Updated May 2003

Summary
The Global Health Research Initiative Program for New Foreign Investigators (GRIP) is intended to promote productive re-entry of NIH-trained foreign investigators into their home countries as part of a broader program to enhance the scientific research infrastructure in developing countries, to stimulate research on a wide variety of high priority health-related issues in these countries, and to advance NIH efforts to address health issues of global import. 

The specific goal of this initiative is to provide funding opportunities upon return home for the increasing pool of foreign biomedical and behavioral scientists, clinical investigators, nurses, and other health professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge of research methods to advance critical issues in global health when they return home. Upon completion of their research experiences using this grant mechanism, developing country participants supported by this Program Announcement are expected to continue to pursue independent and productive careers, including expert training and consultation and/or research of biomedical issues within their home institutions.

Please see the Program Announcement  (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-118.html) for detailed information about research objectives, eligibility, and funds available.

Application Receipt Date: August 25, 2003; August 25, 2004; August 25, 2005
Expiration Date: April 16, 2006, unless reissued.

GRIP Frequently Asked Questions

Partners

Original Partners
Listed in the GRIP Request for Applications (RFA):

• Fogarty International Center (FIC)

• Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

• National Eye Institute (NEI)

• Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

• Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  

New Partners
The following NIH components have joined as full GRIP partners.  Therefore, applications to address health issues of global import pertinent to the NHLBI, NIGMS, and OAR missions are eligible.

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

• Office of AIDS Research (OAR)

Inquiries

Inquiries are encouraged. The opportunity to clarify any issues or questions from potential applicants is welcome.

Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to:
Aron Primack, M.D.
Program Officer
Division of International Training and Research
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-1653
Fax: (301) 402-0779
Email: primacka@mail.nih.gov

Julie Marquardt
Program Specialist
Fogarty International Center
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 402-7335
FAX: (301) 402-0779
Email: marquarj@mail.nih.gov

Contact for grants management and other fiscal matters:
Bruce Butrum
Grants Management Officer
Fogarty International Center
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive, MSC 2220
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496-1670
FAX: (301) 594-1211
E-mail: butrumb@mail.nih.gov

Archive

The GRIP Request for Applications (TW-02-002) was first listed in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts on January 29, 2002.

NIH News Release, February 12, 2002
Fogarty International Center Announces New Global Health Research Initiative Program for Foreign Investigators

In the News: February 21, 2002 Nature
NIH strives to reverse brain drain from poor nations

In the News: February 21, 2002 Nature
Awards for endeavor

In the News: February 14, 2002 BioMedNet
New NIH grant program sends foreign scholars home