Category: News

Apply by March 31st for HHS Women’s Health Challenge Competition!

Apply Today for the HHS Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) Innovator Award Competition Do you have an innovative idea to raise awareness about the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on women’s health? Apply today for the HHS Office on Women’s Health national prize competition! A total of $1.3 million will be awarded for programs that address knowledge gaps on the […]

Join Us in April for Technical Assistance Webinars and Other Events

Join Us for These Events in April NCCIH and NIH are hosting a variety of technical assistance webinars and events. Below, you will find more information about: Technical Assistance Webinar: NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trials Optional) RFA-AT-22-001 — April 5 NIH Pain Consortium Webinar Series on Grant Mechanisms for Pain Research: […]

Update on NCCIH’s Small Business Programs and the Applicant Assistance Program

March 16, 2022 Emrin Horgusluoglu, Ph.D. I recently joined the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) as a program director, and I’m the new coordinator for NCCIH’s small business research programs. I’d like to share some resources that you may find helpful, including details about opportunities with deadlines that are coming up soon. […]

NIH Launches Essay Contest for High School Students About Mental Health

National Contest Encourages High School Students to Write Short Essays Exploring Mental Health The deadline for entries is April 30, 2022. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are co-sponsoring the “Speaking Up About Mental […]

Upcoming RADx Tech Webinar

Please join us on Tuesday, March 22nd for our webinar: Communicating COVID Safety Practices This talk features two related public education initiatives, My COVID Toolkit and the site WhenToTest.org, each aimed at helping people understand what infection mitigation tools are available and how to use them to protect themselves, their families, and their communities.   […]

Learn More Breathe Better: RFP Issued for COPD Education & Awareness Programs – Q&As posted

UPDATE: Answers to questions are now available. The Learn More Breathe Better® Community Subcontract Program is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to further implementation of the COPD National Action Plan. Organizations nationwide are invited to submit proposals focused on increasing awareness about COPD and encouraging actions that reduce its burden. The primary goal of this RFP […]

Now Open! 2022 NHSC Scholarship Program

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! 2022 NHSC Scholarship Program Apply through May 5, 2022 at 7:30 PM ET Apply Here! The 2022 National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program (NHSC SP) is now accepting applications from health professional students studying to become physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives or physician assistants. The NHSC Scholarship Program participants agree to provide a one year service […]

Researchers Identify Misperceptions Surrounding Breast Density across Race/Ethnicity and Health Literacy Levels

(Boston)—Having dense breasts (more fibroglandular tissue than fatty tissue, as visualized on a mammogram) reduces the sensitivity of mammography by masking breast cancers and carries a 1.6- to 2.0-fold increased independent risk for breast cancer. To inform women about these risks, 38 U.S. states and the federal government have enacted legislation requiring a written dense […]

Updates from CLIC

  2022 CLIC-Sponsored Hub-Hosted Un-Meeting  Mark your calendars for the upcoming virtual Un-Meeting, “Enabling and Promoting Inter-Institutional Clinical and Genomic Research,” hosted by the Genomic Information Commons (GIC) on April 13, 2022, 12 PM – 4PM ET.  Agenda now available and registration opening soon!  Registration extended for the 2022 Spring iEC Meeting!  Spring Informatics Enterprise Committee In-Person Meeting Friday, March 25, 2022 New […]

Current Funding Opportunities Update

Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Data Coordinating Center for the Diabetic Foot Consortium (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) 03/03/2022 02:43 PM EST This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for a Data Coordinating Center (DCC) that will support the Diabetic Foot Consortium (DFC) for clinical research on diabetic foot ulcers. The first studies will […]