series introduces you to the exciting resources available for advancing bioelectronic medicine through open science. In this video, learn how to use the SPARC Portal’s cloud-based open online simulations platform called ‘oSPARC’ and follow along with the video to run your own simulations to predict compound action potentials using the SPARC Nerve Activity Predictor data set.

The resources available via the SPARC Portal could potentially be used to help improve treatment of diseases and conditions such as hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, type II diabetes, and more.

The SPARC program is a trans-NIH effort managed by the NIH Common Fund in the Office of the Director and supported by NIBIB, NINDS, NIDDK, and NCATS. Learn more about the NIH SPARC program at https://go.usa.gov/xyFmQ and access SPARC datasets, maps, and more at sparc.science. Keep up with the latest news by following our Twitter (@NIH_CommonFund and @sparc_science), Facebook (@NIHCommonFund), and YouTube (@sparc.science) accounts.

In this webinar, NIH staff explain the application process for the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award and answer attendee questions.

The Transformative Research Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, and supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.

Learn more about the program and any current funding opportunities: https://commonfund.nih.gov/tra

An audio-described version of this video is available here: https://youtu.be/7XRsFma5wqo