Current Opportunities

In an effort to connect Penn and BUP faculty to potential funding to conduct research, training, or other projects in Botswana, we have created a list of current open opportunities and applications. We'll be updating this list on a quarterly basis.

Funding Organization	Opportunity	Website
Abbvie Foundation	Currently accepting funding requests in the following areas, 1.Women's Health: Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain, Uterine Fibroids. 2.Gastroenterology: Crohn’s Disease – adult and pediatric, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis. 3.Oncology – (a) Solid Tumors; Breast Cancer, Non-Small and Small Cell Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, (b) Hematologic Malignancies, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Other Hematologic Malignancies	https://www.abbvie.com/responsibility/abbvie-grants.html
Amfar	Magnet Grants: Attracting new expertise to HIV cure research Purpose: To recruit data scientists, including modelers, systems biologists, and network analysts from outside the field of HIV to address questions vital to finding a cure for HIV. Structure: Collaborations are required between an HIV scientist with access to datasets relevant to HIV and a data scientist from outside the field of HIV. Areas of interest: Use existing datasets to identify novel: Targetable biomarkers of the reservoir Intrinsic or extrinsic mediators of reservoir dynamics Features or pre-ATI predictors of curative outcomes, including: Delay to viral rebound following antiretroviral therapy (ART) withdrawal Sustained control of viral replication without the use of ART Reduction in reservoir size Viral eradication Available Funding: Total cost $150,000 Period of performance: One year, starting March 1, 2020 Due Dates: REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME	https://www.amfar.org/magnet-grants-rfp/
New Venture Fund	The New Venture Fund for Global Policy and Advocacy (NVF for GPA) advances global health and development by providing targeted and timely awards for innovative, high-impact policy, advocacy, and communications projects that promote more and better resources, effective policies, and greater visibility for issues critical to global health and development. Enteric and diarrheal disease Family planning HIV Malaria Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) Nutrition Pneumonia Polio Tuberculosis Tobacco control Vaccine delivery	http://www.newventurefund.org/for-grant-seekers/global-policy-advocacy/

Funding Organization

Opportunity

Website

Abbvie Foundation

Currently accepting funding requests in the following areas,

1.Women's Health: Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain, Uterine Fibroids.

2.Gastroenterology: Crohn’s Disease – adult and pediatric, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis.

3.Oncology –

(a) Solid Tumors; Breast Cancer, Non-Small and Small Cell Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer,

(b) Hematologic Malignancies, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Other Hematologic Malignancies

https://www.abbvie.com/responsibility/abbvie-grants.html

Amfar

Magnet Grants: Attracting new expertise to HIV cure research
Purpose: To recruit data scientists, including modelers, systems biologists, and network analysts from outside the field of HIV to address questions vital to finding a cure for HIV.
Structure: Collaborations are required between an HIV scientist with access to datasets relevant to HIV and a data scientist from outside the field of HIV.
Areas of interest:

Use existing datasets to identify novel:
Targetable biomarkers of the reservoir
Intrinsic or extrinsic mediators of reservoir dynamics
Features or pre-ATI predictors of curative outcomes, including:
Delay to viral rebound following antiretroviral therapy (ART) withdrawal
Sustained control of viral replication without the use of ART
Reduction in reservoir size
Viral eradication

Available Funding: Total cost $150,000
Period of performance: One year, starting March 1, 2020
Due Dates:
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME
APPLICATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME

https://www.amfar.org/magnet-grants-rfp/

New Venture Fund

The New Venture Fund for Global Policy and Advocacy (NVF for GPA) advances global health and development by providing targeted and timely awards for innovative, high-impact policy, advocacy, and communications projects that promote more and better resources, effective policies, and greater visibility for issues critical to global health and development.

Enteric and diarrheal disease
Family planning
HIV
Malaria
Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH)
Nutrition
Pneumonia
Polio
Tuberculosis
Tobacco control
Vaccine delivery

http://www.newventurefund.org/for-grant-seekers/global-policy-advocacy/