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Community Announcements
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HC-SIG Subgroup Updates
Patient/Member Subgroup (Deniz Coskun, Lead)
Payer Subgroup (Raveesh Dewan, Lead)
Healthcare Interoperability Subgroup (Steven Elliott, Lead)
HC-SIG Ad Hoc Team Updates
Wiki Redesign Team
Discussion: are you a Confluence expert... interested in joining this team?
HC-SIG Use Case Development Team (Erika Beerbower, Lead)
- IEEE Industry Day Presentation on 11/04/2020 (Mike McCoy and Jim St. Clair)
- Mike has reached out to speakers from last week's meeting. New schedule of speakers coming soon
COVID-19 Virus Pandemic Support
Funding from Around the World
Global
Grant Opportunities Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Updated JUL 05. GrantStation is now offering a filtering service for globally-available COVID-19 virus grants for non-profits and small businesses.
Canada
Canadian Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding Opportunity. Updated JUN 30. On March 31, 2020, through a contribution from Research Manitoba, Research Nova Scotia, and Alberta Innovates, CIHR was able to fund an additional three grants, bringing the total number of funded grants to 99 and a total investment of $54.2M.
Funding in the US
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses (SBIRs/STTRs). Updated MAR 27. The NCI participates in the NIH-issued SBIR and an STTR Omnibus grant solicitation for small businesses, which allow small businesses to submit researcher-initiated projects that are within NIH’s mission.
National Institute of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities. Updated JUN 12. Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) recently updated through "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
COVID Help for Families. A match-making service for for those offering help and those seeking help during this pandemic. Help Seekers can post urgent needs for Helpers in their area to see and fulfill. Helpers will be able to see those help requests in their area and offer help. The Helpers can get in touch with the Help Seekers and deliver the help that is requested
Additional COVID-19 Funding Opportunities
UC Davis Office of Research. Updated JUL 05. Provides a regularly updated set of links tied to COVID-19 funding opportunities across numerous US agencies, including Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Gates Foundation
New Business
- Open Forum
Next Meeting
New Meeting Time: Scheduled for WEDNESDAY, 2020.10.28, 1000 Eastern Time
Discussion: topics to add to agenda?