TB Education and Training Resource Guide—FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (Printable Version)

ORGANIZATIONS
DATABASES

Listed in this section are organizations that offer funding opportunities in the biomedical sciences and Websites that provide databases listing such opportunities. Contact the organizations and search the databases for information on current TB funding initiatives.

Disclaimer: The information in the Tuberculosis Education and Training Resource Guide is made available as a public service. Neither CDC nor NPIN endorses the organizations and materials represented. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate this information prior to use based on individual needs and community standards.

ORGANIZATIONS

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
This foundation provides funding for programs that increase access to innovations in education, technology, and global health. In the past, they have provided funds for TB prevention and drug development.
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 97102
206-709-3100 (Voice)
www.gatesfoundation.org (Website)

Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
This foundation supports special projects and programs directed by nonprofit organizations serving the developing world in three primary fields of interest: conservation, food, and health. In the past, the fund has supported programs related to TB treatment and health care.
Grants Management Associates
77 Summer Street, Eighth Floor
Boston, MA 02110
617-426-7172 (Voice)
617-426-5441 (Fax)

The Foundation Center
This site provides information on funding sources and on training programs in proposal writing and grantsmanship.
79 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212-620-4230 (Voice)
212-691-1828 (Fax)
www.fdncenter.org (Website)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
This site provides the general public with program and application information related to HRSA's competitive grant offerings.
5600 Fishers Lane
Parklawn Building
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-3376 (Voice)
www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm (Website)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
This site links users to NIAID-sponsored funding information and provides a "tool box" with instructions and advice for completing grant applications.
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room 7A-27
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
301-496-4634 (Voice)
www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn (Website)

Research to the Presidential Vaccine Initiative-Overcoming the Tuberculosis Latency Challenge
The purpose of this fund is to stimulate investigator-initiated research to elucidate the mechanisms underlying persistent, asymptomatic infection with M. tuberculosis.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Division of Extramural Activities
6700-B Rockledge Drive
Room 2118, MSC-7614
Bethesda, MD 20892-7614
301-402-5601 (Voice)

Soros Foundation
The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute (OSI) is an active partner in the global fight to control TB. OSI's Public Health Program seeks to provide grants that: 1) promote the development of evidence-based public health policy; 2) expand the development of needed public health infrastructure and human resources; 3) strengthen the technical and interpersonal skills, as well as the professional values, of health practitioners; and 4) encourage public involvement in health policymaking and programs.
400 West 59th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10024
212-547-6919 (Voice)
212-548-4610 (Fax)
www.soros.org/health (Website)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This site provides information on funding, grant, contract, research, and training opportunities, with links to each of the agencies under the auspices of this organization.
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
202-619-0257 (Voice)
877-696-6775 (Toll-Free)
www.hhs.gov/opportune.html (Website)

DATABASES

Community of Sciences-www.cos.com
This Internet research service provides access to over 23,000 records providing scientific grant and funding information. They offer a "funding alert" that will e-mail you the latest funding opportunities in your area of interest.

CRISP-crisp.cit.nih.gov
CRISP, which stands for "Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects," is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.

FEDIX-content.sciencewise.com
This site provides a database of over $50 billion in research funding available from government, nonprofit, corporate, and international sources. They offer a "funding alert" that will e-mail you the latest funding opportunities in your area of interest.

GrantsNet-www.grantsnet.org
This site provides a database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education. It also provides grant-writing tools and tips.

National Institute of Health (NIH), Grants and Funding Opportunities-grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm
This site provides a variety of tools for finding information on funding opportunities in the biomedical sciences, including the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, a link to an NIH site dedicated to Biomedical Research Training Resources and Opportunities, and CRISP-a searchable biomedical database of federally-supported proposed research conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.