August 1 Fogarty International Research Collaboration Project Grants Project grants facilitate collaborative research efforts between U.S. and foreign scientists that will expand and enhance the NIH-supported research program of the U.S. principal investigator, while at the same time benefiting the scientific interests of the collaborating foreign scientist. These small grants will provide funds for up to three years to purchase supplies, materials, and small equipment items necessary to conduct the collaborative research in the foreign scientist's laboratory. Travel support for both the U.S. principal investigator and the foreign collaborator also is provided. Applications will be reviewed on the basis of scientific and technical merit of the research proposal. Collaborative potential, significance of the proposed research, and the competence of the foreign collaborator are also prime factors.
Additional information is available upon request.
The grant applicant is the U.S. institution where the U.S. principal investigator is employed. The foreign collaborator must hold a position at a public or nonprofit private institution. This initiative emphasizes problem-oriented collaborative research that involves African scientists and engineers through exchanges of scientists, engineers, and students between Africa and the United States. Proposals on drought-related research and on global change research are encouraged. The division strongly encourages the involvement of graduate and postdoctoral students in proposals submitted.