H3Africa Human Heredity and Health in Africa

Funding Opportunities

NIH Funding Opportunities

We solicit applications from foreign Institutions in African countries who wish to develop the study of genomic/genetic/environmental contributors of human health and disease within Africa to understand health and diseases affecting African populations.

Sample applications from international grantees applying to different Funding Opportunity Announcements can be found at: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/pages/appsamples.aspx.

Title Summary Deadlines Full Application
H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) We solicit applications to develop plans, building upon existing infrastructure, for initial two-year feasibility studies (Phase I) and then for an additional five years of support for  full-scale H3Africa Biorepositories (Phase II), beginning in 2014. (Read more) Letter of Intent:
N/A

Full Application:
February 21, 2012
RFA-RM-12-003
H3Africa Research Grants (U01) We solicit applications to establish independent H3Africa Research Projects that will collaborate with ongoing grants, cooperative agreements, contracts or awards from the U.S. government (USG) or non-USG funders to add a genomics-based approach to the study. (Read more) Letter of Intent:
N/A

Full Application:
January 6, 2012
RFA-RM-12-004


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Notices - Revisions to NIH FOAs

  • NOT-RM-12-002: Notice of Revision for RFA-RM-11-008, H3Africa: Collaborative Centers (U54)
  • NOT-RM-12-003: Notice of Revision for RFA-RM-11-009, H3Africa: Research Projects (U01)
  • NOT-RM-12-004: Notice of Revision for: RFA-RM-11-008, H3Africa: Collaborative Centers (U54); RFA-RM-11-009, H3Africa: Research Grants (U01); RFA-RM-11-010, H3Africa: Bioinformatics Network (U41); RFA-RM-11-011, H3Africa: H3Africa Biorepository (UH2/UH3)
  • NOT-RM-12-005: Notice of Change of Due Date and Page Limits for RFA-RM-11-011, Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3)
  • NOT-RM-12-006: Notice of Total Costs allowed for RFA-RM-11-008 - H3Africa Collaborative Centers (U54)

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Wellcome Trust Funding Opportunities

Title Summary Deadlines Full Application
H3Africa Collaborative Centers The purpose of this call is to support the establishment of African networks to carry out research within the remit of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative, which is a partnership between the African Society of Human Genetics, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Wellcome Trust. Initial expression of interest:
September 16, 2011
See Wellcome Trust


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Expired Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)

Title FOA Number
Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Collaborative Centers (U54) RFA-RM-11-008
Human Health and Heredity in Africa (H3Africa): Research Grants (U01) RFA-RM-11-009
Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Bioinformatics Network (U41) RFA-RM-11-010
Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): H3Africa Biorepository Grants (UH2/UH3) RFA-RM-11-011

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Additional Information

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