International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) program. The research objectives of the Program are to 1) improve our understanding of malaria pathogenesis, epidemiology, and transmission; and 2) evaluate, optimize, and inform development of interventions to understand, control, eliminate, and eventually eradicate malaria. The Centers in the Program will achieve these objectives through the design and conduct of multidisciplinary studies in malaria-endemic settings in close coordination with local ministries of health and other malaria control counterparts. The Program will also strengthen malaria research capabilities in endemic-country institutions and provide research opportunities for early-stage investigators.

The application should address a central theme characteristic of the proposed endemic sites, and the projects should be integrated and relate to the overarching thematic area. The projects should identify critical barriers to the reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality. Hypotheses should be developed based on observations and data from the field. Applications must include at least one basic science aim or translational science aim, with the potential to inform product development, within at least one Research Project. The basic science or translational science aim must utilize human or vector samples. Field work that informs the research objectives should take place in at least three field sites for four years or more with field activities lasting at least eight months each year at each field site. Field activities include human subject studies, disease surveillance, and studies of vectors in the field.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
2. If the final application requires a diversity statement or statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
3. CV (not biosketch) of the PI

to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Proposals are due to the sponsor 5/4/2023, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 4/25/2023 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee.