The National Institutes of Health is encouraging research to test the implementation of COVID-19 diagnostic testing in underserved or vulnerable communities through the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) initiative.

NIH will hold two pre-application webinars covering the four RADx-UP funding opportunities: NOT-OD-20-119, NOT-OD-20-120, NOT-OD-20-121, and RFA-OD-20-013.

RADx-UP Pre-Application Webinar I
June 26, 2020 (2:00-4:00 p.m. EDT)
For more details, see NOT-OD-20-131.
Register here
Purpose: This webinar will include an overview of the RADx-UP initiative, followed by presentations on each funding opportunity (NOT-OD-20-119, NOT-OD-20-120, NOT-OD-20-121, and RFA-OD-20-013) with question and answer sessions for each. The webinar will conclude with a final, open question and answer session.

RADx-UP Pre-Application Webinar II
July 1, 2020 (3:00-5:00 p.m. EDT)
For more details, see NOT-OD-20-131.
Register here
Purpose: This webinar will focus on questions for applications for the RADx-UP Coordinating and Data Collection Center in response to RFA-OD-20-013. Questions related to the other three FOAs will also be addressed.

Questions can also be pre-submitted at RADxInfo@nih.gov by:

• 11:59 pm local time on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, for the June 26, 2020 webinar; and by
• 11:59 pm local time on Monday, June 29, 2020, for the July 1, 2020 webinar

Please direct all inquiries to:

Dorothy Castille, PhD
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
301-594-9411
Dorothy.Castille@nih.gov