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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Funding Opportunity Title
Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions (D43)
Activity Code
D43 International Research Training Grant
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Request for information notice (NOT-TW-10-006); Notice to consolidate (NOT-TW-11-010); Clarification notice (NOT-TW-11-016);Notice to discontinue AITRP (NOT-TW-11-015); ICOHRTA AIDS TB (NOT-TW-11-014 )
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.989, 93.279, 93.242, 93.398
FOA Purpose
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage applications for research training programs to strengthen the HIV research capacity at low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. Each application should propose a training program that will build or strengthen research capacity in an applicant-defined HIV-related scientific topic at an identified LMIC institution.
Current AITRP and Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB award institutions are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA until the last year of their current AITRP or Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB project period.
U.S. Institutions must have on-going HIV research collaborations with the LMIC institution named in their application to be eligible to apply
Only LMIC institutions with a previous planning grant award under the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), an award under the Phase II (U2R) International Clinical, Operations and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and TB Program (ICOHRTA AIDS TB), or a planning grant award under this program (Planning Grant for HIV Research Training for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions D71 Award) may apply in response to this FOA. Other LMIC institutions should apply for a planning grant- see D71 FOA.
Posted Date
December 22, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)
June 24, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date
June 24, 2012, June 24, 2013, June 24, 2014
Application Due Date(s)
July 24, 2012, July 24, 2013, July 24, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not applicable
Scientific Merit Review
October/November 2012, October/November 2013, October/November 2014
Advisory Council Review
January 2013, January 2014, January 2015
Earliest Start Date(s)
April 2013, April 2014, April 2015
Expiration Date
(Now Expired April 26, 2013 per issuance of PAR-13-126), Originally July 25, 2014
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide especially the Supplemental Instructions to the SF424 (R&R) for Preparing Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Application, except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Part 1. Overview Information
Part 2. Full Text of the Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contacts
Section VIII. Other Information
The overall goal of the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program is to strengthen the human capacity to contribute to the ability of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to conduct HIV-related research on the evolving HIV-related epidemics in their country and to compete independently for research funding. See http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups for the countries defined as low-and middle-income.
The Fogarty HIV Research Training Program encourages applications under three different Funding Opportunities Announcements (FOAs). The Fogarty International Center (FIC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), through this FOA (D43), are encouraging applications to support research training to develop and strengthen the scientific leadership and expertise needed for HIV-related research at LMIC institutions. The second FOA (D71) (PAR-12-070) is to encourage planning grants to support LMIC institutions to develop an application to submit under this FOA . The third FOA (G11) will support applications from U.S. institutions for training in defined research infrastructure areas at LMIC institutions (PAR-12-069).
Current AITRP and Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB award institutions are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA until the last year of their current AITRP or Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB project period.
U.S. Institutions interested in applying under this FOA must have on-going HIV research collaborations with the LMIC institution named in their application to be eligible to apply
Only LMIC institutions with a previous planning grant award under the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), an award under the Phase II (U2R) International Clinical, Operations and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and TB Program (ICOHRTA AIDS TB), or a planning grant award under this program (Planning Grant for HIV Research Training for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions D71 Award) may apply in response to this FOA. Other LMIC institutions should apply for a planning grant- see D71 FOA.
The Fogarty International Center (FIC), with co-funding from other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices, has provided 25 years of support to HIV research through two HIV research training programs, the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) and the International Clinical, Operations and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS TB program (ICOHRTA AIDS TB). Awards under these two programs have supported research training of LMIC individuals who have participated in important HIV-related research, conducted at LMIC institutions and in partnership with U.S. and other international scientists and scientific institutions. Over the years, some of the most important recent scientific advances in HIV/AIDS, including interventions to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission, to address HIV/TB co-infection, and to prevent HIV infection through behavior change, microbicides, and antiretroviral drugs, have been facilitated through partnerships with LMIC scientists and supported by the FIC research training programs.
Efforts to implement research findings within the context of increased provision of HIV prevention, care and treatment services in LMIC over the past ten years have led to the emergence of new research issues, such as combination HIV prevention interventions, better linking of newly diagnosed individuals into care programs, and integration of HIV programs with other health services. As LMICs implement HIV prevention, care and treatment programs for their populations, these and other, yet undefined, research issues will need evidenced based solutions. Because the social context of an LMIC will influence the research designed to answer these evolving research questions, LMIC institutions and their researchers, who intimately understand the social context of their country and with the research capacity to design and conduct the research, are best positioned to conduct the most relevant research, disseminate the results in-country, and influence policymakers, program managers and medical/public health practice. Continued investment in training to strengthen research and research capacity at LMIC institutions is needed to address the on-going HIV epidemic in LMICs.
FIC decided to consolidate the two FIC HIV research training programs in FY2013 into a new program, Fogarty HIV Research Training Program. This new program is designed to focus each individual research training award on specific research capacity at an identified LMIC institution. The new program will move beyond simple output indicators (number and type of people trained) to outcome indicators (increased research capacity at an institutional level) for more meaningful monitoring and evaluating both of individual awards and of the program as a whole.
The new program will provide an opportunity for LMIC institutions and their U.S. partners to collaborate to fill a gap in research capacity and bring the LMIC institution to a higher level of research capacity in a particular HIV-related topic. This new program will allow applicants to design training programs to increase the research capacity at LMIC institutions to address the long-standing unanswered questions as well as the new and emerging questions that have arisen as a result of recent scientific advances. It is anticipated that this approach will allow applicants to be more responsive to an emerging need at an LMIC institution for research capacity, and will provide more opportunities for LMIC institutions to collaborate with NIH and other U.S.G. funded efforts.
This FOA, under the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program, can support training for a broad range of HIV research areas: all basic, epidemiologic, clinical, behavioral, social science, implementation, operations, health services, and health systems research across HIV prevention, care and treatment; research on HIV co-infections, AIDs-defining and HIV-related cancers, co-morbidities and other health conditions, both infectious and non-infectious, that contribute to HIV transmission or poor health in HIV-infected individuals; research and research methodology for community-based research, complex and multi-component interventions, for structural interventions, for comparative effectiveness research, for impact evaluation or for health economics; HIV-related research among vulnerable or under-researched LMIC populations, including women, children, substance users, men who have sex with men, transgendered populations, aging populations, orphans and vulnerable children; training for clinical research team members to support clinical research and clinical trials; bio-statistics for research design and methodology, data analysis, data management, and data quality assurance and control; and laboratory capacity, bio-safety, and maintenance of lab quality assurance and control.
Each applicant will need to:
The selected topic or question may need expertise that crosses the research disciplines and methodologies (see HIV research areas listed above), and applicants are encouraged to develop research training programs in the various disciplines that are needed to address the specific scientific topic or question. The proposed training is expected to raise the LMIC institution to the next level of research capacity to be able to address the specific topic or question. In many cases, it is anticipated that the proposed program will complement other ongoing research training programs relevant to the specific scientific topic or question occurring at the LMIC institution. The applicant should describe these other research training programs at the LMIC institution, regardless of the source of funding, and explain what distinguishes the proposed training program from the other training programs, how their program will synergize with the others, if applicable, and make it clear that the pool of training staff, potential trainees, and resources are robust enough to support additional research training programs.
Awards made for applications in response to this FOA can support a mix of short-(three months or less), medium- (over three months and up to six months) and long-(six months and longer, including degree) term training to support increased research capacity in the specified scientific topic at the identified LMIC institution. Part-time long-term training is permitted but should be described and justified in the application. Emphasis should be on training that provides the theoretical and applied depth needed by an individual or by a group of LMIC individuals in the LMIC institution so that the research capacity gained in the identified scientific topic would be maintained at a level of high quality (i.e., produce results publishable in international peer-reviewed journals, support independent research grants, etc.) after the five-year training period.
Over time, it is anticipated that the LMIC institution could serve as a training site in the defined scientific topic for other LMIC institutions, and existing faculty and staff at the LMIC institution are eligible for further training to achieve this goal. The applicant may propose advanced training to support the career development of former trainees under this or other FIC training programs, as long as the rationale describes how the training would contribute to increased and sustainable research and training capacity in the identified scientific topic at the LMIC institution. Training models can be innovative, but must be appropriate for the context of the LMIC institution. Applicants may propose advanced training models to engage former AITRP and ICOHRTA AIDS TB trainees, who are employed in non-research positions at the LMIC institution, in meaningful research in the specific topic.
Training should take place at the most appropriate site for the proposed training. The training site may include institutions other than the applicant or LMIC institution named in the application. Distance learning with sufficient mentoring and support at the LMIC institution can be an option.
Training-related research must be conducted or use data from the country of the LMIC institution identified in the application. Where appropriate, the design of training-related research projects should take into account potential sex and gender differences that may affect the questions asked and the analyses performed. These might include different responses to and impacts of health interventions, differences in physiology, and different behavioral bases for disease prevention strategies.
Applicants are encouraged to review the FIC Strategic Plan at http://www.fic.nih.gov/About/Pages/Strategic-Plan.aspx and the NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research for the year they are applying, available at http://www.oar.nih.gov/strategicplan/. Applicants are also encouraged to explore research training in topics of interest to PEPFAR (http://www.pepfar.gov/) and the U.S. Global Health Initiative (http://www.ghi.gov/).
Funding Instrument
Application Types Allowed
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Award Budget
Application budgets are limited to $282,000 direct costs. Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs requested by consortium participants are not included in the direct cost limitation, see NOT-OD-05-004. Facilities and administrative costs are limited to 8% for all awards and sub-awards.
Award Project Period
Five Years
Stipends, Tuition, and Fees
Stipends are provided as a subsistence allowance for trainees to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. Medium- and long-term trainees may be paid a stipend comparable to their professional experience and institutional policy, but stipend level should not exceed the NRSA levels (see NRSA Stipend levels at http://grants1.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm#policy), or grantee institutional policies for trainees involved in medium- or long-term training. Partial stipends for part-time long-term trainees should reflect the amount of time they need to be supported for training in the budget and described in the budget justification
Living expense for short-term trainees should be covered by per diem and included under travel expenses
Funds for tuition and academic fees at the U.S. or a foreign institution may be requested.
Note that health insurance is not included as part of this budget category, and is now included under the Training Related Expenses category.
Trainee Travel
Funds may be requested for round-trip economy class airfare on U.S. carriers (to the maximum extent possible).
Funds may be requested for lodging and per diem for short-term trainees.
Funds may be requested to support participation in international conferences and meetings in which current or former trainees will present training-related research results.
Trainee travel to attend scientific meetings and workshops that the institution determines to be necessary for the individual's research training experience is an allowable trainee expense.
Training Related Expenses
Applicants are encouraged to budget adequate professional development opportunities for trainees, including international scientific conference attendance. Training-related expenses (e.g., books, computers, and courses for software, English language proficiency, etc.) may be included but must be described in the budget justification. Funds for self-only or family medical insurance may be requested.
Applications may include costs for short- term courses and those costs should be described in budget justification.
Applicants may include costs to support mentored research projects conducted in his/her country for long-term trainees after they have completed their didactic training. Direct costs should be limited to up to $15,000 direct /project/trainee, and only one project allowed per trainee. All training-related research projects under this award must be independently peer-reviewed through scientific review procedures established by the applicant institution, with documentation of education in the protection of human subjects for the trainee, compliance with the required federal citations, and approval from an institutional (or ethical) review board or committee at the applicant institution and, if different, at the institution in which the research is being conducted.
Other Program Related Expenses
Senior/Key Personnel Salary:
The salary for the PD/PI, other key personnel, training faculty and administrative staff must be commensurate with the salary structure and benefits at the institution where they are employed and within the limits described at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm. Collaborators may receive appropriate compensation for significant activities on the program, such as recruitment and selection activities, as well as other program-related roles.
The administrative, training or teaching responsibilities and time commitment for personnel receiving salary should be thoroughly described and justified.
Senior/Key Personnel Travel:
Funds may be requested for round-trip economy airfare on U.S. carriers (to the maximum extent possible) and lodging and per diem for the applicant for training responsibilities and to attend necessary meetings, including the annual program network meeting, normally in the U.S. Principal Investigators are expected to attend the network meeting, and may also budget for grant administrators, other faculty, collaborators and trainees to attend.
Indirect Costs
Indirect Costs (also known as Facilities & Administrative [F&A] Costs) are reimbursed at 8% of modified total direct costs (exclusive of tuition and fees and expenditures for equipment), rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement.
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA.
Higher Education Institutions
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) located in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Current AITRP and Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB award institutions are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA until the last year of their current AITRP or Phase II ICOHRTA AIDS TB project period.
U.S. Institutions must have on-going HIV research collaborations with the LMIC institution named in their application to be eligible to apply.
Only LMIC institutions with a previous planning grant award under the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP), an award under the Phase II (U2R) International Clinical, Operations and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and TB Program (ICOHRTA AIDS TB), or a planning grant award under this program (Planning Grant for HIV Research Training for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions D71 Award) may apply in response to this FOA. Other LMIC institutions should apply for a planning grant- see D71 FOA.
The applicant institution must assure support for the proposed program. The LMIC institution named in an application from a domestic institution must also demonstrate institutional commitment to the proposed training by identifying a tangible means of support for the proposed program. Appropriate institutional commitment to the program includes the provision of adequate staff, facilities, and educational resources that can contribute to the planned program. Applicants are encouraged to maximize the number of trainees supported under the award by exploring institutional support for reduced tuition, trainee stipend, trainee research expenses, and key personnel salary and travel.
The applicant institution must have a strong and high quality HIV research program in the scientific topic proposed under this FOA and must have the requisite faculty and facilities committed for the proposed research training program. A substantial number of program faculty will have active HIV research projects in which participating trainees may gain relevant mentored research experiences consistent with their interests and goals. The proposed research training program should complement other ongoing research and research training programs at the LMIC institution.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) located in Low- and Middle-Income Countries are eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are
not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations
as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide to be eligible to apply
for or receive an award. Applicants must have a valid Dun and Bradstreet
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in order to begin each of the
following registrations.
All Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s))
must also work with their institutional officials to register with the eRA
Commons or ensure their existing eRA Commons account is affiliated with the eRA
Commons account of the applicant organization.
All registrations must be completed by the application due date. Applicant organizations are strongly encouraged to start the registration process at least 4-6 weeks prior to the application due date. Registrations for international institutions may take up to 4 months. Guidance for International Applicants Blocked from Registration Websites NOT-OD-11-090.
International applicants may obtain more information on the registrations required for grants.gov and eRA Commons at:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources
necessary to carry out the proposed HIV research training as the Program
Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with
his/her organization to develop an application for support. Women and individuals
from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with
disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
For institutions/organizations proposing multiple PD(s)/PI(s), visit the Multiple Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) Policy and submission details in the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component of the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
The PD(s)/PI(s) should be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program. The PD(s)/PI(s) will be expected to monitor and assess the program and submit all documents and reports as required.
PD(s)/PI(s) on applications from U.S. institutions must demonstrate a history of relevant research collaboration with researchers or faculty at the LMIC institution.
The PD(s)/PI(s) on a D71 award under the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program is expected to be the PD(s)/PI(s) on the respective D43 application.
This FOA does not require cost sharing as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is programmatically and scientifically distinct.
NIH will not accept any application in response to this FOA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial peer review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. NIH will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed. Resubmission applications may be submitted, according to the NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications from the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Current AITRP and ICOHRTA AIDS TB award institutions are not eligible to submit applications under this FOA until the last year of their current AITRP or ICOHRTA AIDS TB project period.
Researchers from diverse backgrounds, including racial and
ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and women are encouraged to
participate as mentors. Mentors should have research expertise and experience
relevant to the proposed program. Mentors must be committed to continue their
involvement throughout the total period of the award. Applications should include descriptions of the roles and
bio-sketches for relevant faculty, mentors and other teaching staff expected to
participate in the proposed research training program and contribute to its
ability to bring the LMIC institution to the next level of capacity in the
specified scientific topic.
Only individuals from the LMICs are eligible for training under this FOA
Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R) application package associated with this funding opportunity using the "Apply for Grant Electronically" button in this FOA or following the directions provided at Grants.gov.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in
the SF424
(R&R) Application Guide, except where instructed in this funding
opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in
the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are
out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for
For information on Application Submission and Receipt, visit Frequently Asked Questions – Application Guide, Electronic Submission of Grant Applications.
Letter of Intent
Although a letter of intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a subsequent application, the information that it contains allows IC staff to estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.
By the date listed in Part 1. Overview Information, prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent that includes the following information:
The letter of intent should be sent to:
Jeanne McDermott
Program Officer
Division of International Training and Research
Fogarty International Center, NIH
Bldg 31 Rm B2 C39
31 Center Dr. MSC 2220
Bethesda MD 20892-2220 U.S.A
Telephone: 301-496-1492
Email: email@example.com
The forms package associated with this FOA includes all applicable components, mandatory and optional. Please note that some components marked optional in the application package are required for submission of applications for this FOA. Follow the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide to ensure you complete all appropriate "optional" components.
All page limitations described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed.
Item 12. Proposed Project Start and Ending Dates - Use the "Earliest Anticipated Start Dates" given in this FOA as the Proposed Project Start Date.
Include the applicant institution, the identified LMIC institution in the application and any other participating institutions, both U.S. and foreign as performance sites.
Follow all instructions provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide for Preparing Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), with the following modification:
Project Summary /Abstract
Provide an abstract of the entire application, including the long-term goals and objectives of the program, key elements of the research training plan, and brief descriptions of planned research training program. Include the country and name of the LMIC institution and the specified scientific topic for which research training is being proposed. Include the rationale and design of the program, the expected increased research capacity and the measures the applicant will use to demonstrate that increased capacity.
Project Narrative - Include the name of the LMIC and the LMIC institution, the specified scientific topic for which research training is being proposed, and describe the public health relevance of the increased research capacity to the LMIC institution.
Advisory Committee (Uploaded via the Other Attachments section)
A plan must be provided for the appointment of a Training Advisory Committee (TAC) to monitor progress. Responsibilities, frequency of meetings, and other relevant information should be included. Describe the composition of the Training Advisory Committee, identifying the role and the desired expertise of each member. The Training Advisory Committee should be composed of expert faculty and relevant professionals from the U.S. and the specific LMIC as well as other countries and who are not directly involved in the training program or in mentoring trainees. They should be included as key personnel as described in SF 424(R&R) Senior/Key Person Profile Expanded Component.
Describe how the Advisory Committee will function in providing oversight of the development, implementation, and evaluation of recruitment strategies, the recruitment and retention of candidates, scientific review of trainee projects, and the evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the program. Please name your file "Advisory_Committee.pdf"
The filename provided for each "Other Attachment" will be the name used for the bookmark in the electronic application in eRA Commons.
Follow the directions in SF424 for whom to include as Senior or key personnel. In addition,
Follow all instructions provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide with the following modifications:
NIH defines a Postdoctoral scholar as "an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his or her chosen career path (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/glossary.htm#P)".
Enter the number of trainees for degree training (master's and doctoral level) in the section labeled "Predoctoral", for those without a doctoral degree, (MD, PhD etc.). Request tuition for the degree program and a stipend level appropriate for the educational background of the trainee and location of training. .
Enter the number of post doctoral trainees (prior doctoral degree) non-degree seeking and degree seeking as indicated. Request any necessary tuition and a stipend level appropriate for the educational background of the trainee and location of training.
Enter the number of trainees without a prior doctoral degree and who will receive non-degree training in the section labeled "Other." Request any necessary tuition and a stipend level appropriate for the educational background of the trainee and location of training.
Enter the total stipends and tuition for all categories. Partial stipends for part time long term trainees should reflect the amount of time they need to be supported for training in the budget and described in the budget justification.
Part B. Other Direct Costs
Enter the total costs for Trainee Travel, Training Related Expenses, Total Direct Costs from R&R Budget Form and Consortium Training Costs (if applicable).
Consortium Training Costs (if applicable) -If training occurs at more than one institution, and any transfer of funds between institutions occurs, the Training Sub-award Budget Attachment Form should be used for each sub-award institution for each period for which trainee funding is being sought. (See Section 4.8 of the Grants.gov SF 424 R&R Application Guide). Total the direct costs from each of the Training Sub-award Budget Attachment Forms for the period and insert here. The applicant institution is responsible and accountable for any arrangements, expenditures, and submission of all required forms when more than one institution is involved in the research training program.
Use Section F to attach one pdf file with detailed budget justification for training costs for the applicant and any sub-award institutions.
Use Section A to submit costs for Senior/Key personnel.
Use Section B to enter salary support for administrative staff.
Use Section D to submit costs for key personnel and faculty travel including annual network meeting.
Use Section F for other costs and describe fully in budget justification. If consortium sub-awards include costs for faculty and administrative expenses, total these consortium costs for the period and include here.
All Supplemental Instructions to the SF424 (R&R) for Preparing Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Application must be followed, with the additional instructions described below:
Use the directions below for items 2-5 of the PHS398 Research Training Program Attachments, in place of the instructions in the 424 Application Guide:
Program Administration (Component of Program Plan)
Describe the strengths, leadership and administrative skills, and scientific expertise of the Training PD(s)/PI(s) including relevant scientific or professional background and research training experience in specific LMIC and, if relevant, other LMICs. Include the planned strategy and administrative structure to be used to oversee and monitor the program. For applications with multiple PD(s)/PIs, address the Leadership Plan and how the combined knowledge, skills and experience of the individual PD(s)/PI(s) will enhance the likelihood of success of the program. Indicate the level of effort and activities for which the PD(s)/PI(s) will be responsible. Describe the decision-making process, including how the PD(s)/PI(s) will obtain continuing advice from the TAC. For U.S. applicants, describe the role of the LMIC Key Collaborator in the development and administration of the proposed research training program.
Program Faculty (Component of Program Plan)
Describe in general terms the complementary expertise and experiences of the proposed mentors. Provide an overview of their active research and other scholarly activities, as well as track records of mentoring and training.
Do not complete Tables 1 and 3.
Table 2. Participating Faculty Members -Include information relevant to the proposed training program for faculty and professionals who will be involved as faculty or mentors from all participating performance sites.
Referring to the faculty and professionals listed in Table 2, provide a short description of their research or expertise for each that is relevant to their role in the proposed training plan in the narrative. Include relevant information for each on their past training record and the subsequent success of former trainees, especially those from LMICs, in pursuing further career development and in establishing productive research careers.
Proposed Training (Component of Program Plan)
Provide an overview of the proposed program: Describe the immediate and long-term objectives of the program, including activities that will be used to ensure that the objectives of the program are met. Include information about planned courses, curricula, seminars, workshops, or tutorials that will be incorporated into the training program and mentored research experiences and activities. Provide a five-year training implementation plan that provides the rationale for the balance of training options (degree-related and non-degree, long-, medium- and short-term training), the areas/disciplines selected for training and the training sites selected for the training. Describe courses and research opportunities that will be available to trainees at each of the participating institutions or other identified training sites. Describe a plan for mentorship that will support trainees while in formal coursework and while conducting training-related research relevant to the specified scientific topic. Describe the plans for the integration of the proposed training with other relevant capacity building activities at the LMIC institution. Institutions with existing training or career development programs must explain what distinguishes this program from the others, how the programs will synergize, if applicable, and justify that the faculty, pool of potential trainees, and resources are robust enough to support additional programs. The description should include planned strategies to be used to ensure that the objectives are met. The PD/PI should also describe past research career development activities/experiences including those of mentors, documenting the success of former trainees in establishing independent productive scientific careers.
Program Evaluation (Component of Program Plan)
Describe an evaluation plan to review and determine the effectiveness of the program. This should include plans to obtain feedback from current and former scholars to help identify weaknesses and to provide suggestions for program improvements. . Describe the mechanism to be used to annually review the capacity measures, the progress of your trainees and other indications of the effectiveness of your training program. Describe the roles of the faculty and professional staff at the applicant and LMIC institution, if U.S. applicant, and all other participating institutions, of current and former trainees, and of the TAC in the review process. Specified evaluation metrics should be tied to the goals of the program. Define measures that will be used to demonstrate increased research capacity at the end of the five-year funding period in the specific scientific topic for which the training program is proposed. Describe how the data for those measures will be collected and how they will be monitored over the five-year period. Describe strategies that will be used to support the LMIC institution to achieve a level of research capacity for which it can become a research training center for the specified scientific topic. Include a plan for data entry of trainee information into CareerTrac, the web-based Fogarty Trainee Tracking System (see Section VI 3 Other Reporting Requirements below). Evaluation results should be included in future competing continuation (renewal) applications and in the Final Progress Report.
Trainee Candidates (Component of Program Plan)
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OK! I know we've seen a few of these already, and maybe you've decided that the whole iPod Nano watch dream was a silly one to begin with. But please, reserve judgment until you check out the TikTok and LunaTik.
Scott Wilson, founder of Chicago-based design studio MINIMAL, wants to do the iPod Nano watch and he wants to do it right. His proposals: the TikTok and LunaTik, two gorgeous bands that give you a real deal multitouch wristwatch, not just a goofy way to strap your new MP3 player to your arm.
The TikTok is the cheaper of the two models, a plastic band with a snap-in frame inspired by the locking mechanisms in skiboots. The LunaTik is the real real deal, forged out of Aerospace Grade Aluminum and CNC machined into an iPod Nano-hugging work of art. The straps are made of silicone rubber and the bezel is comprised of two separate that lock together to secure your iPod in place.
Wilson, who was once creative director for watches at Nike, has started a Kickstarter page where people can fund the project. Currently, he's raised $3,686 of his $15,000 target, with 29 days left in the funding cycle. A $25 pledge preorders the TikTok, which will retail for $35, and a $50 pledge secures you the Lunatik, which will retail for $70, so you can save some cash by getting in on the ground floor. [Kickstarter]

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BRUSSELS — NATO and the Boeing Co. agreed Wednesday on a $1 billion contract to refurbish the military alliance's aging fleet of surveillance planes, ensuring that they can continue to serve as the organization's eye in the sky until 2035.
The agreement, which was not actually signed Wednesday, was made public just days before President Donald Trump joins his NATO counterparts in London for a Dec. 4 summit marking the 70th anniversary of the world's biggest security alliance.
Trump is expected to make fresh demands on his European and Canadian partners to significantly step up defense spending. Critics say he is intent on drumming up business for the U.S. defense industry.
NATO's contract announcement provides a timely reminder that money is going to Boeing, although other European contractors will be involved in the refurbishment, which is expected to be completed by 2027.
Purchased in 1977 at the height of the Cold War, when Jimmy Carter became U.S. president and as a missile crisis with the then Soviet Union was beginning to fester in Europe, the 14 Boeing E-3 planes cost almost $8 billion.
"The modernization will ensure NATO remains at the leading edge of technology," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters at a military airport outside Brussels, not far from the alliance's new billion-dollar headquarters.
He said the upgrade will provide the Airborne Warning and Control planes, known as AWACS, "with sophisticated new communications and networking capabilities so these aircraft can continue their vital mission and contribute to our security."
The planes were deployed in U.S. skies after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington to help protect cities and nuclear power plants. They were used during the Russia-Ukraine crisis, to assist Turkey during the war in Syria and to help the coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
Beyond their role as NATO's eye in the sky, the planes can be used for air-policing, support in counter-terrorism or evacuation operations, and provide help during natural disasters. They can stay aloft for 8 hours at a time and watch over an area of more than 120,000 square miles (310,000 square kilometers.)
Developed years before the internet and mobile telephones were in common use, they seem almost quaint in an age where a pilotless drone has flown for 40 consecutive hours, and stealth technologies wreak havoc with many modern surveillance systems.
But the maintenance program will see their computer hardware and software upgraded to turn around double the intelligence information, data and imagery that they currently handle, whether it be of air, ground, sea or space origin.
The surveillance aircraft, which are based in Germany, are among the few military assets that NATO owns as an alliance. Member nations own all the other equipment. A new drone program has also been set afoot, with the first of five Global Hawks delivered to a base in Italy last week.
NATO experts have warned for years that this plane-based surveillance platform will not work after 2035. They have urged the alliance's 29 member nations to quickly decide how to replace the fleet by then; given the roughly 20-year time gap required to develop new surveillance technologies.
A decision on what will come next — probably an integrated network of equipment like, say, a combination of drones, satellites, planes — is expected in 2022.
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Samsung has redesigned one of its tablet computers after a court banned sales in Germany in September.
The injunction followed Apple's complaint that the Galaxy Tab 10. 1 looked too much like the EU-registered design of its iPad tablet.
The South Korean firm says its revised Galaxy Tab 10. 1N will go on sale later this month.
The firm has changed the design of the metal frame and moved the device's speakers.
"Samsung decided to introduce this new version in order to meet consumer demand for our innovative and distinctive products," a spokeswoman told the BBC.
Experts say Apple may wish to request a new injunction or claim that the refreshed device infringes the existing court order.
The US company could not be reached for comment.
Patent consultant, Florian Mueller, says it is unclear if Samsung has done enough to avoid a fresh ban because it is hard to define how far design rights extend.
"A Community design is infringed only in all of its key characteristics are matched, or that is the overall impression it makes on an informed person," he wrote on his Foss Patents blog.
"The Galaxy Tab 10. 1N still has rounded corners, but Apple doesn't have an exclusive right on just one such feature: what is protected is a set of characteristics and the overall impression it makes."
Apple and Samsung are also embroiled in a series of patent disputes in the United States, Japan, Italy, South Korea and Australia.
Apple has accused Samsung of infringing its touch screen and gesture intellectual rights. Samsung claims Apple failed to license its 3G wireless technologies.
The two tech companies are also meeting in a Paris court today where a judge will consider Samsung's request that the iPhone 4S be blocked from sale in France.
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The existing expansion joint between the driveway and garage is fully compressed.
Even when the joint appears wide enough at the surface, the concrete may still be in contact underneath. This means that when the street expands with heat, your driveway is being pushed into the rest of your home.
The foundation walls on either side of the garage door are being pushed inwards by the driveway slab.
This is a sign that when the concrete pavement expanded and lengthened, pushing into the concrete driveway, there was insufficient compression space within the expansion joints. The only place for the driveway slab to go was through your garage walls.
Gaps have formed behind the foundation walls on either side of the garage door as the garage slab is pushed rearward.
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By Sherry Hamby
One woman, to save money to prepare for leaving her abusive husband, sewed $20 bills into the hemlines of old clothes in the back of her closet. Another woman started volunteering at her school so she could keep close watch over her children and earned Volunteer of the Year at her school. Another woman reached out to her family, who provided her and her son with food and shelter and helped her retain a high-quality lawyer which enabled her to resolve custody issues in a way that protected her children as well as herself.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and it is the perfect opportunity to take a moment to appreciate the amazing strength and resilience that battered women show when coping with the problem of domestic violence. Battered women protect themselves and their loved ones in many, many ways. By stereotyping battered women as passive and in denial, we are missing the chance to help them build on their strengths and their own coping efforts. We are shortchanging ourselves, too, because we are missing the opportunity to learn some of the truly inspirational and heroic acts that all part of the daily existence of many battered women.
Battered women often make choices to protect their children and other loved ones. Sometimes this means leaving, but other times this can mean staying if the batterer has threatened to kidnap the children or wage a nasty custody battle in court. More than one in four battered women are worried about losing custody of their kids. Like most mothers, they would gladly risk their own personal harm if they thought it would help protect their children. Sometimes battered women are protecting dogs or cats from murder and abuse.
Many social service and health care providers do women a grave injustice by ignoring or dismissing the importance of faith — another place where many battered women turn. When access to many public social services is only getting harder and harder, with more forms, more waiting lists, and higher co-pays, churches are some of the most easily accessed and most generous social institutions in the country. Most agencies serving domestic violence victims (police, hospitals, shelters) emphasize short-term emergency services. Women can easily run into maximum stays in shelters (often 30 days, sometimes even less). Research by Cattaneo and colleagues has shown that months after reaching out for formal professional help, women are more likely to still be in touch with their churches than with either shelters or the police.
Contrary to the myths about secrecy and denial, research shows that about 90% of battered women have disclosed the abuse to at least one person, most often family or friends. Extensive data also show that many women turn to professional help, ranging from calling the police to going to shelter to joining a support. Additionally, battered women seek help at rates that are similar to other crime victims and to people experiencing psychological problems.
Finally, there are all sorts of invisible and understudied strategies: saving money, following standard recommendations in safety plans, protecting oneself from digital harassment and identity theft, or seeking couples counseling. Multiple studies suggest that counseling can help some couples, especially those where only more minor violence has occurred.
Step back and consider all of these protective strategies together, and the result couldn't be more different than the unfair and damaging stereotypes about denial and passivity. We recognize that some soldiers struggle with what they have seen during war without painting all soldiers as helpless. We manage to acknowledge the enormous losses that follow hurricanes or other natural disasters without concluding that the victims are weak when it takes time to reconstruct their lives. We know how to give help and respect at the same time. Battered women also need help and respect as they cope with the complex problem of domestic violence. This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, let's honor all of the victims of domestic violence by letting go of harmful stereotypes and building on strengths.
Sherry Hamby, Ph.D. is author of Battered Women's Protective Strategies: Stronger Than You Know, which will be released this month by Oxford University Press. She is Research Professor of Psychology at Sewanee, the University of the South and founding editor of the APA journal Psychology of Violence. Battered Women's Protective Strategies: Stronger Than You Know provides a new strengths-based framework for understanding coping with domestic violence. The book also presents a new safety planning tool, the Victim Inventory of Goals, Options, and Risks (the VIGOR) to help put this strengths-based approach to practice.
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Panning for Gold
Filling wooden saucer with dirt
Gold washes down the river and stored along banks.
Fill wooden saucer with water
Swirl to eliminate mud and bring larger rocks to top.
Wooden saucer hand made from Mahogany.
panning for Gold
Success, GOLD!
The locals do this until they have enough gold from several months of living.
Kichwa Village
Welcoming crew, the girls stuck this boy out front while they hid behind him.
Getting more adventurous
No smile since missing two front teeth.
Finally not hiding behind palm leaves.
Overseeing the crew
Tiyu Yacu Tribe
Blow gun
Guide shows us the blow gun and darts.
Bottom dart, guide's... Kill shot, Dan's. Must be the Cherokee in him.
Roger gives it a blow
Face Painting Indian Style
Achiote fruit used for painting
Baby wrap makes it easy to carry and feed him.
Linda with her face painted Kichwa style, using achiote, a local plant.
Achiote was cracked open, stired with a stick, then applied to the face and lips.
Flat Stanley for Nancy's grandkids to follow her travels.
Pottery Making
Pots flamed over hot coals
Start by making a basic bowl shape


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Once again, Barbie is being criticized for damaging little girls, but not because of her unrealistic proportions. The new tokidoki Barbie has pink hair and huge neck and arm tattoos, and parents are concerned that the doll will send their precious pre-teen angel straight into the arms of some bad boy known for riding bikes and breaking girls' hearts.
Since most 5-year-old aren't familiar with Italian designer Simone Legno, we're guessing his tokidoki Barbie is intended for collectors. Particularly because her spikey pet has a somewhat risque name. According to Mattel's discription:
tokidoki® Barbie® doll is always ready for cutting-edge fashion! She pops on a pink miniskirt, logo leggings and black top with signature skull heart and bones, carries a large bag from the brand, then adds bracelets, a belt, and sky-high sparkly silvery shoes! This funky fashionista features trendy tattoos and a pink bob. With cactus friend, Bastardino, by her side, she's ready for fun in fashion-forward form!
Yet, parents are working themselves into a tizzy about the doll's harmful message. A commenter on the parents' website Twixt says:
Encouraging children that tattoos are cool is wrong, wrong, wrong. Mattel why not put a cigarette and a beer bottle in her hand while you're at it!
Obviously Barbie's molded plastic hand is better suited to grabbing wine glasses than beer bottles, but the the point stands. As anyone who witnessed Quinn's brief involvement with the Skanks on Glee knows, tattoos and pink hair can only lead to debauchery and sassing authority figures. We must do everything in our power to ensure that this limited edition $50 collector's doll that's already sold out until November doesn't warp girls into thinking that hair color and body art are personal style choices that have nothing to do with moral character.
tokidoki®Barbie® Doll [Barbie Collector]
Pink Hair, Leopard Leggings... And Tattoos: Barbie Gets Inked For Fashion Makeover - But What Message Does This Send To Her Young Fans? [Daily Mail]


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LOS ANGELES – Al Gore wants to combat global warming by controlling the population – sterilizing women.
Former Vice President Al Gore is venturing into a touchy topic, presenting his new solution to combat the buildup of greenhouse gases warming the planet.
At first he was just advocating simply improving technology to reduce fossil fuel emissions, but nowhe is advocating "empowering girls and women, by sterilizing all women under 25."
Al Gore believes that the sterilization should be voluntary – at first – "women who are evolved will volunteer to be sterilized for the greater good for planet." BUT, if women do not choose to sterilize themselves, Al Gore believes that the government should force women (under 25) to be sterilized.
"We have to take drastic steps to save the planet. There are too many people – we must take aggressive action or we will all be dead," Gore said in a speech Monday in New York.
"When the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices – then women can have babies again."
Gore's thinking goes this way: If women are have access to "fertility management," and if they have the power to act to save the planet by forgoing children, then the result would be stabilization of the global population.
As it stands now, demographers at the United Nations forecast that the world's population will hit 7 billion later this year, march past 9 billion in 2045 and exceed 10 billion by the end of the century. Nearly all of the growth is expected to come in poor nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Gore made his remarks at the eighth annual Games for Change Festival, a conference organized by those who want to promote the use of video games for social change.


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RCHacker blog
031 - Space X Falcon 9, takeoff and landing filmed with a multi rotor.
This is not the aborted test of the 22nd of August. It is however some beautiful footage taken from a hexacopter. A great application, small, cheap, disposable and if made right unlikely to damage the rocket in the event of a collision. I really hope they use more of these to get better angles in the future.
030 - Perian II - Fly a glider to the edge of space.
Did you know that wind hitting a mountain range creates waves which reach many times higher than the mountain range itself.
Glider pilots have been using these mountain waves to break altitude records for many years, but this team plans to take it to the next level.
Their aim is to fly higher than 90,000ft. That is higher than the U2, even the SR-71.
Imagine a simple autonomous aircraft with the typical set of ardupilot sensors that could sniff out these waves to stay aloft, they could just about be disposable. Seriously the technology is already here.
029 - #66 Mobius action camera testing RF Noise
From now on I am going to post my new videos here also to make the RSS feed more useful.
RF Explorer website: http://micro.arocholl.com/
alternate: http://rfexplorer.com/
(use these links to support my work).
The Mobius action camera does produce noise on the 433MHz band and 1.1 to 1.3 GHz. Although to prevent it interfering with your 433Mhz control system just move the Mobius action camera away from your antenna about a foot. You can also shield the camera in aluminium foil.
This index is clickable in the youtube description for this video.
2:32 Mobius stand alone 433MHz
3:46 Mobius with extension.
4:43 GoPro HD Hero 1080
6:08 Mobius with Aluminium Shielding
7:05 Mobius, extension and Aluminium Shielding
8:00 GoPro aluminium shielding.
9:33 Mobius
10:50 Mobius
13:10 Mobius with extension.
14:09 GoPro
Thank you for watching, visit my website to support my work.
028 Two RC helicopters lift woman. Is it real? I think so.
I spotted this video: A great stunt, and also a sign that personal electric helicopters are definitely possible.
Although of course something with a practical endurance would need to be much larger.
I find it funny that everyone worries about Raphael Pirker ruining the RC hobby with a 500g foam wing. When these helicopters have been known to lacerate people to death.
On that, If you have not heard, Raphael won his case. Well done and a landmark decision for FPV 'drone' operators.
027 Plugging my channel.
This should explain what the RCHacker channel is about. I know it is impossible to explain to anyone who is not a nerd like me.
025 Remote control of multiple GoPro Hero2 cameras. Start and stop both video and photos.
Nice work Glen, very useful for aerial work. I imagine I will use this one day in a future project.
He even has links to the schematics and source code. Cheers.
Glens Blog. http://bikerglen.com/blog/
024 How to build your own Copter Control 3D.
From what I have seen the OpenPilot boards seems to be the cutting edge for multi-rotor (or anything else) control.
32bit, highly configurable and fast. The project is a labour of love and is under a Creative Commons non-commercial license. This is great but it makes the boards somewhat hard to get hold of. From the openpilot store you can commit kickstarter style to go really bleeding edge with the new Revolution (read up on it first) or wait for a batch of the proven CC3D. The other option is to build one yourself which I think I will attempt once I get to the limits of the KK2 capabilities. Mochaboy built his own and made this really great video:
To see how they perform in the hands of a top pilot check out Juz's channel. This is my favourite:
023 Studying hard and waiting for the mail.
I have been very busy lately reviving my Engineering skills. My background is Aerospace and more so Software Engineering and during my studies we covered every branch of engineering including hardware design. It has been a few years since I worked as a software engineer, and even more since I did any hardware at university. After a number of years travelling and doing completely unrelated jobs. I am amazed how technology has progressed, including the software tools to make things happen. It seems we are in a brave new word where it is affordable to design and get made your own PCBs. Microcontrollers are amazingly cheap and powerful and with an Arduino and a bit of hacking it is possible to do re-flow soldering in a hacked toaster oven. Finally the internet: 95% full of crap but if you search for it you can learn anything.
While some of the RC technology out there is brilliant. FrSky, KK2, OpenPilot are a couple that come to mind. So much of it is just utter crap, cheaply made and full of bugs. There are many products where a bit of good engineering can make a huge difference. FPV gear is one.
So I want to work my ass off and get some products of my own out there. I have many ideas but I'm not going to promise them all at once.
My design philosophy will be: Not what I think you want or even what you think you want, but what I want. If you like it, great. If not tough.
If I go broke trying at least I will have some nice gear. :)
Very early days yet, but I will continue to share my progress on YouTube.
My first set of PCBs (the Switch) is apparently on its way. Unfortunately postage is far too slow and sometimes unreliable to Ecuador... :(
022 FPV to the edge of space.
All I can say is: Simply brilliant David.
Link to David's project page here:
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