Expanding Global Access to Bioimaging

About this funding opportunity

This RFA closed on July 20, 2021

SCIENCE GRANT RESOURCES PAGE Expanding Global Access to Bioimaging

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for challenge grants to expand global access to bioimaging. This Request for Applications (RFA) aims to increase access to imaging expertise and instrumentation for biomedical researchers in select countries, foster collaborations between imaging scientists and biomedical researchers, and increase representation of regional imaging scientists in the global community.

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For administrative and programmatic inquiries, or other questions pertaining to this RFA, please contact sciencegrants@chanzuckerberg.com"). Key Dates

May 25, 2021

Application portal opens

June 9, 2021

Informational webinar

July 20, 2021

Applications due by 5 p.m. Pacific Time (PT)

October 2021

Earliest notification of decisions (subject to change)

December 1, 2021

Earliest start date (subject to change)

Award period and start date: Awards will be three years (36 months) in duration with a start date of no earlier than December 1, 2021. Actual start date may vary.

Important Documents

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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) seeks to support three-year grants to increase bioimaging capabilities in select regions, including Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and former Soviet countries. In recent years, imaging science has emerged into a mature set of concepts, technologies, and algorithms, and is attaining an exponentially important role in biomedical research. However, expertise and access to imaging technologies has been limited in many countries because of historical and ongoing socio-economic, educational, and technological challenges. Increasing access to bioimaging in these regions will help advance biomedical research and help improve global public health outcomes over time.

Supported Categories

Applications can be submitted in any of the categories below. More than one category can be included in an application as long as the budget limit is not exceeded. Building capacityto help biomedical researchers understand how imaging can advance their studies. Funding includes support for: Organizing educational events (workshops, trainings); and Visiting scholarships to invite imaging scientists from other countries to share their expertise, and/or to help to establish a new imaging method or image analysis algorithm. Fellowships for postdoctoral scientists and graduate students in bioimaging science working at or supporting an imaging core (up to two per grantee) to expand the pool of imaging experts in target regions and drive adoption of imaging techniques and image analysis algorithms, and to develop new imaging technologies. Community developmentto bring together imaging scientists in selected regions to share expertise, methods, and protocols; coordinate shared use of resources in the region; and facilitate collaborations to collectively find solutions to challenges hindering advancement and adoption of imaging. Funding includes support for: Salary support for project coordinators in network organizations (applicants must be network organizations only); Developing online educational and resource sharing tools; Events bringing imaging scientists together (such as regional meetings and conferences) and helping them to stay up-to-date on quickly evolving imaging technologies and image analysis tools; and Travel awards covering travel and lodging for biomedical scientists to use imaging technologies in their program region (e.g. traveling to use technology not available in their institution or in their country). For the purpose of this RFA, program region refers to Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and former Soviet countries as shown in the table below in the Eligibility section.

Desired Outcomes

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Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health, Education and Training, Gender Equality and Diversity.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Expanding Global Access to Bioimaging is administered by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), listed via Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.