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The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program (Bridge2AI) aims to bridge the gap between biomedical and behavioral research and artificial intelligence (AI). Learn how this exciting new program will bring together diverse teams to generate tools, resources, and richly detailed AI-ready data that is accurate, reliable, and ethically sourced. The program will also create training materials, best practices, and activities to support workforce development across different research communities.

Find out more at our website: https://commonfund.nih.gov/bridge2ai.
Sign up for our listserv: https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=nih-bridge2ai-info.
And follow us on social media at: @NIH_CommonFund, #Bridge2AI.

To advance the science of health disparities and advance health equity research, the NIH Common Fund launched the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program. ComPASS researchers study ways to address the underlying structural factors within communities that affect health, such as access to safe spaces, healthy food, employment opportunities, transportation, and quality health care. Unlike traditional research studies, ComPASS projects are led by community organizations that collaborate with academic researchers and other community partners. ComPASS aims to enable research into sustainable solutions that promote health equity to create lasting change in communities across the nation.

Find out more at our website: https://commonfund.nih.gov/compass
Sign up for our listserv: https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=CFCOMPASS_LISTSERV&A=1

The National Institutes of Health Common Fund announced the release of a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain new ideas on NIH-wide challenges and opportunities. The Common Fund supports bold scientific programs that catalyze discovery across all biomedical and behavioral research. These programs bring together investigators and multiple NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices to collaborate on innovate research. The NIH is requesting ideas for biomedical and behavioral research challenges and opportunities that may inform Common Fund workshops, pilot initiatives, or new programs.

Do you have an idea that could push biomedical or behavioral research forward? Take part in this exciting process and submit your ideas today: https://bit.ly/Common-Fund-Ideas

Thank you for your input! The request for information is now closed

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports outstanding junior scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers.

This video explores how the NIH Common Fund fits into the National Institutes of Health. The Common Fund is a source of money available to the NIH Director for high priority initiatives in biomedical or behavioral research. These short-term initiatives support areas important to multiple Institutes and Centers.

To learn more: https://commonfund.nih.gov/

The NIH Common Fund Venture Space recently published a new Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA), OTA-24-008, inviting applications from eligible organizations to establish the Common Fund Systems Biology Data Platform (SysBio) Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP). Award(s) made through this announcement will provide technical and administrative coordination and support to enable interoperable use of the data sets and knowledge generated by the different AMP initiatives, potentially in combination with other complementary data sets. For more information about the NIH AMP Program, please visit: https://www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp

On March 18, the Common Fund hosted a Pre-Application Webinar for OTA-24-008: Systems Biology Data Platform Leveraging the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (OT2).
The goal of this webinar was to provide an overview of the SysBio initiative and ROA.

The SysBio ROA can be found on the Common Fund website: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/sysbio/fundingopportunities

Questions and answers from the webinar will be made available on the Common Fund SysBio FAQ page: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/sysbio/faqs

A non audio-described version of the webinar recording is available here: https://youtu.be/3yCYk2LFXlw

If you have any questions, please reach out to sysbio@od.nih.gov

On April 4, the NIH Common Fund's Development and Application of Imaging Technologies for Oculomics (Oculomics) Venture Initiative hosted a Pre-Application Webinar for OTA-24-006: Development and Application of Ophthalmic Imaging Technologies to Advance Our Understanding of Systemic Diseases Research Opportunity Announcement.

The goal of this webinar was to provide an overview of the Oculomics initiative, and to outline the Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA), OTA-24-006. The opportunity is available at: https://go.nih.gov/OculomicsROA

During this session, attendees learned about the NIH Common Fund's Venture Program Oculomics Initiative, the Other Transactions funding mechanism, the ROA application process, and tips to creation of a successful application. Attendees had a chance to ask question to presenters during an open Q&A session. The informational webinar was open to the public. Attendance was not required in order to apply to the Research Opportunity Announcement.

For more information on the Oculomics Initiative, please visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/oculomics

To view frequently asked questions about the Research Opportunity Announcement: OTA-24-006, and to view the presentation slides, please visit: https://commonfund.nih.gov/venture/oculomics/faqs

For questions regarding the event and the Research Opportunity Announcement, please contact Tony Gover at Tony.Gover@nih.gov.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Pioneer Award supports scientists with outstanding records of creativity pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical, social science, and behavioral research.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the New Innovator Award supports early career investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the NIH mission.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Transformative Research Award supports individuals or teams proposing transformative projects that are inherently risky and untested but have the potential to create or overturn fundamental paradigms and may require very large budgets.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Early Independence Award supports promising, newly graduated scientists with the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, and maturity bypass the traditional postdoctoral training period to launch independent research careers.