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RFA-DE-11-003 NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) Short-term Mentored Career Development Awards in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences for Mid-career and Senior Investigators (K18)

Release date: November 14, 2010
Opening Date: December 24, 2010 (Earliest date to submit an application to Grants.gov)
Application Due Date: January 24, 2011

This FOA, issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet), invites applications for short-term mentored career development (K18) awards of up to 1 year duration, aimed at established, mid-career and senior investigators who seek an intense, mentored career development experience which will substantially improve their ability to pursue future research in the basic behavioral and social sciences. The intent of this FOA is to provide candidates with protected time to achieve a shift in the focus of their research direction in the basic behavioral and socials sciences, or to substantially enrich a current b-BSSR research program through the introduction of tools, theories or approaches from another discipline or area of science. Two categories of candidates are targeted: (a) biomedical or clinical researchers with little experience in basic behavioral and social sciences research seeking training with a well established b-BSSR investigator in order to explore the introduction of b-BSSR into their research programs; and (b) investigators in the basic or applied behavioral and social sciences who wish to build new components or domains of b-BSSR into their research programs. Illustrative examples include but are not limited to: A psychologist seeking training in econometrics in order to expand a research program on basic mechanisms of decision-making; A clinical epidemiologist seeking training in social network dynamics to better understand the spread of health behaviors in populations; A demographer seeking training in psychoneuroimmunology in order to understand the mechanisms whereby sociodemographic factors get “under the skin” to impact health disparities; An ethologist seeking training in neuroscience to facilitate examination of how patterns of maternal care result in epigenetic changes in brain regions and brain structure.

RFA-CA-10-017 Scientific Meetings for Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams in Emerging Basic Behavioral and Social Science Research (R13)

Opening Date: November 14, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: November 14, 2010
Application Due Date: December 14, 2010

This FOA solicits Research Conference Grant (R13) applications for meetings aimed at building interdisciplinary research teams in emerging areas of basic behavioral and social science research (bBSSR). Teams must propose to develop new research programs in the targeted basic behavioral and social science domains defined below. Applicants may seek to either (1) expand the scope of investigation of the targeted bBSSR research domain through the integration of approaches from bBSSR and allied disciplines or (2) increase the sophistication of theoretical, methodological, and analytical approaches in bBSSR. These goals may be accomplished by fostering the development of shared scientific terminology, approaches, and methodologies across disciplines in order to address a common bBSSR research question.

RFA-NR-11-002 NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) short-term interdisciplinary research education program for new investigators (R25)

Release date: September 14, 2010
Opening date: December 6, 2010 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
Letters of Intent receipt date: December 6, 2010
Application due date: January 6, 2011

This OppNet funding opportunity solicits short-term R25 Research Education Project applications that focus on providing creative and innovative education research experiences for new scientists in basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR)—specifically, to support the growth of a cohort of scientists with research expertise in b-BSSR to further the understanding of fundamental mechanisms and patterns of behavioral and social functioning relevant to the health and well-being of individuals and populations. Overall goals include,

1) to encourage new investigators to engage in the field of basic behavioral and social science while also facilitating their long-term career development as principal investigators within the field; and,

2) to support research on how to best transfer b-BSSR knowledge into biomedical and/or other fields of research (e.g., physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics).

The R25 Research Education grant mechanism only supports educational activities focused on basic behavioral and social sciences research, and may not be used to support non-research clinical training. Nevertheless, one may be use this mechanism to provide b-BSSR research education to scientists in clinical training or in a clinical research track within a clinical training program or from biomedical or other fields of research. Formats may vary to include single or multiple short courses, seminars, workshops, or structured short-term research experiences; or curriculum development, design, implementation and evaluation.

Self-Regulation

RFA-AG-11-010 Basic Research on Self-Regulation (R21)

Opening Date: December 6, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: December 6, 2010
Application Due Date: January 6, 2011

This FOA issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet) solicits exploratory/developmental (R21) research applications examining basic mechanisms of self-regulation. The intent of this RFA is to advance research on basic processes and mechanisms of self-regulation, capitalizing on recent advances in methods and theory from the psychological (social, personality, developmental), economic, neuroscience, sociocultural, and other behavioral and social science literatures.

Social Environment

RFA-DA-11-003 Effects of the Social Environment on Health: Measurement, Methods and Mechanisms (R01)

Opening Date: December 6, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: December 6, 2010
Application Due Date: January 6, 2011

This FOA, issued as part of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet), solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate structural, behavioral, sociocultural, environmental, cognitive, emotional, and/or biological mechanisms through which the social environment affects health outcomes. To address this objective, applicants should propose research studies that will: (1) deepen our understanding of which aspects of social environments affect health outcomes for women and men at different stages of the lifecourse and in different social, economic, geographic, racial and ethnic sub-populations; (2) lead to clearer understanding of mechanisms through which social environments have such effects; or (3) improve measurement methods and/or contribute to advances in analytic methods used in the study of social environments and health.

Behavior Maintenance

RFA-HL-11-035 Basic Mechanisms Influencing Behavioral Maintenance (R01)

Opening Date: September 14, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 14, 2010
Application Due Date: October 14, 2010

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) solicits research applications examining basic mechanisms of behavioral maintenance. The intent of this RFA is to advance research on basic processes and mechanisms involved in sustaining learned behavior over time and in the context of dynamic environmental influences and changing psychological and biological states. Maintenance of health behavior change is a critical problem in applied clinical research, and innovative strategies to address this problem require a better understanding of basic processes and mechanisms involved in long-term behavior maintenance. This FOA requests applications that will improve our understanding of how newly learned, effortful, and goal-directed behaviors transition to less effortful, automatic, and essentially non-goal-directed behaviors that are more easily maintained over time. A range of possible processes and mechanisms (e.g. neurobiological, cognitive, and environmental) may be proposed for study, and applicants are encouraged to study multiple mechanisms and their potential interactions. Also encouraged is incorporation of sex/gender differences. Regardless of mechanisms or processes of interest, however, applications should test how these mechanisms and processes facilitate or impede the transition from newly learned, effortful, and goal-directed behaviors to less effortful, automatic, and essentially non-goal-directed behaviors. A wide array of research proposals are potentially appropriate under this FOA, ranging from animal neurobehavioral models to human learning studies of social and environmental influences that facilitate or impede the transition to habitually maintained behaviors.

Career Development

Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) Short-term Mentored Career Development Awards in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences for Mid-career and Senior Investigators (K18) [RFA-OD-10-003]

Release Date: January 5, 2010
Opening Date: January 16, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: January 20, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: February 18, 2010
Expiration Date: February 19, 2010

This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009(“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5, invites applications for short-term mentored career development (K18) awards in the basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR) from three months to one year in duration. The program targets established, mid-career and senior investigators, to support their development of research capability in b-BSSR. Two categories of candidates are targeted: (a) biomedical or clinical researchers with little experience in basic behavioral and social sciences research who seek training with a well established b-BSSR investigator in order to explore the introduction of b-BSSR into their research programs; and (b) investigators in the basic or applied behavioral and social sciences who wish to build new components or domains of basic-BSSR into their research programs. The intent of this FOA is to provide candidates with protected time to achieve a shift in the focus of their research direction in the basic behavioral and social sciences, or to substantially enrich a current b-BSSR research program through the introduction of tools, theories or approaches from another discipline or area of science; it is not intended as a substitute for research project support. This FOA is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (“OppNet”). OppNet strongly encourages investigators to consult NIH-OBSSR’s definitions related to b-BSSR for OppNet-related FOAs.

Competitive Revisions

Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, and R37) through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) [NOT-OD-10-032]

Release Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: February 2, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: March 2, 2010

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported research project grants (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/33, and R37) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate, expand, and/or strengthen basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR). Competitive revision applications must support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” award on which the revision application is based. Support for these competitive revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. This Notice is issued as an inaugural activity of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Congruent to the mission of OppNet, applications submitted in response to this Notice must incorporate new b-BSSR research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved parent grant. This significant expansion can be accomplished by either: (1) extending the scope of extant b-BSSR by adding a fundamentally different b-BSSR objective or aim; (2) supplementing applied research in the behavioral and social sciences with b-BSSR; or (3) incorporating b-BSSR into biological, clinical, or translational research. Prospective investigators are encouraged to consult the NIH definition of b-BSSR.

Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, and R37) for HIV/AIDS-related Research through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) [NOT-OD-10-033]

Release Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: February 25, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: March 25, 2010

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported research project grants (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/33 and R37) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate, expand and/or strengthen basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR) relevant to HIV/AIDS risk, prevention and treatment. Competitive revision applications must support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” award on which the revision application is based. Support for these competitive revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. This Notice is issued as an inaugural activity of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Congruent to the mission of OppNet, applications submitted in response to this Notice must incorporate new b-BSSR research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved “parent” grant. This significant expansion can be accomplished by either: (1) extending the scope of extant b-BSSR by adding a fundamentally different b-BSSR objective or aim; (2) supplementing applied research in the behavioral and social sciences with b-BSSR; or (3) incorporating b-BSSR into biological, clinical or translational research. Prospective investigators are encouraged to consult the NIH definition of b-BSSR.

Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Transfer Technology Research Grants (R43/R44 and R41/R42) through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) [NOT-OD-10-034]

Opening Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: February 25, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: March 25, 2010

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported small business research project grants (STTR [R41, R42], SBIR [R43, R44] and SBIR/STTR Fast-Track grants) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate innovation through basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR) and development that has commercial potential and is relevant to the mission of OppNet. Competitive revisions must focus on b-BSSR that has the potential to accelerate results (e.g., products, processes or services) and/or includes innovative research tools, techniques, devices, inventions or methodologies. Competitive revision applications must support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” small business award on which the revision application is based. Support for these revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. Consistent with the Recovery Act’s intent to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research, the purpose of this OppNet announcement is to fund supplemental b-BSSR that can inform the development of products whose marketable value is increased by b-BSSR results. This Notice is issued as an inaugural activity of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Congruent to the mission of OppNet, applications submitted in response to this Notice must incorporate new b-BSSR research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved “parent” grant. This significant expansion can be accomplished by either: (1) extending the scope of extant small business b-BSSR by adding a fundamentally different b-BSSR objective or aim; (2) supplementing applied small business research in the behavioral and social sciences with b-BSSR; or (3) incorporating b-BSSR into other biological, clinical or translational research. Prospective investigators are encouraged to consult the NIH definition of b-BSSR.

HIV/AIDS Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, R37) for HIV/AIDS-related Research through the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) [NOT-OD-10-036]

Opening Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 7, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: May 7, 2010

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported research project grants (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/33 and R37) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate, expand and/or strengthen basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR) relevant to HIV/AIDS risk, prevention, disease progression and treatment. Competitive revision applications should support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” award on which the revision application is based. This Notice is issued as one of the inaugural activities of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Congruent to the mission of OppNet, applications submitted in response to this Notice must incorporate new b-BSSR research objectives and aims that are outside the scope of the approved parent grant. This significant expansion can be accomplished by either: (1) extending the scope of extant b-BSSR by adding a fundamentally different b-BSSR objective or aim; (2) supplementing applied research in the behavioral and social sciences with b-BSSR; or (3) incorporating b-BSSR into biological, clinical or translational research. OppNet encourages prospective investigators to consult the NIH definition of b-BSSR. Parent projects may include aims and objectives already related to HIV/AIDS or they may be in areas readily extended to HIV/AIDS-relevant work (e.g., reproductive health, substance use, viral hepatitis).

HIV/AIDS

Opening Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: April 7, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: May 7, 2010

Opening Date: January 7, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: February 25, 2010 (optional)
Application Due Date: March 25, 2010

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with relevant active NIH-supported research project grants (R01, R03, R15, R21, R21/33 and R37) to submit competitive revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to accelerate, expand and/or strengthen basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR) relevant to HIV/AIDS risk, prevention and treatment. Competitive revision applications must support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol approved and funded for the “parent” award on which the revision application is based. Support for these competitive revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”), Public Law 111-5. This Notice is issued as an inaugural activity of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet). Congruent to the mission of OppNet, applications submitted in response to this Notice must incorporate new b-BSSR research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved “parent” grant. This significant expansion can be accomplished by either: (1) extending the scope of extant b-BSSR by adding a fundamentally different b-BSSR objective or aim; (2) supplementing applied research in the behavioral and social sciences with b-BSSR; or (3) incorporating b-BSSR into biological, clinical or translational research. Prospective investigators are encouraged to consult the NIH definition of b-BSSR.

Psychosocial Stress

RFA-HL-11-033 Psychosocial Stress and Behavior: Integration of Behavioral and Physiological Processes (R01)

Opening Date: September 14, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 14, 2010
Application Due Date: October 14, 2010

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet) solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions and organizations that propose to investigate the mechanistic pathways linking psychosocial stressors and behavior. Although psychosocial stressors influence a host of behaviors that may ultimately impact health outcomes, there is a paucity of data that has specified how these processes occur to impact behavior and, ultimately, health and disease. This research will facilitate investigation of multiple and potentially bidirectional pathways underlying the link between psychosocial stressors and behaviors that may ultimately impact biological function, health, and disease. Applicants are encouraged to use model systems and longitudinal approaches to design innovative and integrative studies to elucidate how psychological factors, social factors, and environments impact the processes by which stressors are coupled with and influenced by various behaviors. Applications examining moderating factors such as individual demographic (age, gender/sex, ethnicity) and psychological (vulnerabilities, resilience) differences, risk factors, early exposure, and environments (including toxicants) are desirable. This research will provide a deeper understanding of the psychological, environmental, and social processes that ultimately connect psychosocial stress to behaviors, physiological processes, health, and disease.

RFA-HL-11-034 Development of Comprehensive and Conceptually-based Measures of Psychosocial Stress (R21)

Opening Date: September 14, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 14, 2010
Application Due Date: October 14, 2010

This FOA issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet) solicits Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions and organizations that propose to develop and validate conceptually-focused and comprehensive measures of psychosocial stress that can be applied across species and across the lifespan. Applicants submitting applications under this FOA are encouraged to incorporate variations in exposures, chronicity, environments (including toxicants and social environments), cognitions, and responses, as well as capture important factors for measuring stress in both humans and animals, in men and women, and across the lifespan. Such studies should demonstrate that the measures, coupled with appropriate bridges between laboratory and population-based designs, advance our understanding of the components of psychosocial stressors that are most relevant to disease, and provide comparability across studies.

RFA-CA-10-017 Scientific Meetings for Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams in Emerging Basic Behavioral and Social Science Research (R13)

Opening Date: November 14, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: November 14, 2010
Application Due Date: December 14, 2010

Sleep & Social Environment

RFA-HD-11-101 Sleep and Social Environment: Basic Biopsychosocial Processes (R01)

Opening Date: September 8, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 8, 2010
Application Due Date: October 8, 2010

This FOA issued by the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Opportunity Network (OppNet), National Institutes of Health, solicits Research Project Grant (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate the reciprocal interactions of the processes of sleep and circadian regulation and function with behavioral and social environment processes. Sleep is a complex biological phenomenon that is essential to normal behavioral and social functioning, as well as optimal health. In spite of its vital nature, the mechanisms by which social environment factors affect sleep behavior patterns have not been studied systematically, especially within the context of individual vulnerabilities and resilience. There is a need for greater understanding of the dynamic relationships between behavioral and social environment factors on the one hand and the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake and circadian regulation and function on the other. This FOA is not intended to support research on or development of treatments or interventions for disorders of sleep or circadian rhythms.

RFA-HD-11-102 Sleep and Social Environment: Basic Biopsychosocial Processes (R21)

Opening Date: September 8, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 8, 2010
Application Due Date: October 8, 2010

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