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Funding Opportunities
This list provides access to a broad range of funding opportunities for TB programs. Listed in this section are organizations that offer funding opportunities in the biomedical sciences and Website s that provide databases listing additional opportunities. Contact the organizations and search the databases for information on current TB funding initiatives.
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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 
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)
Fidelis (Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion through Local Initiatives to Stop TB)
Fidelis is a global fund, administered by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (UNION), with initial funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Its objective is to support innovative TB control activities for increasing case detection of new smear positive cases, while maintaining high cure rates within the DOTS strategy.
www.fidelistb.org
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
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)
http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/index.html
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)
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/Pages/default.aspx
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
This site provides opportunities for fellowships, grants and other awards, including
awards from members of the Partners project.
http://phpartners.org/grants.html#Funding%20Opportunities
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
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/grants/index.shtml
Wellcome Trust
This trust offers grants for research in the following general areas: biomedical research, technology transfer, history of medicine research, research in biomedical ethics, and public engagement in science.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/index.htm
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Databases
Community of Sciences
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.
www.cos.com
CRISP
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.
projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
FEDIX
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.
www.sciencewise.com
GrantsNet
This site provides a database of funding opportunities in biomedical research
and science education. It also provides grant-writing tools and tips.
www.grantsnet.org
National Institute of Health (NIH), Grants and Funding Opportunities
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.
grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm
NPIN Funding Database
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Funding Database: This database will help the user find
private and government funding opportunities for community-based and HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB service organizations.
Included are details about eligibility requirements, application processes, and deadlines.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/search/fundSearch.aspx
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