National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), together with eight NIH partners, announces a new Global Health Research Initiative Program (GRIP) for New Foreign Investigators to promote the productive re-entry of young NIH-trained foreign investigators from the developing world to their home countries. FICs partners are the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Eye Institute (NEI), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR), the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), and the Office of Research on Womens Health (ORWH). The current combined financial commitment from FIC and its partners is $1 million per year to support grants of $50,000 annually for up to five years.

This grant program is part of a broader effort by FIC to enhance scientific research infrastructure in developing countries, while supporting research on critical global health issues, including AIDS, womens health, the impact of environmental pollution, and the growing burden of neurological and mental illness.

"There has been a long-standing need for individuals who train in the United States to get help in receiving research support when they return to their home countries," said FIC Director Gerald T. Keusch, M.D., on behalf of the NIH partners. "FIC is working with U.S. and international colleagues to strengthen research infrastructure in the developing world," he added. "GRIP is an important part of this process, combating "brain drain" and ensuring that developing countries do not lose the benefit of talented scientists, some of whom decide not to return home after their training. The GRIP aims to provide support on a competitive basis to assist well-trained young investigators to
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Contact: Irene Edwards
Edwardsi@ficod.fic.nih.gov
301-496-2075
NIH/Fogarty International Center
12-Feb-2002

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