The purpose of this FOA is to encourage institutions in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) to submit an application for a planning grant under the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program.
This program supports research training that will strengthen the HIV research capacity of institutions
in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC).
The planning grant application must propose a plan to develop the components necessary for an application for a research training program to submit in response to D43 FOA (PAR-12-068 for D43 FOA).
In developing an application for a planning grant, applicants need to be familiar with the objectives and special requirements of the research training program as defined in the D43 FOA.