The RADx-UP Working Group is requesting reviewers for four funding opportunities. Highlighted is the FOA and related areas of expertise needed that may be relevant to this group.

The goal of RADx-UP is to understand factors influencing the disproportionate burden of the pandemic on underserved and/or vulnerable populations so that interventions can be implemented to decrease these disparities.  Emergency mechanisms are being utilized to encourage rapid scientific response and impact this year.  More information on these opportunities can be found here.

NOT-OD-20-121 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Limited Competition for Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations

NOT-OD-20-120 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations

NOT-OD-20-119 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Emergency Competitive Revisions for Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations

RFA-OD-20-013- Emergency Awards: RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)

The RADx-UP team is looking for specific areas of expertise to review these applications.  The timeframe for review will begin at the end of July and some opportunities will receive applications through early September.

The areas of expertise for NOT-OD-20-121 and NOT-OD-20-120 include but are not limited to:

• Community engaged research, intervention development, RCTs, implementation science, epidemiology, behavioral science, minority health, health disparities, public health/infectious disease, statistics

The areas of expertise we are looking for NOT-OD-20-119 include:

• Community engaged research, behavioral science, minority health, health disparities, qualitative or mixed methods research, survey design/psychometrics, social-ethical-legal and behavioral implications research, statistics

The areas of expertise we are looking for RFA-OD-20-013 include:

• Data science, technology development, bioengineering, methodology, statistics, community engaged research, administrative coordination center management

If you are interested in being a reviewer, please email your name, ICO, Scientific Expertise, and/or Programmatic Expertise to Erica Landis and Shannon Hurley.