In support of our vision to “seek to achieve health equity for vulnerable groups and individuals around the world,” the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) invites interdisciplinary teams led by regular rank faculty with a DGHI affiliation to submit proposals designed to enhance research, implementation and/or clinical capacity in global health.
Capacity-building, defined by the UN, is “the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world.”
Applications should address how the pilot project will focus on capacity-building that enables partners to successfully apply for external funding as well as improve research and/or clinical operations.
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) invites proposal submissions for local university-community partnership projects that address key global health concerns. Through this RFP, DGHI will provide pilot funds to interdisciplinary teams led by DGHI faculty to stimulate Local is Global collaborations and to enable the following larger goals:
Engage Duke expertise to partner with community organizations to meet local needs, including sharing resources, generating key evidence, and/or participating in community-oriented needs assessment and planning
Support investigators in the development of sustainable and ethical community-based partnerships that can impact and improve local health concerns
Provide opportunities for students and trainees to understand local health needs and culture through community driven research practice
Encourage researchers to apply a global health lens to their work by fostering collaborations between investigators working across sites both within the US and internationally
Encourage multi-directional learning by supporting faculty and community organizations to connect and share information, lessons learned, contextualized solutions and brainstorm useful next steps
Support teams to leverage findings and data to obtain larger awards of external funding
Eligible Applicants
Regular ranking DGHI Faculty and affiliates are eligible to apply for funding. While the PI must be affiliated with the Institute, proposal teams may include other Duke faculty members, and are required to include at least one collaborator from Durham or the surrounding communities, preferably a partner who would serve as a Co-PI. Teams including new investigators, or investigators new to global health, are also encouraged.
Budgets
The budget may include: supplies deemed necessary for successful execution of the project, support for technicians, undergraduate and graduate student assistants, research-related travel, honorarium and/or mentoring, and other justifiable and allowable research expenses. Faculty salary, community partner salary, travel to scientific meetings, and indirect costs are not allowable expenses. Typical awards range between $3,000 – $5000, but applicants may apply for up to $15,000 for the 12-month project cycle.
Application Requirements
Proposals must be for activities focused on understanding and addressing health disparities in the American South. Priority will be given to locally proposed projects (Durham or surrounding communities). Applicants should describe plans for how the results generated may be used to advance collaborations with the partner organization, support GH students (e.g., by way of field, lab, or applied learning and research opportunities), and impact local health needs. We encourage you to discuss how project outcomes may be used to secure future external funding or to assess and scale-up application of evidence-based health projects.
Cover page. Please include the following information:
Proposal title
List of name, title, departmental affiliation, address, email address, and telephone number of all proposed investigators
Designation of a Duke Principal Investigator, Community Partner Director or Collaborator, and any Co-Principal Investigator(s)
Abstract (250 words maximum)
Research plan – no more than three pages; single-spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins, with following heading categories:
Project Background: Statement of project background and objectives
Collaboration: Description of the team collaboration and specific (local area) work setting
Significance of the project in relation to local health context and needs (including significance to DGHI and/or Global Health and how it will support the Local is Global Initiative)
Project procedures and methods, including plans for data collection, any analysis and IRB approvals as needed (specific details on work tasks, procedures, methods recommended)
Project deliverables and expected outcomes (e.g., knowledge, services, impact)
Project timeline and milestones (could be a table)
Budget items and Justification (table or 1 page maximum)
Curriculum Vitae for Duke Investigator(s) and bio-sketch, or related description for Community Partner / Organization
Appendix materials as relevant: 1 page maximum each; single-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins, including:
Work in progress (or already completed) locally or globally that would be related to the proposed work (if relevant)
Letters of support from collaborating researchers or community partners
Opportunities for field research or practicums for GH students
Potential for future external grant support (if applicable)
Submission Format
Please combine all required elements into a single pdf document and submit via email to sarah.cao@duke.edu with the subject line of “DGHI Pilot Grant Submission.”
Schedule
Application receipt date: rolling deadline, through May 8, 2023.
Project start date: If selected, projects can start immediately. The start date will be approximately 4 weeks after submission of application, but no later than the end of June 2023.
Inquiries
We welcome the opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants. Please submit inquires related to this funding announcement to:
Sumedha Ariely
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health Faculty Lead, Local is Global/Durham PPL, DGHI Telephone (919) 681-7944
In support of our vision to “seek to achieve health equity for vulnerable groups and individuals around the world”, the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) invites interdisciplinary teams led by regular rank faculty with a DGHI affiliation to submit research proposals around health equity in global health research. Pilot funding will support projects that focus on identifying, reducing and/or eliminating health disparities or other contributors to health-related social injustices. Applications should address how the pilot project will focus on health equity or social justice topic(s) and obtain critical data to support an extramural grant submission that will promote health equity. This pilot funding announcement aligns with Duke’s campus-wide focus on social equity and justice as well as DGHI’s own vision and mission. We foresee potential applications in various topics, fundamentally concerned with partnerships, working with vulnerable and underrepresented groups both internationally and locally, and addressing sociocultural, economic, and structural determinants of health.
Through this RFP, we seek to provide pilot funds to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations, with the goal of enabling investigators to leverage preliminary findings and data to obtain larger awards of external funding. Interested faculty are encouraged to collaborate with country-based collaborators on research projects.
Collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are We encourage teams to include early- stage investigators, investigators new to global health, and/or investigators from low- and middle- income countries.
DGHI is seeking to support global health research ideas that will improve health equity and benefit hard-to-reach populations, low-resourced areas and partnership locations.
Applicants should address data governance and data ethics considerations impacting both external collaborators and individuals or populations represented in Examples include but are not limited to: governance of data assets; accessibility of data and findings (including data sharing); privacy, confidentiality, and/or other individual rights; equity.
Topic areas which have not previously received support and proposals that support and describe a sustainable line of global health research will be prioritized.
Eligible Applicants
Proposals that include collaborators throughout Duke and/or from other institutions are encouraged. Proposal teams require a DGHI faculty (regular rank) PI or co-PI. We expect international research projects to have a local co-PI.
Budgets
The budget may include: supplies, support for technicians, research assistants, and graduate students; research-related travel; and other justifiable and allowable research expenses. Faculty salary, travel to scientific meetings, and indirect costs are not allowable expenses. Applicants may apply for up to $25,000 for a 12-month project. Smaller proposals for shorter periods are also encouraged.
Application Requirements
Proposals must be for activities in low, lower- and upper- middle-income countries (a listing of eligible countries can be found at the World Bank website: http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-groups) OR focused on health disparities in the American South. Applicants are expected to work with local collaborators; for international research, a local investigator should be included as co-PI, and should describe plans for how the results generated will be applied to future external funding, as this will be an important criterion in the review.
Cover Page. Must include the following information:
Proposal title
Name, title, departmental affiliation, address, email address, and telephone number of all proposed investigators
Designation of a Principal Investigator or Co- Principal Investigators
Name & Signature of Responsible Financial Administrator
Abstract (250 words maximum)
Research Plan (3 page maximum; single-spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins) including:
Statement of research objectives
Significance of the research (including significance to DGHI and/or Global Health and to research setting)
Proposed methods and plans for data analysis (specific details recommended)
Work already completed related to the proposed work (if relevant)
Description of the research team and research setting, including site collaboration plan
Potential for future external grant support
Appendix Materials (1 page maximum each; single-spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins) including:
Letter of support from a collaborating researcher at research site (if relevant)
Budget and Justification (1 page maximum)
NIH Biosketch OR Curriculum Vitae
Include current grant support and limit to 5 pages for each principal investigator
Submission Format
Please combine all required elements into a single pdf document and submit via email to kelly.deal@duke.edu with the subject line of “DGHI Health Equity Pilot Grant Submission.”
Successful applications will be required to submit a Data Management Plan which conforms to NIH specifications before funding will be awarded.
Schedule
Application receipt date: April 24, 2023
Inquiries
We welcome the opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants. Please submit inquires related to this funding announcement to:
Kelly Matthews Deal, MPH Assistant Director, Research
Through this request for proposals, the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) seeks to provide pilot funds to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations, with the goal of enabling investigators to leverage preliminary findings and data to obtain larger awards of external funding. Interested faculty are encouraged to collaborate with country-based collaborators on research projects incorporating infectious disease and chronic disease, including data collaboration.
For current Duke doctoral students with a deep interest in global health, the Global Health Doctoral Scholars program offers the opportunity for dynamic intellectual exchange, faculty mentorship and rigorous dissertation research on a global health challenge. In collaboration with a faculty mentor, you will explore the social, economic and cultural context of global health while conducting innovative research impacting health equity and expanding your professional skills and opportunities.
As a Global Health Doctoral Scholar, you will receive 50% of your academic-year stipend for one year and may receive funding for a second year upon successful application for continuation. You will work closely with a Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) faculty mentor or a mentoring team. Our world-class faculty provide research guidance and professional development opportunities designed to advance your career in global health.
Program Highlights
In addition to faculty mentorship and dissertation research, year-round opportunities for engagement include participation in lunch seminars, leading professional development workshops and participating in panel discussions.
One-time grants of up to $10,000 are available for Scholars to undertake field-based dissertation research.
Apply
Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year are now open. The application deadline is Friday, November 18, 2022.
Students are encouraged to apply in their second year of PhD study or beyond. Funding begins in August of the following academic year and the appointment is for a minimum of nine months (September to May).
We’re here to help you understand your options, answer your questions and explore what’s right for you. Please contact us if you would like to meet.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If you wish to travel soon, you can submit earlier.
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) is pleased to offer travel awards of up to $5,000 each to Duke faculty to pursue global health research opportunities in low, lower- and upper- middle-income countries (a listing of eligible countries can be found at the World Bank website) or focused on health disparities in the American South. These awards are aimed at faculty looking to explore new collaborations by conducting a site visit.
Beyrer is a leading expert on infectious disease, public health and human rights.
Christopher C. Beyrer, MD, MPH, an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has worked on the front lines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 treatment and research, will be the next director of the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), university officials announced Friday.
Beyrer will join Duke on August 30 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he is the inaugural Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights as well as a professor of epidemiology, nursing and medicine.
He succeeds Dennis Clements, MD, professor emeritus of pediatrics and research professor of global health, who has served as interim director since 2020.
“Chris Beyrer will be an outstanding and passionate leader of the Duke Global Health Institute,” said Provost Sally Kornbluth. “He is a researcher, a scholar, a teacher and an advocate whose work has made a difference around the world. There has never been a more important time for global health, and under Chris’s direction DGHI and Duke will continue to be a leader in research, education and service to society.”
Beyrer has extensive experience leading international collaborative research and training programs related to infectious disease epidemiology and disease prevention. At Johns Hopkins, he directs the Training Program in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Science, serves as associate director of the Center for AIDS Research and the Center for Global Health, and is the founding director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights.
“During this time of profound change, the Duke Global Health Institute has continued to shine a light on health and social inequities here and around the world,” said A. Eugene Washington, MD, chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. “In Chris, we have an exceptional leader, outstanding administrator and a remarkable scholar of human rights and inequities across various social gradients. His background, experiences and unmitigated passion for global health make him an ideal leader to help grow and magnify the excellence and impact of the DGHI,” he added.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all how truly interconnected we are as a global human family and how essential advances in biomedical research have been,” Beyrer said, “but also how challenged we’ve been to address fundamental questions of equity, access to health care and compassion for the underserved. It is an honor and a privilege to join the extraordinary team at the Duke Global Health Institute, which will continue to be part of the solution to these inequities. I’m confident that we can make real change happen where it matters most — in the lives of those we seek to serve.”
DGHI uses faculty from across the university to lead collaborative research and education on the most important global health issues of our time.
Beyrer, who has worked on COVID-19 vaccine trials since 2020, currently serves as senior scientific liaison to the COVID-19 Vaccine Prevention Network. He is past president of the International AIDS Society, the world’s largest body of HIV professionals and has served as advisor to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, the National Institutes of Health’s Office of AIDS Research, the U.S. Military HIV Research Program, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the Open Society Foundations, among numerous other organizations.
“Our mission in the School of Medicine is to advance patient care, research and education locally and globally,” said Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean, Duke University School of Medicine. “As an internationally recognized scientist and leader in human rights and public health, Dr. Beyrer will be a visionary leader for our Global Health Institute, expanding on the work already underway and opening the door to new opportunities.”
Born in Switzerland to American parents, Beyrer grew up in New York and has pursued research, studies and interests in more than 30 countries. The author of “War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and AIDS in Southeast Asia,” he has conducted collaborative research in Thailand for 30 years.
He attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he majored in history and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Beyrer was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014.
Beyrer’s appointment follows a global search led by Gillian Sanders Schmidler, professor of population health sciences and medicine and deputy director of the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, and a committee of Duke faculty and global health experts.
“I am very grateful to Dennis Clements for steering DGHI through the most significant public health crisis of the past century, and to the search committee for its persistence and dedication,” said Provost Kornbluth.
Beyrer is a widower. His late husband, Michael Smit, was a nurse practitioner in his native Baltimore.
Founded in 2006, the Duke Global Health Institute draws faculty from medicine and nursing, anthropology, psychology, public policy, engineering, environmental sciences and other fields to lead collaborative, interdisciplinary research and education on the most important global health issues of our time. DGHI hosts education programs for undergraduate, master’s degree, medical and doctoral students from a broad range of disciplines. In the most recent academic year, DGHI researchers led 270 research projects that received funding totaling over $75 million.
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) invites interdisciplinary teams led by Duke faculty to submit research proposals in the area of data science and global health. Research and collaboration around data, machine learning and innovation are important to DGHI, the Duke School of Medicine, and Duke University. Through this RFP, DGHI seeks to provide pilot funds to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations, with the goal of enabling investigators to leverage preliminary findings and data to obtain larger awards of external funding.
Eligible Applicants
Proposal teams require a Duke faculty PI and/or co-PI. Proposals that include collaborators throughout Duke and/or from other institutions are encouraged.
Budgets
The budget may include: supplies, support for technicians, research assistants, and graduate students; research-related travel; and other justifiable and allowable research expenses. Faculty salary, travel to scientific meetings, and indirect costs are not allowable expenses. Applicants may apply for up to $25,000 for a 12-month project. Smaller proposals for shorter periods are also encouraged.
