Research Grants

Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program (CMS)

Deadline: July 10, 2017

The purpose of the grant program is to support researchers in implementing health services research activities to reduce disparities among diverse CMS beneficiary populations. Click here for more information.

Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative (OMH)
Deadline: August 1, 2017

This notice solicits applications for the ECI program. The ECI program is intended to provide support for minority and/or disadvantaged communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic, childhood/adolescent obesity, or serious mental illness. It seeks to prevent opioid abuse, increase access to opioid treatment and recovery services, and reduce the health consequences of opioid abuse; reduce obesity prevalence and disparities in weight status among children and adolescents; and reduce the impact of serious mental illness and improve screening for serious mental illness at the primary care level. Click here for more information.

Uncovering the Causes, Contexts, and Consequences of Elder Mistreatment (NIH)
Deadline: October 20, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to solicit applications proposing research that can lead to advancements in the understanding of elder mistreatment (emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse; financial exploitation; abandonment; and neglect) and lay the foundation for the future design of mechanistically focused interventions for individuals at risk for mistreating elders, for promoting recovery and resilience in the maltreated and their families, and for preventing re-perpetration for those who have inflicted harm. Click here for more information.

Foundation for Women’s Wellness (FWW) Research Reports
Deadline: June 20, 2017

FWW Research Awards target early funding for small, short-term studies with promise for improving medical knowledge in cardiovascular disease, leading female cancers, the role of hormones in disease and stage-of-life health issues such as pregnancy and menopause and diseases disproportionately affecting women. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research in Transforming Health & Health Care Systems
Deadline: June 23, 2017

The Foundation’s new Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems (RTHS) call for proposals (CFP) seeks to fund rigorous, empirical studies that evaluate or predict the potential effects of policies or policy changes intended to transform health and health care systems. The 2017 RTHS CFP will focus on empirical and policy-relevant analyses that can inform strategies to ensure access to high-quality, affordable health care and insurance coverage. Click here for more information.

Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) (HRSA)
Deadline: July 17, 2017

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a widely used indicator of the nation’s health. In 2012, the United States ranked 25th among 29 industrialized nations, with an overall IMR of 5.98/1,000 live births. Most notable, the IMR for infants born to non-Hispanic black mothers was more than double the non-Hispanic white IMR. To advance the mission of Healthy Start and contribute to state infant mortality reduction efforts, this announcement solicits applications for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN). Click here for more information.

Strengthening Coordinated Transportation Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults (ACL)
Deadline: July 31, 2017

The goal of this 5 year project is to build upon proven models and approaches that can be used by states and communities across the country to involve people with disabilities and older adults in the design and implementation of coordinated transportation systems in ways that successfully make those systems responsive to the needs of these populations. Click here for more information.


Socioeconomic Disparities in Health and Mortality at Older Ages (NIH)
Deadline: October 20, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support studies that identify mechanisms, explanations, and modifiable risk factors underlying recent trends of growing inequalities in morbidity and mortality by income, education, and geographic location at older ages in the United States. Click here for more information.


U.S. Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce Health Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: June 15, 2020

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support observational or intervention research focused on reducing health disparities in tobacco use in the United States. Specifically, this FOA is intended to stimulate scientific inquiry focused on innovative tobacco control policies. Applicants may propose projects in which the primary outcome of interest is on reducing tobacco use health disparities in vulnerable populations by utilizing tobacco prevention and control strategies. The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce health disparities in health outcomes thereby reducing the excess disease burden of tobacco use within these groups. Click here for more information.

 

The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Research Grants
Deadline: July 10, 2017

This program supports innovative research that will advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Studies must have strong potential to yield insights that can be used to have a positive impact on the U.S. health care system by reducing spending, improving quality of care, and/or expanding access to insurance coverage and health care services. Click here for more information.

Enhancing national STD/HIV prevention efforts by promoting holistic, comprehensive, and evidence-informed health and wellness approaches through strategic partnerships (CDC)
Deadline: May 22, 2017

This FOA will provide support to the National Coaltion for Sexual Health (NCSH) (http://nationalcoalitionforsexualhealth.org/). The Coalition brings together national leadership in order to accelerate STD/HIV prevention by advancing a more holistic and integrated public health approach by focusing on health and wellness frameworks, including sexual health in the U.S. Click here for more information.


Telemedicine to Improve HIV Care among Minority Persons Living with HIV in Urban Areas (CDC)
Deadline: May 30, 2017

This demonstration project will tailor an existing telemedicine program for racial and ethnic minority PLWH in urban areas with increased HIV burden, to improve servicedelivery and retention in care. The tailored telemedicine program will increase efficiency of care delivery and accessibility to care and case management services by reducing barriers associated with retention. Click here for more information.


Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (NIH)
Deadline: October 19, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites early-stage physician and other health-professional investigators with a commitment to aging to apply for this award to advance their research and leadership skills in their specialty and in the broader field of aging and geriatrics research. The National Institute on Aging is pursuing this initiative to recruit new investigators who have begun to establish research programs and who, through this award, will be ready to assume leadership roles in their field of expertise and will be poised to change theory, practice and health outcomes related to the health of older individuals. Click here for more information.


Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research applications to develop and test the effectiveness and implementation of family navigator models designed to promote early access, engagement and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children and adolescents who are experiencing early symptoms of mental health problems. Click here for more information.

Family-Centered Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

This funding opportunity announcement seeks to build the science of family-centered self-management (FCSM) in chronic conditions. Click here for more information.


Promoting NICHD Areas of Research for HIV/AIDS in Maternal and Child Health (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2020

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate HIV/AIDS research by addressing scientific areas of primary interest to NICHD, Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch (MPIDB) and the Office of AIDS Research (OAR). This FOA will further explain our interests over the next three years. Click here for more information.


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: May 5, 2017

Systems for Action (S4A) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that aims to discover and apply new evidence about ways of aligning the delivery and financing systems for medical, social, and public health services that support a Culture of Health. S4A uses a wide research lens that includes and extends beyond medical care and public health systems to include other sectors that affect health and well-being, such as housing, transportation, social services, education, criminal and juvenile justice, and economic and community development. The goal of this call for proposals (CFP) is to fund research that supports new scientific evidence on ways to optimize delivery and financing systems in ways that improve health and reduce inequities. Click here for more information. 

Women & Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. Click here for more information.

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (NIH)

Deadline: May 25, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors’ offices, patients’ homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospices, and other healthcare or community settings. This FOA encourages both prospective studies and analyses of existing datasets, health and medical records, claims data, or other sources. Click here for more information.


Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (NIH)
Deadline: May 25, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol use disorder and chronic disease. Click here for more information.


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming
Deadline: May 16, 2017

New Connections is a career development program for early career researchers, providing support to grantees and other individuals who are part of a network of eligible researchers. Through grantmaking, mentorship, career development and networking, New Connections enhances the research capacity of its grantees and network members. The researchers in this program come from multiple disciplines (health, social sciences, business, urban planning, architecture and engineering); work to build the case for a Culture of Health with strong qualitative and quantitative research skills; and produce and translate timely research results. Click here for more information. 

FY17 Minority Youth Violence Prevention II (MYVP II): Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Community Policing Approaches (OASH)
Deadline: April 4, 2017

The current Minority Youth Violence Prevention (MYVP) program (2014-2017) is a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services that supports a national initiative to integrate public health and violence prevention approaches. MYVP is intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating public health and community policing approaches to reduce disparities in access to public health services, reduce violent crimes, and improve the health and well-being of at-risk minority male youth in targeted communities of color through a joint collaborative that includes a public health agency and law enforcement agency. Click here for more information.

 

Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research (NIMH)
Deadline: May 24, 2017

The institute seeks teams of researchers working at different levels of analysis and employing integrative, novel, and creative experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact questions in basic neuroscience research, or in translational research with the primary objectives of: (a) advancing the state of the science in basic brain and behavior research that will uncover and dissect the underlying mechanisms that will ultimately provide the foundation for understanding mental disorders; (b) supporting the integration and translation of basic and clinical neuroscience research on severe mental illnesses; and/or (c) advancing our understanding of the neurobehavioral developmental mechanisms and trajectories of psychopathology that begin in childhood and adolescence. Click here for more information.

Interaction of HIV and Neurodevelopment of Children in Resource-Limited Settings: Improving Assessments (NIH)
Deadline: June 29, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to invite applications on research focused on the development and/or improvement of tools and/or materials for the neurodevelopmental assessment of cognitive functioning of children, and their implementation in resource-limited settings with high rates of HIV. Click here for more information.

 

The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF) Grant

Deadline: May 1, 2017

The mission of the Lesbian Health Fund is to improve the health of lesbians and other sexual minority women (SMW) and their families through research.
In honor of the victims of the Orlando shooting, the Spring cycle will give preference to funding research focused on societal and domestic violence affecting sexual minority women and girls. Click here for more information.

Coordinating Center for Research to Promote the Health of Children with Birth Defects and People with Developmental and Other Disabilities (CDC)

Deadline: February 22, 2017

The purpose of this cooperative agreement award is to develop a central NCBDDD Coordinating Center to actively outreach and establish innovative partnerships with academic and other researchers to expand upon the scientific knowledge to promote the health and well-being of babies, children, and adults by studying and addressing the causes of birth defects; help children reach their potential by understanding developmental disabilities; reduce complications of blood disorders; and improve the health of people living with disabilities. Click here for more information.

 

All of Us Research Program Engagement Partners (NIH)

Deadline: March 24, 2017

The goal of the All of Us Research Program is to build a diverse research cohort of one million or more U.S. volunteers who are engaged as partners in a longitudinal, long-term research effort to transform the understanding of factors contributing to individual health and disease. Click here for more information.


Secondary Data Analyses to Explore NIMH Research Domain Criteria (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

This FOA seeks applications which propose secondary analyses of existing clinical research datasets to investigate constructs identified in the NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and to test novel hypotheses using the RDoC framework. Click here for more information. 

AANHPI Health Information Campaign (OMHRC)
Deadline: January 6, 2017

The Office of Minority Health (OMHRC) will provide Health Information Campaign subconrtacts to integrate HIV awareness and HIV testing services targeting local Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. OMHRC seeks to support established programs that will demonstrate their effectiveness in providing HIV prevention services and referral to care of hard-to-reach AANHPI communities. These subcontracts will be utilized to strengthen existing HIV prevention services, testing, and increase AANHPI referrals to HIV care. Click here for more information.

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

This initiative encourages research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (e.g., physical and family environments) social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known health condition and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. Click here for more information.

State Public Health Coordinating Center for Autism (HRSA)
Deadline: February 17, 2017

This announcement solicits applications for a State Public Health Coordinating Center for Autism (hereafter, referred to as the Coordinating Center) to support and assist 50 states and nine jurisdictions in developing state-wide systems of care to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have or are at risk for developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD). Click here for more information.

mHealth Tools for Underserved Populations with Chronic Conditions to Promote Effective Patient-Provider Communication, Adherence to Treatment and Self-Management (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research utilizing Mobile Health (mHealth) tools aimed at the improvement of effective patientprovider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations. Click here for more information.

Data to Care Rx: Using Real-time Prescription Claims Data to Support the HIV Care Continuum (CDC)
Deadline: June 9, 2017

The purpose of the cooperative-agreement is to develop and implement a model using real-time pharmacy data to identify persons who fail to pick up prescribed antiretroviral medications (ARVs), and who are at risk for poor retention in care, and to use this information for targeted adherence and retention interventions and to re-engage persons in care. Click here for more information.

The Kresge Foundation Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH)

Deadline: February 20, 2017

ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at helping current and future local public health leaders advance innovative models which improve their organizations and position them for new opportunities to meet the changing health needs of their communities. Teams of two co-leaders will embark on an 18-month, action-oriented experience. They will focus on the development and implementation of a “transformative concept” that shifts or expands the capacity of their local health department. Click here for more information.

Coordinating Center for Research to Promote the Health of Children with Birth Defects and People with Developmental and Other Disabilities (CDC)
Deadline: February 6, 2017

The purpose of this cooperative agreement award is to develop a central NCBDDD Coordinating Center to actively outreach and establish innovative partnerships with academic and other researchers to expand upon the scientific knowledge to promote the health and well-being of babies, children, and adults by studying and addressing the causes of birth defects; help children reach their potential by understanding developmental disabilities; reduce complications of blood disorders; and improve the health of people living with disabilities. Click here for more information.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars (ACF)

Deadline: March 22, 2017

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation plans to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.

Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARS) (CDC)
Deadline: April 1, 2017

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funds fora cooperative agreement with organizations with demonstrated experience and capacity of implementing community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) and multi-sector partnerships to promote sexual health, advance community wellness, influence sexual health behavior and practices, and reduce STI disparities. Click here for more information.

Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (ACF)
Deadline: June 13, 2017

The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) supports a national Training and Technical Assistance effort designed to enhance and promote the continuous evidence based quality improvement of services with a focus on the social and emotional well being of children, youth and families served by FYSB funded runaway and homeless youth grantees. Click here for more information.

Center for Retirement Research Steven H. Sandell Grant Program
Deadline: January 31, 2017

This program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars or senior scholars in a new area from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues Priority areas include: Social Security; macroeconomic analyses of Social Security; wealth and retirement income; program interactions; international research; demographic research. Click here for more information.


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Open

This program funds research that expands the evidence base needed to build a Culture of Health. Our mission is to support rigorously designed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research that yields convincing findings regarding the population health, well-being, and equity impacts of specific policies, programs and partnerships. We are especially interested in research examining the health impacts of programmatic or policy interventions that address factors outside the domain of health care services or public health practice. Click here for more information.

Home Visiting Research and Development Platform (HRSA)

Deadline: January 11, 2017

This announcement solicits applications for the Home Visiting Research and Development (RandD) Platform.  The purpose of this competition is to support a transdisciplinary research network for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building for innovative home visiting research.Click here for more information.

Addressing Unmet Needs in Persons with Dementia to Decrease Behavioral Symptoms and Improve Quality of Life (NIH)
Deadline: February 5, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research that focuses on reducing negative individual and family outcomes related to unwanted transitions at the end of life and optimizing the individual and family outcomes related to high quality coordination of care of care of individuals who are enrolled in hospice. This FOA emphasizes individuals who are receiving hospice care and their family caregivers, in any setting where hospice care is provided, including their home, a relative’s home, a hospice inpatient facility, an assisted living facility, a short- or long-term care facility, or a hospital. Click here for more information.


Health Care Delivery System Innovations for Children with Medical Complexity (HRSA)
Deadline: February 27, 2017

Children with medical complexity (CMC), a subgroup of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), have generally been characterized as “children with substantial family-identified needs, characteristic chronic and severe conditions, functional limitations, and high health care use” (Cohen et al. Pediatrics 2011).  The purpose of this initiative is to develop and implement innovative care and payment models for such children and youth using a Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) approach. Click here for more information.

The MCH Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network (AYAH-RN) (HRSA)
Deadline: January 6, 2017

The purpose of this cooperative agreement opportunity is to support the creation and/or maintenance of a transdisciplinary, multisite Research Network that will accelerate the translation of developmental science into MCH practice, promote scientific collaboration, and develop additional research capacity in the fields of adolescent and young adult (ages 10-25) health. Click here for more information.

HIV, HCV and Related Comorbidities in Rural Communities Affected by Opioid Injection Drug Epidemics in the United States: Building Systems for Prevention, Treatment and Control (NIH)
Deadline: January 10, 2017

This FOA will support biphasic (i.e., two stage, multi-method) research projects that inform community response and promote comprehensive, integrated approaches to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, along with associated comorbidities such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), among people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural US communities. Click here for more information. 

Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations (NIH)

Deadline: January 25, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support innovative research to understand uniquely associated factors (biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental) that contribute to health disparities or health advantages among U.S. immigrant populations. Click here for more information.

Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2020

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support innovative research to develop and implement effective interventions to address health disparities among U.S. immigrant populations. Click here for more information.

Palliative Care Needs of Individuals with Rare Advanced Diseases and Their Family Caregivers (NIH)
Deadline: January 25, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to expand knowledge and increase the evidence base for palliative care (PC) in advanced rare diseases, including rare cancers, and to improve physical and psychosocial well-being and quality of life among seriously ill individuals and their family caregivers. Click here for more information.

Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) (HRSA)

Deadline: January 31, 2017

This announcement solicits applications for the Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (MCEH CoIIN).  The purpose of this program is to support and improve coordinated systems of care within states to address the needs of maternal, infant, and child populations within those states that are at risk for or experience exposure to lead. Click here for more information.

Addressing Unmet Needs in Persons with Dementia to Decrease Behavioral Symptoms and Improve Quality of Life (NIH)
Deadline: February 5, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research that focuses on reducing negative individual and family outcomes related to unwanted transitions at the end of life and optimizing the individual and family outcomes related to high quality coordination of care of care of individuals who are enrolled in hospice. This FOA emphasizes individuals who are receiving hospice care and their family caregivers, in any setting where hospice care is provided, including their home, a relative’s home, a hospice inpatient facility, an assisted living facility, a short- or long-term care facility, or a hospital. Click here for more information. 

Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias at the End of Life (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2020

This FOA invites applications that address clinical and translational research gaps in the study of end-of-life care needs in order to improve quality of life at the end of life of people with Alzheimers disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their families. Research that either employs (a) secondary analysis of existing data from longitudinal cohort studies or from administrative records or (b) primary data collection for Stage I behavioral intervention development is particularly encouraged. Click here for more information.

Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (AHRQ)

Deadline: January 25, 2017

This FOA issued by AHRQ invites grant applications for funding to conduct Large Research Projects (R01) that propose to advance the base of knowledge for detection, prevention, and reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs). The FOA describes the broad areas of HAI research for which funds are available to support Large Research Projects. Click here for more information.

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA emphasizes studies in a variety of settings including ambulatory care, hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty wards, intensive care units and emergency departments), assisted living facilities, and short- and long-term care facilities; however, hospice and end-of-life settings are not included within the scope of this FOA, as they are the subject of other NIH programs. Rather, this FOA highlights research on palliative care in settings and at time points earlier in geriatric patients’ disease or disability trajectories. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Advancing Systemic Changes to Promote Healthy School Environments
Deadline: November 30, 2016

RWJF seeks to advance systemic changes that embed health in school environments. To help advance these systemic changes, the Foundation will support a collaborative, multipronged strategy with three complementary areas of work related to Research, Policy, and Strategic Action. Click here for more information.

Engaging Youth and Young Adults from Health Disparity Populations in the HIV Treatment Cascade (NIH)

Deadline: November 7, 2016

This initiative will support research to evaluate comprehensive service delivery approaches to engage and retain youth and young adults (age 12 – 25), hereafter referred to as youth, from US health disparity populations in the HIV Treatment Cascade. US health disparity populations include Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations. Click here for more information.

Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies (Autism-FIRST) Program (HRSA)
Deadline: November 17, 2016

The purpose of this competition is to support the conduct of empirical research that advances the evidence base on interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), with a special focus on addressing the needs of underserved populations. Click here for more information.

Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) (HRSA)

Deadline: November 10, 2016

The purpose of this program is to prepare maternal and child health leaders in adolescent[1] and young adult[2] health within at least five (5) core health disciplines, including medicine, nursing, nutrition, psychology, and social work by providing interdisciplinary leadership training to health professionals at the graduate and postgraduate levels. Click here for more information.

Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2020

This initiative seeks applications that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males across the life cycle, and 2) encourage applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males age 18 and older. Click here for more information.

Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2020

The FOA invites research applications focused on developing, adapting and testing innovative cost-effective strategies to prevent, identify and manage symptoms of HIV-associated Non-AIDS conditions (HANA) and other comorbidities among older adults with prolonged HIV infection. Click here for more information.

Retirement Research Foundation Research Grants
Deadline: December 1, 2016

The Retirement Research Foundation funds research projects that have a regional or national impact on older Americans.  Of particular interest are projects that seek causes and solutions to significant problems facing older adults, ages 65 and older, through support of applied and policy research for which federal funding is not available. Click here for more information.

Rural Health Research Dissemination Cooperative Agreement (HRSA)

Deadline: December 14, 2016

The purpose of this program is to disseminate and market rural health services research funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to diverse audiences, such as decision makers and rural stakeholders at national, state, and community levels, with the goal of informing and raising awareness of key policy issues important to rural communities. Click here for more information.

Pilot Studies to Detect and Prevent Suicide Behavior, Ideation and Self-Harm in Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2019

This initiative supports research to test the effectiveness of combined strategies to both detect and intervene to reduce the risk of suicide behavior, suicide ideation, and non-suicidal self-harm (NSSI) by youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. This FOA invites intervention strategies that are designed to be delivered in typical service settings using typically available personnel and resources, to enhance the implementation of interventions that prove effective, enhance their future uptake in diverse settings, and thereby reduce risk of suicide and self-harm in this population. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant – Increasing Openness and Transparency in Research
Deadline: October 5, 2016

The purpose of this solicitation is to encourage and support a series of projects aimed at increasing transparency and accountability throughout the research life cycle, with a special emphasis on open access, to increase the speed of the flow of information from funded research to action. Click here for more information. 

NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (NIH)

Deadline: December 16, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and their health care providers. Click here for more information.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars (ACF)
Deadline: March 22, 2017

 

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation plans to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Innovation Grants
Deadline: November 15, 2016

AFSP’s Research Grants support studies that will increase our understanding of suicide or test treatments and other interventions that save lives. Click here for more information.

Rural Policy Analysis Program (HRSA)

Deadline: November 14, 2016

The purpose of this program is to support research and analysis of key policy issues affecting rural communities that informs policy makers.  The program is national in scope and looks at cross-cutting rural health and human services issues in order to identify trends and challenges. Click here for more information.


Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (CDC)

Deadline: January 31, 2017

NCIPC is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding about what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies to address specific gaps in the prevention of teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and youth violence. Click here for more information.

Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2019

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research grant applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Click here for more information.

Russel Sage Foundation Future of Work Grants
Deadline: September 9, 2016

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers and their families. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of workers. Click here for more information.

Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in HIV Research with Key Populations (NIH)

Deadline: July 29, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to analyze and address ethical, legal, or policy challenges specific to work with key populations in HIV research or health care.Proposed projects should be focused on ethical, legal or policy challenges in relation to research studies or program implementation for HIV or associated co-morbidities, affecting one or more of the following key populations: (1) men who have sex with men; (2) people who inject drugs; (3) people in prisons and other closed settings; (4) sex workers; (5) transgender people or (6) adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV acquisition or who are living with HIV. Click here for more information.

Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS and its Co-Morbidities (NIH)
Deadline: July 29, 2016

This Funding Opportu/nity Announcement (FOA) invites applications addressing ethical issues relevant to research on HIV and associated co-morbidities, including research with populations living with or at high risk of HIV acquisition. Click here for more information.

Horowitz Foundation Grants for Social Policy Research
Deadline: January 31, 2017

The grants for social policy research aim to promote scholarship with a social policy application and to encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social science. Click here for more information.

Justice Involved Women: Developing an Agency Wide Approach (DOJ)

Deadline: August 23, 2016

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. This solicitation is to make 1) revisions to the existing curriculum to enhance applicability to jail systems housing justice involved women and 2) to deliver 2-3 training events. Click here for more information.

International Tobacco, and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (NIH)
Deadline: October 13, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications to support collaborative research projects that address the health burden of tobacco use in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Click here for more information.

Rural Policy Analysis Program (HRSA)
Deadline: November 14, 2016

The purpose of this program is to support research and analysis of key policy issues affecting rural communities that informs policy makers.  The program is national in scope and looks at cross-cutting rural health and human services issues in order to identify trends and challenges. Click here for more information.

Tufts Health Plan Foundation Policy and Advocacy Grants
Deadline: July 20, 2016

Engaging in policy and advocacy is essential to building healthy communities. As communities work on age-friendly ideas that are relevant to them, the Foundation will support efforts that are inclusive, collaborative, address quality of life, and improve conditions for all across the lifespan. Click here for more information.

Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) Program (NIH)
Deadline: September 1, 2016

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIMHD R25 program is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce. Click here for more information.

Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (NIH)
Deadline: October 18, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States. Click here for more information.

Rural Health Research Dissemination (HRSA)

Deadline: December 14, 2016

The purpose of the Rural Health Research Dissemination Program is to disseminate and market policy-oriented information for use by diverse audiences such as rural stakeholders at national, state, and community levels and policy decision-makers to inform and raise awareness of issues regarding policy implications, access, quality and status of health care delivery, services, and management on behalf of rural communities. Click here for more information.

Frontier Community Health Integration Project Technical Assistance, Tracking, and Analysis (HRSA)
Deadline: March 13, 2017

The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance, site implementation assistance, and other tracking and analytic activities to support providers participating in the Frontier Community Health Integration Project Demonstration in identifying potential new approaches to health care delivery, reimbursement, and coordination in sparsely populated areas. Click here for more information.

Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Transition Award (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2019

The Transitions to Independent Environmental Health (TIEHR) Career Award is a 3-year bridge scholar development program for newly independent faculty who intend to pursue research careers in environmental health sciences. At the conclusion of the career development period the candidates are expected to demonstrate they can successfully compete for research funding in the environmental health sciences. Click here for more information. 

Innovative internet-based approaches to reach black and Hispanic MSM for HIV testing and prevention services (CDC)

Deadline: October 31, 2016

The purpose of this project is to evaluate innovative recruitment approaches via the internet to provide HIV testing and linkage services to black and Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) who have not been tested for HIV in the past 12 months, especially those who have never been tested for HIV. Click here for more information.

Rural Policy Analysis Program (HRSA)
Deadline: November 14, 2016

The purpose of this program is to support research syntheses and analyses of specific rural health issues that affect rural communities.  Issue areas are expected to be of national interest, and may include cross-cutting rural health and human services dimensions.  Products, including reports and Policy Briefs, will support policy-makers, and policy development and implementation; each product will summarize an issue, related health policies, and identify implications and next steps relevant to rural stakeholders. Click here for more information.

Rural Health Research Dissemination (HRSA)
Deadline: December 14, 2016

The purpose of the Rural Health Research Dissemination Program is to disseminate and market policy-oriented information for use by diverse audiences such as rural stakeholders at national, state, and community levels and policy decision-makers to inform and raise awareness of issues regarding policy implications, access, quality and status of health care delivery, services, and management on behalf of rural communities. Click here for more information.

MCH Secondary Data Analysis Research (SDAR) (HRSA)
Deadline: August 19, 2016

The R40 MCH SDAR program supports applied maternal and child health research that exclusively conducts secondary analysis of existing national databases and/or administrative records.  These projects should have the potential to improve health services and delivery of care for maternal and child health populations. Click here for more information.

Advancing Basic Behavioral and Social Research on Resilience: An Integrative Science Approach (NIH)
Deadline: December 1, 2016

This FOA solicits applications that will elucidate mechanisms and processes of resilience within a general framework that emphasizes its dynamics and interactions across both time and scale, multiple contexts, multiple outcomes, and multiple time frames. Click here for more information.


Linking the Provider Recommendation to Adolescent HPV Vaccine Uptake (NIH)
Deadline: July 4, 2019

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research on how the healthcare delivery system enhances or inhibits the effectiveness of a provider’s recommendation of the adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Characteristics of the provider, parent/patient, and clinical setting, can all affect whether a provider makes a recommendation, and whether that recommendation results in uptake of the HPV vaccine. Click here for more information.


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant – Optimizing Cost-of-Care Conversations Between Clinicians and Vulnerable Patients
Deadline: July 27, 2016

This solicitation aims to fund studies that will test specific messages, best practices, and other principles to be incorporated in resources for improving the frequency and quality of cost-of-care conversations between clinicians and vulnerable patients. Click here for more information.


American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Focus Grants

Deadline: August 1, 2016

Focus grants are targeted, innovative and potentially high impact studies that seek to inform and even transform suicide prevention efforts. Click here for more information.

Leadership Training for People of Color Living with HIV (HRSA)

Deadline: July 8, 2016

Through the involvement of people of color living with HIV who are informed and trained in HIV service planning, the HIV care continuum, and HIV service delivery systems of care, the project will expand the capacity of the HIV prevention and care service delivery system, including Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) providers, governmental agencies, and planning entities, to respond to social and structural barriers to HIV prevention and treatment in their communities. Click here for more information.

Training and Technical Assistance Center for State Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Delivery Systems

(ACL)

Deadline: July 26, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to provide training and technical assistance to state intellectual and developmental disabilities state delivery systems and to assist states with building capacity across and within their states to create policies and practices in order to improve competitive integrated employment outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities over a five-year period. Click here for more information.

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (NIH)
Deadline: July 27, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage grant applications for new or continued Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH). The NARCH program supports opportunities for conducting research and  career enhancement to meet the health needs of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and the scientists conducting research on the health needs of these communities. Click here for more information.


Detecting and Preventing Suicide Behavior, Ideation and Self-Harm in Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2019

This initiative supports research to test the effectiveness of combined strategies to both detect and intervene to reduce the risk of suicide behavior, suicide ideation, and non-suicidal self-harm (NSSI) by youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. Opportunities for detection and prevention start at early points of contact (e.g., police interaction, the intake interview) and continue through many juvenile justice settings (e.g., pre-trial detention, juvenile or family court activities, court disposition, placement and on-going care in either residential or multiple community settings.) This FOA invites intervention strategies that are designed to be delivered in typical service settings using typically available personnel and resources, to enhance the implementation of interventions that prove effective, enhance their future uptake in diverse settings, and thereby reduce risk of suicide and self-harm in this population.Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Deadline: August 3, 2016

This program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, and children who live in lower-income communities (urban, suburban, and/or rural). Click here for more information.

Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data
Deadline: May 7, 2019

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications proposing the innovative analysis of existing social science, behavioral, administrative, and neuroimaging data to study the etiology and epidemiology of drug using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, prescription and other drug) and related disorders, prevention of drug use and HIV, and health service utilization. Click here for more information.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) (HRSA)
Deadline: August 2, 2016

This announcement solicits applications for the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP).  The purpose of this program is to promote access to health care for children, youth and their families nationwide, and employ preventive health strategies through innovative community-based programs. Click here for more information.

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
Deadline: May 7, 2019

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices (e.g. behavioral interventions; prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and disease management interventions; quality improvement programs) into public health, clinical practice, and community settings. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged. Click here for more information.

National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
Deadline: July 11, 2016

NIHCM Foundation supports innovative investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Click here for more

information.

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

Deadline: July 15, 2016

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is pleased to announce a funding opportunity in support of projects that proactively address the problems faced by homeless individuals .The McGowan Fund is supporting initiatives that seek to correct circumstances contributing to and eradicate the    condition of homelessness in the long term. Click here for more information.

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2016

The goal of this program announcement is to encourage methodological, intervention and dissemination research for understanding and promoting health literacy. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Click here for more information.

Family Strengthening Scholars (OPRE)
Deadline: June 6, 2016

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), will solicit applications for Family Strengthening Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Interventions to Promote Community Living Among Individuals with Disabilities (ACL)

Deadline: June 7, 2016

This particular opportunity is for an RRTC to conduct research and related activities toward interventions to promote community living outcomes among individuals with disabilities. The purpose of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC), which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas. Click here for more information.

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Employment of Individuals with Disabilities (ACL)

Deadline: May 24, 2016

The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Click here for more
information.

Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network (HRSA)
Deadline: May 27, 2016

Measures are essential to identifying needs, recording trends, and informing programs and policies.  MCH stakeholders are faced with challenges in accessing and using available data tools.  The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network (MCH-MRN) is to support a forum that will create a national agenda for health measurement research by producing an evolving compendium of available high quality measures of maternal and child health, and by identifying gaps in existing measures for future development purposes. Click here for more information.

Collaborative Hubs to Reduce the Burden of Suicide among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth (NIH)
Deadline: July 7, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to establish Collaborative Hubs to conduct research focused on reducing the burden of suicide and promoting resilience among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Click here for more information.

Population Health Interventions: Integrating Individual and Group Level Evidence (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2019

To improve health and reduce the burden of disease, scientific research needs to be implemented at the population level in addition to the biological and clinical levels. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support multilevel, transdisciplinary population health interventions that target underlying social, economic, and environmental conditions in an effort to improve health outcomes. Click here for more information.

Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health Research Grant Application
Deadline: November 1, 2016

Funds are available from the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health to support research that demonstrates the effectiveness of group psychotherapy. Click here for more information.

Violence Against Women Research Consortium (DOJ)
Deadline: May 2, 2016

NIJ seeks a research consortium focused on topical areas related to violence against women to include domestic and intimate partner violence, sexual violence, stalking, and teen dating violence. The research consortium is expected to be an interdisciplinary team of researchers representing expertise broadly across violence against women. Click here for more information.

 

Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs (NIH)
Deadline: May 13, 2016

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites exploratory grant applications, hereafter referred to as the Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs or LD Hubs, addressing the etiology, manifestation, prevention and remediation of reading, writing and/or mathematics learning disabilities (LDs). Click here for more information.

Increased Knowledge and Innovative Strategies to Reduce HIV Incidence-iKnow Projects (NIH)
Deadline: May 8, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote innovative research that addresses one or both of the following objectives: Devise optimal strategies to improve the identification of persons unaware of their HIV-1 infection and successfully link them to HIV testing, treatment, and prevention interventions. Develop and examine the feasibility and acceptability of novel integrated interventions of biomedical and behavioral strategies that substantially reduce the likelihood of onward HIV transmission in these populations. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Deadline: April 19, 2016
This call for applications seeks teams of researchers and community members who are committed to working together to produce community-relevant, action-oriented research to improve health and well-being. Click here for more information.

 

Re-Entry Community Linkages (RE-LINK) (OASH)
Deadline: April 21, 2016

The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs to eliminate health disparities. OMH serves as the focal point in HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities.The importance of providing support for formerly incarcerated individuals successful reentry to their communities as a critical tool in breaking the cycle of drug use and crime, providing a second chance, and improving the public health and public safety of our communities is widely recognized. RE-LINK will demonstrate the effectiveness of multiple stakeholders working together to implement a model transition process. Click here for more information. 


Services Planning Research in the Appalachian Region to Address Adverse Health Consequences Associated with Increased Opioid Injection Drug Use (NIH)

Deadline: April 28, 2016

This FOA will support one-year, services planning research grants to develop anepidemiologic understanding of opioid injection drug use, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection risk, and other adverse health consequences of such drug use, in conjunction with determining what resources/programs are currently available for addressing those problems, in any of the 420 Appalachian counties. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Institutional Corrections (NIJ)
Deadline: May 17, 2016

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks innovative research proposals to empirically assess pressing issues in institutional corrections. Click here for more information.

Society of Family Planning Research Fund Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Grants
Deadline: April 6, 2016

The Society of Family Planning Research Fund (SFPRF) is seeking applications for community-
based participatory research (CBPR) grants that address one or more of SFPRF’s research priorities. Click here for more information.

Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (OASH)
Deadline: April 18, 2016

The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs to eliminate health disparities. OMH serves as the focal point in HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities. Click here for more information.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (pcori) Addressing Disparities Grant
Deadline: March 2, 2016

In this PFA, we seek to fund comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies that evaluate and compare interventions to reduce or eliminate disparities in health and health care. Studies in the Addressing Disparities Program should focus on overcoming barriers that may disproportionately affect the outcomes of specific groups of patients or should identify best practices for reducing disparities. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policies for Action: Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: March 15, 2016

Policies for Action: Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health (P4A) was created to help build an evidence base for policies that can lead to a Culture of Health. P4A seeks to engage long-standing health and health care researchers, as well as experts in fields like housing, education, transportation, and the built environment, to name a few, who have not worked in health before. The goal is to develop research that generates actionable evidence-the data and information that can guide legislators and other policymakers, public agencies, educators, advocates, community groups, and individuals. Click here for more information.

Organization for Autism Research (OAR) 2016 Applied Research Competition
Deadline: March 28, 2016

OAR seeks to fund studies that expand the body of knowledge related to autism intervention and treatment, produce practical and clearly objective results, have the potential to impact public policy, and provide outcomes that offer to enhance quality of life for persons with autism and their families.Click here for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

Deadline: May 5, 2016

We are focused on youth ages 5 to 25 in the United States. We fund research that increases our understanding of: programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes, and strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Click here for more information.

Increase Access to Care for Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (CDC)
Deadline: February 12, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to evaluate the effects of an intervention that provides in-person assistance with health insurance or Medicaid enrollment following HIV testing on insurance uptake and coverage, linkage and retention rates (for HIV-positive men), and other health outcomes among Black men who have sex with men (MSM). Click here for more information.

Increase Access to Care for Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (CDC)
Deadline: February 12, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to evaluate the effects of an intervention that provides in-person assistance with health insurance or Medicaid enrollment following HIV testing on insurance uptake and coverage, linkage and retention rates (for HIV-positive men), and other health outcomes among Black men who have sex with men (MSM). Click here for more information.

 

Early HIV Treatment to Optimize Patient Health and HIV Prevention (CDC)

Deadline: February 19, 2016

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in persons diagnosed with acute or early HIV infection. We propose a prospective study of innovative approaches for initiating ART in persons diagnosed with acute or early HIV infection within days of their diagnosis. The primary outcomes of interest will be time to viral suppression and the proportion of patients who remain virally suppressed 12 months after diagnosis. Additional outcomes may include retention in HIV care, patient satisfaction with clinical care, changes in HIV transmission risk behavior, an evaluation of laboratory markers of viral suppression, and other outcomes as determined by patient input and the study investigators. Click here for more information.

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (CDC)
Deadline: March 1, 2016

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding of how best to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies designed to reduce child abuse and neglect. NCIPC is also soliciting investigator-initiated research to expand our knowledge about what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies, to address specific gaps in the prevention of injury caused by child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence. Click here for more information.

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in persons diagnosed with acute or early HIV infection. We propose a prospective study of innovative approaches for initiating ART in persons diagnosed with acute or early HIV infection within days of their diagnosis. The primary outcomes of interest will be time to viral suppression and the proportion of patients who remain virally suppressed 12 months after diagnosis. Additional outcomes may include retention in HIV care, patient satisfaction with clinical care, changes in HIV transmission risk behavior, an evaluation of laboratory markers of viral suppression, and other outcomes as determined by patient input and the study investigators. Click here for more information.

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (CDC)
Deadline: March 1, 2016

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding of how best to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies designed to reduce child abuse and neglect. NCIPC is also soliciting investigator-initiated research to expand our knowledge about what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies, to address specific gaps in the prevention of injury caused by child abuse and neglect, teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence. Click here for more information.

Research on Prescription Opioid Use, Opioid Prescribing, and Associated Heroin Risk (CDC)

Deadline: February 15, 2016


The purpose of this research is twofold: to investigate the patterns of prescription opioid pain reliever (OPR) use and misuse and transitions from OPR misuse to heroin use (Priority # 1); and whether OPR prescribing is a risk factor for heroin overdose, and if policies and strategies aimed at curbing inappropriate prescribing are associated with increased or decreased risk for heroin overdose (Priority # 2). Click here for more information. 

Accountable Health Communities (CMS)

Deadline: March 31, 2016

The Accountable Health Communities model, as authorized under section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), provides funding opportunities to community based organizations, healthcare provider practices, hospitals and health systems, institutions of higher education, local government entities , tribal organizations and for-profit and non-for-profit local and national entities for the purpose of testing whether systematically identifying the health-related social needs of community-dwelling Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and addressing their identified needs impacts those beneficiaries’ total health care costs and their inpatient and outpatient utilization of health care services. Click here for more information.

Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2019

The purpose of this FOA is to encourage behavioral intervention development research to test efficacy, conduct clinical trials, examine mechanisms of behavior change, determine dose-response, optimize combinations, and/or ascertain best sequencing of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated behavioral and pharmacological (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in diverse settings; (2) drug abuse treatment and adherence interventions for use in primary care; (3) drug abuse treatment and adherence interventions that utilize technologies to boost effects and increase implementability; (4) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (5) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (6) interventions to treat chronic pain. Click here for more information.

Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2016

 This initiative seeks applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) encourage applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. Click here for more information.

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

This initiative encourages research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (e.g., physical and family environments) social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known health condition and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. Click here for more information.


The Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2018

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of diverse population groups and thereby improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. Priority is placed on understudied populations with distinctive health risk profiles. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex populations. Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed. Click here for more information.

MCH Research Network on Promoting Healthy Weight among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities
Deadline: February 16, 2016

The HRSA autism research programs support research that advances the  evidence base regarding interventions and best practices to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.  This cooperative agreement opportunity will establish and maintain an interdisciplinary, multi-site research forum for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building, which will provide national leadership in research that furthers scientific understanding of obesity risk factors and facilitates the development of interventions designed to improve the health and well-being of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other Developmental Disabilities (DD).  This research will help to advance the evidence base regarding best practices for the prevention and treatment of obesity in this high-risk group and improve Health Care Systems and Delivery, such as interdisciplinary team-based care and improve the health and wellbeing of children and youth with ASD and other DD. Click here for more information.

Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (NIH)
Deadline: Feburary 19, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to develop of a cadre of talented scientists prepared and willing to take an active leadership role in transformative change that will lead to improved health care outcomes. Click here for more information.

Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications proposing the innovative analysis of existing social science, behavioral, administrative, and neuroimaging data to study the etiology and epidemiology of drug using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, prescription and other drug) and related disorders, associated HIV risk behaviors, prevention of drug use and HIV, and health service utilization. Click here for more information.

 

Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants for Individuals with Disabilities

Deadline: March 18, 2016

Signature Employment Grants support non-traditional solutions that increase employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.  Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects or social ventures that lead to the generation of new ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. Preference is given for interventions that overcome specific employment barriers related to long-term dependence on public assistance or advance competitive employment in a cost-effective manner. Click here for more information. 

Research on Measurement of Teen Dating Violence (NIJ)

Deadline: March 9, 2016

NIJ is seeking proposals for measurement research related to teen dating violence (a.k.a. adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ is seeking proposals that advance the accurate and developmentally appropriate measurement of dating violence perpetration and victimization among adolescents and young adults. Click here for more information.

Applied Research Toward Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (NIH)
Deadline: November 2, 2016

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to support applied research that advances the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Zero Suicide goal of preventing suicide events (attempts, deaths) among individuals receiving treatment within health care systems. Zero Suicide is a commitment to the prevention of suicide among individuals served by health care systems and is also a specific set of health care strategies and tools intended to eliminate suicide events.Research is needed to implement effective and comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a variety of settings, including behavioral health and substance abuse outpatient clinics, emergency departments and crisis care programs and centers, hospitals, and integrated primary care programs. Click here for more information

Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (NIH)
Deadline: November 8, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support pilot, feasibility or exploratory research in 5 priority areas in substance use epidemiology and health services, including: 1) responses to sudden and severe emerging drug issues (e.g. the ability to look into a large and sudden spike in synthetic cannabinoid use/overdoses in a particular community); 2) responses to emerging marijuana trends and topics related to the shifting policy landscape; 3) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse research opportunities (e.g.,new state or local efforts); 4) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system issues (e.g. opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving health care system); and 5) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal or juvenile justice opportunities (e.g. new system and/or structural level changes) that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service. Click here for more information. 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant – Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: January 12, 2016

Systems for Action (S4A) uses rigorous methods to test strategies for improving the reach, quality, efficiency, and equity of services and supports that promote health and well-being on a population-wide basis. S4A uses a wide research lens that includes and extends beyond medical care and public health systems to incorporate sectors such as housing, transportation, social services, community services and supports, education, criminal and juvenile justice, and economic and community development. Click here for more information.

Laura and John Arnold Foundation Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials to Drive Effective Social Spending
Deadline: March 1, 2016

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is expanding its investment in low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed to build policy-important evidence about “what works” in U.S. social spending. Click here for more information.

Russel Sage Foundation Grant – The Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Deadline: March 30, 2016

This Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social, economic and political effects of the Affordable Care Act. We are especially interested in funding analyses that address important questions about the effects of the reform on outcomes such as financial security and family economic well-being, labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children’s outcomes, and differential effects by age, race, ethnicity, nativity, or disability status. We are also interested in research that examines the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy development outside of health care. Click here for more information.

Behavioral Interventions to Prevent HIV in Diverse Adolescent Men Who Have Sex with Men (NIH)
Deadline: January 15, 2016

The purpose of this initiative is to test behavioral HIV prevention interventions for diverse populations of adolescent (age 13-18) men who have sex with men (MSM). Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant – Systems for Action (S4A): Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health

Deadline: January 12, 2016

The goal is to produce, synthesize and translate new knowledge about ways of aligning the delivery and financing systems that support a Culture of Health. Click here for more information.

 

Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration 2.0 (CDC)

Deadline: January 29, 2016

The purpose of this FOA is to test a model of quality clinical care addressing childhood obesity for U.S. low-income children, especially those enrolled in or eligible for health care coverage under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or Medicaid. Specifically, the purpose of this FOA is to implement and test the ability of a model of clinical childhood obesity management along with a EHR-referral-based, family-centered pediatric weight management program, to reduce body mass index (BMI) in children with obesity, or overweight with risks (including, e.g., medical and behavioral risks, and family history). Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evaluating High-Value Innovations from Low-Resource Communities
Deadline: December 10, 2015


The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to seeking value from all levels of investment in health care, public health, and population health. Through this call for proposals the Foundation intends to pursue several objectives: (1) to identify promising innovations to improve health being implemented in low-resource communities, (2) to evaluate whether the innovations improve health care quality and health without increasing costs; and (3) to disseminate these  innovations as examples for other communities to implement. The evaluation of innovations from low-resource communities is the primary objective of this call for proposals. Click here for more information.

Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention and Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (AHRQ)
Deadline: September 25, 2016

This FOA issued by AHRQ solicits grant applications for funding to conduct Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18) that propose to address strategies and approaches for prevention, reduction, and effective management of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Click here for more information.

Advancing Understanding, Prevention and Management of Infections Transmitted from Women to their Infants (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2019


The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to stimulate investigations including translational, epidemiologic and clinical studies and trials that improve the understanding, prevention and clinical outcomes of non-HIV infections transmitted from women to their offspring during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and breastfeeding. NICHD is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of and treatments for high-priority perinatal infections. Click here for more information.

American Federation for Aging Research Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award

Deadline: December 15, 2015

The “Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG)” initiative provides timely support to a small number of research projects that are building on early discoveries that show translational potential for clinically-relevant strategies, treatments and therapeutics, addressing human aging and health span. Click here for more information.

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) Grant – Building Rigorous Evidence about how to Improve Public Safety and Other Important Criminal Justice Outcomes
Deadline: January 15, 2016

This RFP is soliciting research and evaluation project proposals. First, we are seeking proposals to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that are designed to build policy-important evidence about “what works” across all areas of criminal justice. Second, recognizing that many innovative ideas will not be ready for RCTs until they can be successfullypiloted in real community settings, we are also soliciting proposals to faithfully implementand study small-scale criminal justice interventions that are supported by compelling logic. Click here for more information.

The CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention: Building the Evidence for Community- and Policy-Level Prevention (CDC)
Deadline: February 17, 2016

The purpose of this announcement is to fund Youth Violence Prevention Centers (YVPCs) to advance the science and practice of youth violence prevention and to reduce youth violence in one or more geographically defined, high-burden communities by implementing and evaluating a community- or policy-level preventionstrategy or combination of such strategies. Click here for more information.

AHRQ Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows

Deadline: May 24, 2016

The purpose of this individual postdoctoral research training fellowship is to provide support to promising fellows with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in health services research, with a research interest in areas and priorities relevant to the mission of AHRQ. Click here for more information.


NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2019

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for research Centers that (1) conduct drug abuse and addiction research in any area of NIDAs mission, (2) have outstanding innovative science, (3) are multidisciplinary, thematically integrated, synergistic, and (4) serve as national resource(s) to provide educational and outreach activities to drug abuse research communities, educational organizations, the general public, and policy makers in the NIDA research fields. Click here for more information.


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluating High-Value Innovations from Low-Resource Communities
Deadline: December 10, 2015 

Through this call for proposals the Foundation intends to pursue several objectives: (1) to identify promising innovations to improve health being implemented in low-resource communities, (2) to evaluate whether the innovations improve health care quality and health without increasing costs; and (3) to disseminate these  innovations as examples for other communities to implement. Click here for more information. 


Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Engagement Award: Knowledge, Training and Development, and Dissemination
Deadline: February 1, 2016 

These awards support projects that encourage active integration of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) enterprise. Click here for more information.

Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan II (ServASD II): Pilot Research on Services for Transition-Age Youth (NIH)

Deadline: February 3, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research to develop and pilot test strategies to assist transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families or caretakers in planning for and smoothly transitioning into adult functioning and adult services.The ultimate goal is to develop models for transition to adult supports and services that effectively prevent lapses in services and supports; enhance functioning in community settings such as educational, social, familial, and other settings; maintain or improve health, safety, and quality of life; and reduce or maintain reductions in ASD-related symptoms. Click here for more information. 
 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evaluating High-Value Innovations from Low-Resource Communities

Deadline: December 10, 2015

Through this call for proposals the Foundation intends to pursue several objectives: (1) to identify promising innovations to improve health being implemented in low-resource communities, (2) to evaluate whether the innovations improve health care quality and health without increasing costs; and (3) to disseminate these  innovations as examples for other communities to implement. Click here for more information. 
 

HIV/AIDS High Priority Drug Abuse Research (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

The National Institutes of Health has recently announced the HIV/AIDS research priorities for the next three to five years. The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate high priority research relevant to drug abuse and HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.
 

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy

Deadline: January 31, 2016

The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in all major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference is given to projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance. Click here for more information. 

Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (NIH) 

Deadline: March 3, 2016

The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research in promoting caregiver health using self-management. Caregiving is an important science area since the number of people living longer with chronic conditions is growing. Informal caregivers (lay caregivers) are defined as unpaid individuals (spouses, partners, family members, friends, or neighbors) involved in assisting others with activities of daily living and/or medical tasks. Formal caregivers are paid, delivering care in ones home or care settings (daycare, residential care facility) (Family Caregiver Alliance, 2012). This concept focuses on informal caregivers. Click here for more information. 
 

Examination of Survivorship Care Planning Efficacy and Impact (NIH) 

Deadline: January 7, 2019

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research evaluating the effect of care planning on self-management of late effects of cancer therapy; adherence to medications, cancer screening, and health behavior guidelines; utilization of follow-up care; survivors’ health and psychosocial outcomes. How organizational-level factors influence the implementation of care planning and its associated costs is also of interest. Specifically, the FOA aims to stimulate research that will: 1) develop and test metrics for evaluating the impact of survivorship care planning; 2) evaluate the impact of survivorship care planning on cancer survivors’ morbidity, self-management and adherence to care recommendations, utilization of follow-up care; 3) evaluate effects of planning on systems outcomes, such as associated costs and impact on providers and organizations implementing the care planning; and 4) identify models and processes of care that promote effective survivorship care planning. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to generate a body of science that will inform the development and delivery of interventions that improve follow-up care for cancer survivors. Click here for more information.
 

Personalized Strategies to Manage Symptoms of Chronic Illness (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2019

The purpose of this initiative is to encourage interdisciplinary research to decrease symptom burden and enhance health-related quality of life (HRQL) in persons with chronic illness through a) increasing knowledge of the biological mechanisms of symptoms and b) promoting innovative, cost-effective, targeted interventions to prevent, manage or ameliorate these symptoms. Click here for more information. 

NIMHD Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention (NIH)

Deadline: November 16, 2015

This initiative encourages investigators using a transdisciplinary, collaborative and systems approach to address disparities in chronic disease prevention. Priorities will be given to primary and secondary prevention activities that aim to prevent disease from occurring or aim to find and treat disease early. Click here for more information. 
 

Personalized Strategies to Manage Symptoms of Chronic Illness (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2019

The purpose of this initiative is to encourage interdisciplinary research to decrease symptom burden and enhance health-related quality of life (HRQL) in persons with chronic illness through a) increasing knowledge of the biological mechanisms of symptoms and b) promoting innovative, cost-effective, targeted interventions to prevent, manage or ameliorate these symptoms. Click here for more information.

Building Population Health Research Capacity in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (NIH)

Deadline: December 9, 2015

The purpose of this initiative is to build the capacity of organizations in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands to conduct ongoing population health research in this region. Click here for more information. 
 

Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Research Center on Alcohol’s Health Effects (NIH)
Deadline: January 12, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Cooperative Agreement (U10) applications for implementation of investigator-initiated randomized controlled clinical trials on alcohols effects on neurological diseases, most especially stroke, and the health issues that are associated with aging. Click here for more information. 

Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC): Using Implementation Science to Optimize Care of Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (NIH)

Deadline: November 12, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications as part of the Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC) to support Clinical Sites to improve the health and well-being of adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the US through the development of multi-modal, multi-sector interventions aimed at improving the rate at which patients with SCD receive routine primary care. Applications that consist of multi-disciplinary teams of personnel from community and academic health-care institutions are highly sought. Click here for more information.
 

Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2016 (NIH)

Deadline: December 21, 2015

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance the field of population dynamics research by increasing research impact, innovation, and productivity; develop junior scientists; and maximize the efficiency of research support. Click here for more information.

Centers in Self-Management of Symptoms: Building Research Teams for the Future (NIH)
Deadline: November 30, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to build P20 Centers in the self-management of symptoms and build research teams for the future. The purpose of NINR P20 Centers is to plan and build new research teams in interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research for scientists conducting self-management of symptoms. Click here for more information.
 

Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Research Program Grants (NIH)

Deadline: January 19, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to participate in a research program cooperative agreement to support the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). The Network will have the capacity to develop and conduct innovative behavioral, community-based, translational, therapeutic, microbicide and vaccine trials in HIV-at-risk and HIV-infected youth ages 12 to 24 years, with a focus on the inclusion of minors. Investigators with innovative thinking and novel approaches to address the public health issues facing adolescents are encouraged to apply. Click here for more information. 
 

Health Disparities and Alzheimer’s Disease (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This FOA invites applications proposing to study health disparities in Alzheimers disease (AD) and related disorders. Health-disparities research related to AD should include the study of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors that influence population level health differences. Research approaches of interest include 1) improving recruitment and retention of populations underrepresented in AD research, 2) identifying priority factors or locating pathways and mechanisms that create and sustain AD health disparities, 3) addressing the challenges faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimers Disease, and 4) understanding the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia. Click here for more information. 

 

Research on Informal and Formal Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Disease

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimers disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: early-stage development of interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences among socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care. Click here for more information. 

Aging Research on Stress and Resilience to Address Health Disparities in the United States (NIH)

Deadline: January 13, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate interdisciplinary health-disparities research related to aging that considers the role that stress, stress response, and stress resilience play in differential health outcomes in priority health disparity populations in the U.S.In particular, this FOA seeks applications proposing to clarify pathways linking stress and aging-relevant health outcomes (e.g. mortality, cognitive impairment, multiple chronic conditions, disability, quality of life) through the investigation of links between environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and biological factors. Click here for more information.
 

Health Disparities and Alzheimer’s Disease (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This FOA invites applications proposing to study health disparities in Alzheimers disease (AD) and related disorders. Health-disparities research related to AD should include the study of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors that influence population level health differences. Research approaches of interest include 1) improving recruitment and retention of populations underrepresented in AD research, 2) identifying priority factors or locating pathways and mechanisms that create and sustain AD health disparities, 3) addressing the challenges faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimers Disease, and 4) understanding the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia. Click here for more information.
 

Research on Informal and Formal Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Disease  (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimers disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences among socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care. Clickhere for more information.
 

Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation (NIH)

Deadline: September 13, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) establishes an accelerated review/award process to support time-sensitive research to evaluate a new policy or program that is likely to influence obesity related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, or sedentary behavior) and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity.This FOA is intended to support research where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and funding.All applications to this FOA must demonstrate that the evaluation of an obesity related policy and /or program offers an uncommon and scientifically compelling research opportunity that will only be available if the research is initiated with minimum delay. For these reasons, applications in response to this time-sensitive FOA are not eligible for resubmission. It is intended that eligible applications selected for funding will be awarded within 4 months of the application due date. However, administrative requirements and other unforeseen circumstances may delay issuance dates beyond that timeline. Click here for more information.

Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (AHRQ)

Deadline: November 16, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to fund exploratory and developmental research grants that will contribute to the evidence base of how health IT improves health care quality. This FOA supports the use of a wide variety of research designs in order to generate information regarding the design and development, implementation, use, or impact of health IT on quality. Depending on the research design and intent of the project, applicants may receive support for: (1) pilot and feasibility or self-contained health IT research projects; (2) secondary data analysis of health IT research; or (3) economic (prospective or retrospective) analyses of a health IT project. Each grant application must clearly state which type of the three types of studies is being proposed. Click here for more information.
 

AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to facilitate the entry of both newly independent and early career investigators to the area of drug abuse research on HIV/AIDS. This FOA, AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (A-START), encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications to support research projects on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. Click here for more information.
 

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality New Scholars Grant Competition

Deadline: November 1, 2015

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality is focused on monitoring trends in poverty and inequality, explaining what’s driving those trends, and developing science-based policies on poverty and inequality. Awards will be made to “New Scholars” (i.e., scholars who have received their Ph.D. no earlier than 2008) who will then work collaboratively with one of the CPI’s Research Groups to carry out the proposed research project. Click here for more information.

MCH Secondary Data Analysis Studies (SDAS) (HRSA)
Deadline: November 6, 2015

The R40 MCH SDAS program supports applied research relating to maternal and child health services that exclusively utilizes secondary analysis of existing national databases and/or administrative records.  These projects should have the potential to improve health services and delivery of care for maternal and child health populations. Click here for more information.
 

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2016

The goal of this program announcement is to encourage methodological, intervention and dissemination research for understanding and promoting health literacy. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Click here for more information.
 

Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (AHRQ)

Deadline: November 17, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to fund exploratory and developmental research grants that will contribute to the evidence base of how health IT improves health care quality.  This FOA supports the use of a wide variety of research designs in order to generate information regarding the design and development, implementation, use, or impact of health IT on quality. Click here for more information.

Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B/START) (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2016

This FOA will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism and seeks to facilitate the entry of beginning investigators into the field of behavioral science research related to drug abuse. To be appropriate for a B/START award, research must be primarily focused on behavioral processes and research questions. Click here for more information.
 

Resource Implementations for Data Intensive Research in the Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences (NSF)

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) seeks to develop user-friendly large-scale next-generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research in SBE areas of study. Successful proposals will, within the financial resources provided by the award, construct such databases and/or relevant analytic techniques and produce a finished product that will enable new types of data-intensive research. The databases or techniques should have significant impacts, either across multiple fields or within broad disciplinary areas, by enabling new types of data-intensive research in the SBE sciences. Click here for more information.
 

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2016

The goal of this program announcement is to encourage methodological, intervention and dissemination research for understanding and promoting health literacy. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Click here for more information. 
 

Reducing Health Disparities among Minority and Underserved Children (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

This initiative encourages research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (e.g., physical and family environments) social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known health condition and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. Click here for more information. 

CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research and Training in Child Abuse and Neglect (NIH)

Deadline: November 19, 2015

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will use the specialized research center mechanism (P50) to call for multidisciplinary centers to serve as the CAPSTONE for research and education n child maltreatment and as a resource for the field. The Center(s) will conduct innovative and high quality research including: 1) trials testing the efficacy and effectiveness of clinical interventions; 2) longitudinal prospective studies examining the long term impact of specific and understudied types of maltreatment including abusive head trauma, medical neglect, sexual abuse; 3) studies examining the neurobiology of abuse and neglect and implications for health outcomes; and 4) studies testing the development of screening tools and clinical assessment measures for early identification and treatment of specific types of abuse and neglect to decrease morbidity and mortality and to identify potential comorbidities. Click here for more information.

Exploratory Multi-site Palliative Care Research in Diverse Populations Utilizing the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Group (NIH)

Deadline: November 30, 2015

The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research that enhances the knowledge-base of palliative care science across diverse populations receiving end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) through multi-site clinical research that utilizes the infrastructure and resources of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Group. The aim of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to increase the knowledge of EOLPC science across diverse populations; add to the common data core regarding EOLPC; and build collaborative, interdisciplinary science. Click here for more information.

Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in HIV Research with Key Populations (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to analyze and address ethical, legal, or policy challenges specific to work with key populations in HIV research or health care. Proposed projects should be focused on ethical, legal or policy challenges in relation to research studies or program implementation for HIV or associated co-morbidities, affecting one or more of the following key populations: (1) men who have sex with men; (2) people who inject drugs; (3) people in prisons and other closed settings; (4) sex workers; (5) transgender people or (6) adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV acquisition or who are living with HIV. This FOA encourages both empirical and conceptual research projects addressing these topics. Click herefor more information.
 

Russell Sage Foundation Future of Work Grants

Deadline: September 14, 2015

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers. We are especially interested in funding analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources, and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future. Click here for more information.

Improving Health and Reducing  Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance and Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness (NIMH)

Deadline: November 6, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to support research grants focused on rigorous effectiveness testing of innovative services interventions that demonstrably reduce the prevalence and magnitude of common health risk factors related to shortened lifespan in youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and young adults with severe mental illness. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, smoking, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, low physical activity, substance use, poor fitness and diet. This FOA aims to generate the service delivery knowledge necessary to achieve 100% screening of this population for common, cardiometabolic risks and 100% referral to appropriate care to manage the identified risks. This FOA aims to support population-based approaches to prevention, identification and intervention, i.e., targeting cardiometabolic risk in entire populations of youth with SED and/or young adults with SMI within a given community or healthcare setting. Click here for more information. 

NIMHD Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention (NIH)

Deadline: December 16, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to establish specialized Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCCs) for health disparities research focused on chronic disease prevention, with an emphasis on developing, implementing and disseminating community-based multilevel interventions. Click here for more information. 

Autism Science Foundation 2016 Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards & Medical Student Gap Year Research Training Awards

Deadline: November 13, 2015

The Autism Science Foundation invites applications for its Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards from graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders.
The proposed training must be scientifically linked to autism and may be broadened to include training in a closely related area of scientific research. Autism Science Foundation will consider for training purposes all areas of related basic and clinical research including but not limited to: human behavior across the lifespan (language, learning, behavior, communication, social function, motor skills & planning, epilepsy, sleep, repetitive disorders), neurobiology (anatomy, development, neuroimaging), pharmacology, neuropathology, genetics, epigenetics, genomics, epigenomics, immunology, molecular and cellular mechanisms, studies employing model organisms and systems, and studies of treatment and service delivery. Click here for more information.

Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative (MARI) to Build HIV Prevention, Treatment and Research Capacity (CDC)

Deadline: October 14, 2015

The overall objective of this teaching/mentored award program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the HIV/AIDS-related research needs of the nation, especially in highly-affected minority communities. The objective of the Minority HIV/AIDS Research Initiative (MARI) Award program is to provide support for a sustained period of time for intensive research training and career development under the guidance of an experienced mentor in HIV prevention research and lead to promising HIV prevention activities and researchers who could independently conduct studies in highly-affected communities. Click here for more information.

NIMHD Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention (NIH)

Deadline: December 16, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to establish specialized Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCCs) for health disparities research focused on chronic disease prevention, with an emphasis on developing, implementing and disseminating community-based multilevel interventions. Click here for more information.
 

Pilot Services Research Grants Not Involving Interventions (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage pilot research consistent with NIMH priorities for services research studies that are not immediate precursors to the development and testing of services interventions.While NIMH has moved to supporting all interventions research under FOAs that require use of an experimental therapeutics model, there is recognition that some important areas of mental health services research fall outside of that domain and have the potential to make significant contributions to advancing NIMH priorities and objectives.These areas include: 1) studies to identify mutable factors that impact access, utilization, quality, financing, outcomes including disparities in outcomes, or scalability of mental health services, which may serve as targets in future intervention development; 2) development and testing of new research tools, measures, or methods; or 3) testing the feasibility of integrating existing data sets to understand factors affecting access, quality or outcomes of care. Click here for more information.

AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program

Deadline: November 1, 2018

This announcement represents the continuation of an AHRQ program that provides support to individuals who are conducting research undertaken as part of an accredited academic program to qualify for a research doctorate degree. Click here for more information.

End-of-Life and Palliative Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Serious Illnesses (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2019

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to foster research on the unique perspectives, needs, wishes, and decision-making processes of adolescents and young adults (AYA; defined by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as youth between 12 24 years of age) with serious, advanced illnesses; and research focused on specific end-of-life/palliative care (EOLPC) models that support the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of AYA with serious illness, their families and caregivers. Click here for more information. 

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Engagement Award: Knowledge, Training and Development, and Dissemination Awards

Deadline: October 1, 2015

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will award up to $15.5 million in FY 2015 as part of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program. These awards support projects that encourage active integration of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) enterprise. Click here for more information.

Research and Methods in Health Statistics (CDC)
Deadline: October 1, 2015

This initiative invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for projects involving the development and testing of statistical and survey methodology relevant to the conduct, analysis and reporting of health surveys and vital records. Existing NCHS data sets alone or in conjunction with other data sets may be used to develop and test new survey methodology, statistical analytical approaches or methods of displaying data. Click here for more information.

The 2016 Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Scholars in Sexuality Research Grants

Deadline: October 1, 2015

It is the purpose of the SMSNA to increase public awareness of healthy sexuality and sexual problems, to foster the finest care for individuals suffering from sexual debility, and to encourage scholarship and research in human sexuality. It is our hope that this program will encourage young people to become interested in sexuality research and make it a focal point of their careers.

Funding is available for graduate or medical students, residents in graduate medical education training programs, and post-doctoral/post-residency fellows. Because sexual medicine is a multi-disciplinary field and sex impacts almost every aspect of human endeavor in some way, we encourage applications from aspiring researchers representing diverse backgrounds including but not limited to urology, psychology, psychiatry, gynecology, internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, social work, and law. Click here for more information.

Research and Methods in Health Statistics (CDC)
Deadline: October 7, 2015

This initiative invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for projects involving the development and testing of statistical and survey methodology relevant to the conduct, analysis and reporting of health surveys and vital records. Existing NCHS data sets alone or in conjunction with other data sets may be used to develop and test new survey methodology, statistical analytical approaches or methods of displaying data. Click here for more information.

Simmons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Bridge to Independence Award

Deadline: August 28, 2014

The autism research community has expanded substantially in recent years. SFARI has contributed to this change by attracting outstanding established scientists to the field of autism. Grants awarded through the Bridge to Independence Award program are intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investigators by identifying talented early-career scientists interested in autism research and facilitating their transition to an independent research career. This request for applications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to seek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2015-16 academic year. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Data Across Sectors for Health: Empowering Communities Through Shared Data and Information

Deadline: October 21, 2015

Data Across Sectors for Health: Empowering Communities Through Shared Data and Information would provide grants to community collaborations and initiatives that have used shared data and information to increase their capacity for planning, implementing, and evaluating health improvement activities. Click here for more information.

Networks to Develop Priority Areas of Behavioral and Social Research (NIH)

Deadline: January 14, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to provide infrastructure support for advancing development of specific high priority areas of behavioral and social research of relevance to aging. Click here for more information.

HIV-infected Adolescents: Transitioning from Pediatric to the Adult Care Settings (NIH)
Deadline: January 14, 2016

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications on transition of HIV-infected youth to adult care with the goal of developing an evidence base to support guidelines applicable to low, middle, and high income countries. Click here for more information.

NIMH Research Education Mentoring Programs for HIV/AIDS Researchers (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.The over-arching goal of this NIMH R25 program is to support educational activities thatcomplement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs and advance the priorities outlined in the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Annual Strategic Plan and the research program priorities of the NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR). To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus onMentoring Activities and Research Experiences,that either capitalize on existing networks of collaborating investigators or develop institute-based research education programs.Mentoring activities are expected to be primary and the cornerstone of proposed programs though all programs must also provide research experiences.Research Education Programs are expected to enhance the professional development of the participants and foster a career trajectory towards independent research in the mental health of HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.

Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms among underage and young adult populations. Click here for more information.

Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Competition

Deadline: September 7, 2015

The Center for Poverty Research (CPR), located at the University of California, Davis invites proposals for its 2015-16 Small Grants Competition. CPR seeks to fund research that will expand our understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty.  The goal of this program is to fund proposals focused on our core research areas that display sound research design and high potential impact. Click here for more information.

National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness (ACF)

Deadline: July 23, 2015

The National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness (NCECHW) will disseminate high-quality, research-informed resources and will provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) to Head Start and Early Head Start agencies, state child care agencies, and other early care and education settings across regions, states, tribes and territories. Click here for more information.

Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center (NIH)

Deadline: April 11, 2018

The goal of this program is to support collaborative translational research projects aligned with NIH efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health.It encourages high quality science demonstrating the potential to result in understanding an important disease process or lead to new therapeutic interventions, diagnostics, or prevention strategies within the research interests and priorities of the participating NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). Click here for more information.

Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging

Deadline: September 7, 2018

This FOA invites applications proposing to study HIV infection, HIV-associated conditions, HIV treatment, and/or biobehavioral or social factors associated with HIV/AIDS in the context of aging and/or in older adults. Research approaches of interest include clinical translational, observational, and intervention studies in domestic and international settings. Click here for more information.

New Pathways for Fathers and Families (ACF)

Deadline: July 7, 2015

This FOA was formerly titled “Responsible Fatherhood: Improving Relationships and Economic Outcomes for Fathers and Families.” The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is announcing its intent to competitively award demonstration projects that support activities promoting responsible fatherhood as enacted by the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291). The Responsible Fatherhood initiative is designed to help fathers establish or strengthen positive parental interaction by providing activities that develop and improve relationship, communication and parenting skills, and contribute to the financial well-being of their children by providing job training and other employment services. Click here for more information.
 

Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program (CMS)

Deadline: August 11, 2015

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the availability of funds under this grant program to assist researchers in conducting health services research for 2015. The purpose of the Hispanic grant program is to implement Hispanic health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations. The grant program is designed to: 1) encourage health services and health disparities researchers to pursue research issues which impact Hispanic Medicare, Medicaid, and Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health services issues, 2) conduct outreach activities to apprise Hispanic researchers of funding availability to conduct research-related issues affecting Hispanic communities to expand the pool of applicants applying for such grants, 3) assist CMS in implementing its mission focusing on health care quality and improvement for its beneficiaries, 4) support extramural research in health care capacity development activities for the Hispanic communities, 5) promote research that will be aimed at developing a better understanding of health care services issues pertaining to Hispanics, and 6) foster a network for communication and collaboration regarding Hispanic health care issues. Clickhere for more information.

Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (NIH)

Deadline: August 19, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose to understand social determinants of health as they relate to HIV infection and disease outcomes. Click here for more information.
 

Short Courses in High Priority Domains of Behavioral and Social Research on Aging (NIH)

Deadline: October 7, 2015

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.The over-arching goal of this National Insitute on Aging (NIA) R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs in interdisciplinary areas of science relevant to behavioral and social research on aging. To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development aimed at enhancing the development of interdisciplinary scientists and of common languages and sharing of tools and analytic approaches across disciplines. Click here for more information.
 

Ethical Issues in Research on HIV/AIDS and its Co-Morbidities (NIH)

Deadline: January 8, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications addressing ethical issues relevant to research on HIV and associated co-morbidities, including research with populations living with or at high risk of HIV acquisition. Click here for more information.
 

Harnessing Big Data to Halt HIV (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote research that transforms understanding of HIV transmission, the HIV care continuum, and HIV comorbidities using Big Data Science (BDS). These approaches should include projects to assemble big data sources, conduct robust and reproducible analyses, and create meaningful visualization of big data. Click here for more information.

Dimensional Approaches to Research Classification in Psychiatric Disorders (NIH)

Deadline: October 9, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks research grant applications designed to develop innovative ways of understanding mental disorders in clinical studies on the basis of experimental research criteria rather than traditional diagnostic categories. This FOA stems from the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project that is intended to further a long-range goal of contributing to diagnostic systems as informed by research on genetics, neuroscience, and behavior.The purpose of this FOA is to encourage applications to study mechanisms that may cut across multiple traditional diagnostic categories. Click here for more information.

Harnessing Big Data to Halt HIV (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote research that transforms understanding of HIV transmission, the HIV care continuum, and HIV comorbidities using Big Data Science (BDS). These approaches should include projects to assemble big data sources, conduct robust and reproducible analyses, and create meaningful visualization of big data. Click here for more information.

Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Care, and Program Implementation (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This FOA provides resources to support (a) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to prevent HIV infection among populations where substance use may be a contributing factor; (b) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to improve the care of HIV infection among populations where substance use is prevalent, including interventions that integrate treatment for substance use disorders and HIV infection; or (c) pilot or feasibility studies to increase the scale, uptake, delivery, and/or quality of HIV prevention or care interventions with established evidence of efficacy. Click here for more information.

Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Care, and Program Implementation (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This FOA provides resources to support (a) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to prevent HIV infection among populations where substance use may be a contributing factor; (b) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to improve the care of HIV infection among populations where substance use is prevalent, including interventions that integrate treatment for substance use disorders and HIV infection; or (c) pilot or feasibility studies to increase the scale, uptake, delivery, and/or quality of HIV prevention or care interventions with established evidence of efficacy. Click here for more information.

Prevention Institute Funding Announcement – Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys in the U.S.

Deadline: June 12, 2015

The need to focus specifically on men and boys’ mental health is emerging. Too often, male socialization is at odds with mental wellbeing, isolating men from their families and discouraging expression of needs or emotions. Further, there is a conflation between male socialization, stigma and individual responsibility. The initial focus of The Making Connections for Mental Wellbeing Initiative will prioritize those who have a particular high need for community-level attention to mental wellbeing, such as military/veteran communities/families and boys and men of color and their families. Ultimately, the Foundation hopes to expand its work in the US beyond the initial emphasis. Click here for more information.

Addressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum

Deadline: July 20, 2015

This announcement solicits applications for fiscal year (FY) 2015 to support a single organization that will serve as the Coordination and Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) for a new initiative entitled Addressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health

Deadline: Rolling

Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health is a national program of RWJF that supports the Foundation’s commitment to building a Culture of Health in the United States. The program aims to provide individuals, organizations, communities, policymakers, and researchers with the empirical evidence needed to address the key determinants of health encompassed in the Culture of Health Action Framework. In addition,Evidence for Action will also support efforts to assess outcomes and set priorities for action.  It will do this by encouraging and supporting creative, rigorous research on the impact of innovative programs, policies and partnerships on health and well-being, and on novel approaches to measuring health determinants and outcomes. Click here for more information.

Establishment of Centers of Excellence in Refugee Health (CDC)

Deadline: June 11, 2015

There are little data to evaluate the effectiveness and quality of how the refugee and immigrant populations are examined pre-arrival and post arrival for follow up. This funding opportunity will help create Centers of Excellence in refugee and/or immigrant health. These centers will provide expertise in the diverse area of dealing with this population and will build upon existing infrastructure and will collaborate with partners focusing on these vulnerable populations. Clickhere for more information.

Addressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum (HRSA)

Deadline: July 20, 2015

This announcement solicits applications for fiscal year (FY) 2015 to support a single organization that will serve as the Coordination and Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) for a new initiative entitled Addressing HIV Care and Housing Coordination through Data Integration to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.  Recognizing the role of housing in supporting Persons Living with HIV (PLWH), this initiative seeks to support the electronic integration of housing and HIV care data systems in the coordination of housing and HIV care services. Click herefor more information.

Advancing Health Disparities Interventions Through Community-Based Participatory Research (NIH)

Deadline: August 3, 2015

The overarching goals of the NIMHD Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Program are to enhance community capacity in research for which they will directly benefit; support collaborative intervention projects addressing health disparities; and accelerate the translation of findings into improved health and health outcomes. The purpose of this FOA is to support promising community interventions using CBPR principles and approaches aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating health disparities. Click here for more information.

Exploratory Clinical Trials of Novel Interventions for Mental Disorders (NIH)

Deadline: October 14, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the efficient pilot testing of novel interventions for mental disorders in adults and children through an experimental therapeutics approach. Under this FOA, trials must be designed so that results, whether positive or negative, will provide information of high scientific utility and will support go/no-go decisions about further development or testing of the intervention. Studies of novel interventions include, but are not limited to behavioral, pharmacological, biologics-based, cognitive, device-based, interpersonal, physiological, or combined approaches. Click here for more information.

Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages R21 grant applications to conduct rigorous health services and economic research to maximize the delivery of efficient, high-quality drug, tobacco, and alcohol prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. Click here for more information.

The Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2018

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of diverse population groups and thereby improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. Priority is placed on understudied populations distinctive health risk profiles. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex populations. Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed. Clickhere for more information.

National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Research Grants

Deadline: July 13, 2015

NIHCM Foundation supports innovative investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Click here for more information.

Early Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for Infant/Toddler Center-based Programs (ACF)
Deadline: June 5, 2015

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), within the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is soliciting applications for Early Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for Infant/Toddler Center-based Programs to support projects that will contribute understanding and knowledge of how Early Head Start and other early care and education programs can promote and improve early child development by supporting parents and teachers. This grant program seeks to stimulate systematic, programmatic, multidisciplinary research to develop and test models of integrated interventions targeted at parents and teachers to promote infant and toddler development across multiple domains including cognitive, language, and social-emotional/behavioral development. It is expected that research studies and programs stimulated by this initiative will contribute scientific data that inform a number of practice and policy issues. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime (DOJ)

Deadline: June 26, 2015

The National Institute of Justice has a longstanding history of collaborating with and supporting the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) on research, evaluation, and programmatic projects. Over the years, the shared priorities of OVC and NIJ have resulted in a number of collective projects, workshops, and research. In 2013, OVC began Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services which called for the development of research to build a body of evidence-based knowledge on victims and victimization. With this solicitation, NIJ is collaborating with OVC to build on three areas of research that are of interest to both agencies. These topics include: 1. Studying the Victim-Offender Overlap. 2. Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color. 3. Research on the Broader Impacts of School Shootings. Applicants should submit proposals that address one of the three topics. Click here for more information.

New Pathways for Fathers and Families (ACF)

Deadline: July 7, 2015

The Responsible Fatherhood initiative is designed to help fathers establish or strengthen positive parental interaction by providing activities that develop and improve relationship, communication and parenting skills, and contribute to the financial well-being of their children by providing job training and other employment services. Responsible Fatherhood activities also help fathers improve relationships with their spouses, significant others, and/or the mothers of their children. ACF is particularly interested in organizations that have the capacity and proven record of accomplishment in helping low-income fathers, and comprehensive fatherhood programs that integrate robust economic stability services, healthy marriage and relationship activities, and activities designed to foster responsible parenting. Click here for more information.

Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages R21 grant applications to conduct rigorous health services and economic research to maximize the delivery of efficient, high-quality drug, tobacco, and alcohol prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. Examples of such research include: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) quality improvement in services organization and management; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; and (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Clickhere for more information.

Society of Family Planning (SFP) Research Fund 2015 Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

Deadline: June 15, 2015

The SFP Research Fund is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support community-based participatory research. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves, for example, community members, organizational representatives, and researchers in all aspects of the research process and in which all partners contribute expertise and share decision making and ownership. Applications must propose a project that responds to one of the research priorities identified in the SFP Research Fund’s Priority Setting Report. Acceptable projects include but are not limited to studies that involve survey data, focus groups, or semi-structured interviews to identify community needs for intervention on a specific family planning issue, or for process evaluation of a pilot intervention. Click here for more information.

Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (NIH)

Deadline: August 19, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose to understand social determinants of health as they relate to HIV infection and disease outcomes. Click here for more information.

Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage pilot and preliminary research in preparation for larger-scale services research effectiveness trials. Relevant trials may test a wide range of approaches, including interventions, practices, and policies, designed to optimize access to, and the quality, effectiveness, affordability and utilization of drug, tobacco, or alcohol use disorder treatments and related services, as well as services for comorbid medical and mental disorder conditions. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Program

Deadline: June 1, 2015

This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policymakers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are: Round 9 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program. Click here for more information.

Improving Public Safety and Health Outcomes for the Justice-Involved Population

Deadline: June 11, 2015

Justice-involved individuals are seven times as likely as the general population to experience mental illness, substance abuse disorders, infectious disease, and chronic health conditions,1 making reentry from jails and prison an especially critical juncture. This solicitation seeks a national training and technical assistance provider to assist select state and local criminal justice systems in connecting the criminal justice population to community-based health coverage and care, as well as develop resources to assist the broader criminal justice field nationwide. Click here for more information.

Secondary Analyses of Data on Early Care and Education (ACF)

Deadline: June 29, 2015

Analyzing existing data sets provides researchers an efficient and cost-effective method for answering critical research questions. Grants for Secondary Analyses of Data on Child Care and Early Education will provide funding to address key questions that will inform both policymakers and future research. Existing data, which may have been collected for other purposes, have the potential to answer questions relevant to the goals and outcomes of the programs administered through the Administration for Children and Families, and in particular the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Data of various types and from a number of sources may be mined for these purposes. Click here for more information.

Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement (HRSA)

Deadline: June 29, 2015

This announcement solicits applications for the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Cooperative Agreement.  The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to increase the amount of publically available, high quality, impartial, clinically-informed and policy-relevant research related to telehealth.   This research will assist rural health providers and decision-makers at the Federal, state and local levels by contributing to the policy-relevant evidence base of telehealth services. Click here for more information.

AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AID (NIH)

Deadline: September 14, 2017

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Division of AIDS Research (DAR) encourages applications for Center Core grants (P30) to support an HIV/AIDS Research Center (ARC). The ARC is intended to provide infrastructural support that facilitates the development of high impact science in HIV/AIDS and mental health that is relevant to the NIMH mission. This FOA intends to support innovative, interdisciplinary research in several areas, including basic, neurological (i.e., neuro-AIDS), behavioral and social, integrated biobehavioral, applied, clinical, translational, and implementation science. Click here for more information.


Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Grants

Deadline: Rolling

The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood provides grants for innovative, creative projects and programs that will significantly enhance the development, health, safety, education or quality of life of children from infancy through five years of age. Click here for more information.

Administrative Supplements for Common Basic Sociobehavioral Mechanisms and Processes that Facilitate or Impede Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (NIH) 

Deadline: June 2, 2015

NIH’s Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) announces the opportunity of funds to support increases in costs on existing projects in order to elucidate basic mechanisms and processes that facilitate and/or impede an individual’s attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors involved with the self-management of chronic disease conditions within respective social and/or physical environment(s). Click here for more information.

Family Strengthening Scholars (OPRE)

Deadline: June 8, 2015

The Administration for Child and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation will solicit applications for Family Strengthening Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.

Foundation for Women’s Wellness Research Awards

Deadline: June 8, 2015

FWW Research Awards target early funding for small, short-term studies with promise for improving medical knowledge in cardiovascular disease, leading female cancers, the role of hormones in disease and stage-of-life health issues such as pregnancy and menopause and diseases disproportionately affecting women. Click here for more information.

2015 Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA) Research Awards

Deadline: August 1, 2015

The SFBTA Research Awards are aimed at fostering the growth of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by encouraging original research in solution-focused practices, and to support students or practitioners who wish to study solution-focused practices. The 2015 SFBTA Research Awards will provide up to $5000.00 to support ongoing or proposed studies conducted by doctoral or master level students, practitioners where SF practices are the focus of their work, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty who are in their first three years past graduation. Click here for more information.

Studies Program on At-Risk or System-Involved Girls (DOJ)

Deadline: June 1, 2015

OJJDP is seeking applications for funding under its fiscal year (FY) 2015 Studies Program on At-Risk or System-Involved Girls. This program will sponsor studies and/or secondary analyses of existing data to provide objective, independent knowledge about the extent and impact of girls’ contact with the juvenile and adult justice systems including arrests, referrals to court, diversion, charges filed, placement in secure juvenile detention facilities and adult jails and lockups, findings of delinquency, placement in secure juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and transfers to the adult criminal justice system. Click here for more information.

NIMHD Pathway to Independence Award (NIH)

Deadline: June 23, 2015

The purpose of the NIMHD Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported, independent investigators conducting minority health and health disparities research. This program is designed to facilitate a timely transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions, and to provide independent NIH research support during the transition that will help these individuals launch competitive, independent research careers. Click here for more information.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Large Pragmatic Studies to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes

Deadline: May 1, 2015

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) seeks to fund pragmatic clinical trials, large simple trials, or large-scale observational studies that compare two or more alternatives for addressing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or management of a disease or symptom; improving healthcare system-level approaches to managing care; or eliminating health or healthcare disparities. Click here for more information.

Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs (ACL)

Deadline: June 1, 2015

This funding opportunity is designed to bring to scale and sustain evidence-based self-management education programs that empower older adults and adults with disabilities from underserved areas and populations to better manage their chronic conditions. The grants are intended to increase the number of chronic disease self-management education program participants, while concurrently increasing the sustainability of these proven programs through innovative funding arrangements and by embedding the programs into the nation’s health and long-term services and supports systems. Click here for more information.

Data Resources Program: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data (NIJ)

Deadline: May 29, 2015

NIJ, BJS, and OJJDP have entered into a partnership to request applications under this Data Resources Program (DRP) solicitation for original research using existing data available from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) and other public sources. Click here for more information.

Collaborative Innovation Award, Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (NIH)

Deadline: July 11, 2018

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to stimulate innovative collaborative research in the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium. Click here for more information.

Russell Sage Foundation Program on the Future of Work

Deadline: June 1, 2015

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers. We are especially interested in funding analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources, and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons (DOJ)

Deadline: May 27, 2015

NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation projects that support and inform federal, State, local and tribal criminal justice agencies and victim service providers in responding to the challenges that trafficking in persons (hereinafter “trafficking in persons,” “human trafficking,” or “trafficking”) poses in their jurisdictions. NIJ is particularly interested in research responding to the following priority areas: fostering partnerships between researchers and trafficking survivors; evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Human Trafficking Task Forces; perception of human trafficking victimization in courts (judges, jurors, prosecutors); the extent to which existing crime reporting and data systems capture the human trafficking victimization that occurs in a particular jurisdiction; trafficking and sex offender registries. Click here for more information.

Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (NIH)

Deadline: August 19, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose to understand social determinants of health as they relate to HIV infection and disease outcomes. Click here for more information.

AHRQ Small Research Grant Program

Deadline: May 25, 2015

This FOA encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. Click here for more information.

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars (OPRE)

Deadline: June 8, 2015

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation plans to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.

International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages collaborative research applications on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs international scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY15 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse; prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders); the neuroscience of marijuana and cannabinoids; and the effect of changes in laws and policies on marijuana and its impact. Click heref or more information.

U.S. Administration on Aging National Resource Centers on Older Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians (ACL)
Deadline: May 12, 2015

Increased longevity continues to become more prevalent in Native American communities. This trend has placed greater demands on service delivery systems, which are even more complex and fragmented than in non-Indian communities. In recognition of this, under the Older Americans Act (OAA) Amendments of 2006, Congress mandated the support of at least two (2), and not more than four (4), Resource Centers that will focus on issues and concerns affecting individuals who are older Native Americans. The primary goal of these Centers is to enhance knowledge about older Native Americans and thereby to increase and improve the delivery of services to them. Click here for more information.

Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations (NIH)

Deadline: August 24, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, oral diseases, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic diseases, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, oral disease, or HIV-infection. Click here for more information.

Institute for Research on Poverty RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research 2015-2016 Small Grants Program

Deadline: April 17, 2015

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks to stimulate innovative research related to federal food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) and the National School Breakfast/Lunch Program, and to support training of researchers interested in food assistance issues. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence (DOJ)

Deadline: April 8, 2015

NIJ is seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to violence. Such violence may include children who are direct victims and/or bystanders or observers of various forms of violence in the home, school, or community, including but not limited to peer victimization, bullying, harassment, child maltreatment, domestic violence, and community violence. Other types of violence to which children are exposed may be addressed, with the exception of media violence (e.g., television and movie violence, music advocating aggression, and violent video games). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that address justice system responses to children identified as being exposed to violence; polyvictimization and multisystem involvement; and resilience and help-seeking. Click here for more information.

Working with Publicly Funded Health Centers to Reduce Teen Pregnancy among Youth from Vulnerable Populations (CDC)

Deadline: May 15, 2015

CDC announces the availability of fiscal year 2015 (FY15) funds to implement FOA DP15-1508: Working with Publicly Funded Health Centers to Reduce Teen Pregnancy Among Youth from Vulnerable Populations. This program is a new five-year initiative to 1) enhance publicly funded health centers’ capacity to provide youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services and 2) increase the number of youth accessing sexual and reproductive health services by (a) working with youth-serving systems to develop strategies to refer and link vulnerable youth to care and (b) increasing awareness of the health centers’ services in the local community through communication efforts. Click here for more information.

Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations (NIH)

Deadline: August 24, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, oral diseases, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic diseases, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, oral disease, or HIV-infection. The intervention program should be designed so that it could be sustained within the entire community within existing resources, and, if successful, disseminated in other Native American communities. The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce mortality and morbidity in NA communities. Click here for more information.

Functional Wellness in HIV: Maximizing the Treatment Cascade (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to promote the development of HIV interventions which target opportunities to improve the delivery of healthcare across the continuum of care for persons infected with HIV. Click here for more information.

Obesity Society Early-Career Research Grants

Deadline: March 30, 2015

This program (formerly, New Investigator Research Grants) is offered by The Obesity Society (TOS), as a member service, to foster and stimulate new research ideas in any area of investigation related to obesity. The program targets junior-level investigators and post-doctoral trainees by funding proposals that demonstrate a high likelihood of resulting in new and innovative approaches in obesity research. Click here for more information.

Youth Violence Prevention Coordinated Technical Assistance Program (DOJ)

Deadline: March 30, 2015

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) recognizes that preventing and ameliorating youth violence requires a shared framework to address the factors that impact violence and victimization at the individual, peer, family, community, and societal levels and promote child and youth well-being. Jurisdictions that work to address these issues benefit from strategic, coordinated training and technical assistance (TTA) and participation in learning communities to help them reach their short- and long-term goals. To facilitate progress, better support youth violence prevention, and promote well-being in localities nationwide, OJJDP invites proposals to broker, coordinate, and provide relevant TTA to the 39 jurisdictions that OJJDP is funding through its three signature youth violence prevention initiatives-the Defending Childhood, National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, and Community-Based Violence Prevention initiatives. Click here for more information.

Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women’s Sexual Assault Justice Initiative (DOJ)

Deadline: April 30, 2015

NIJ seeks proposals to evaluate the Office on Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Sexual Assault Justice Initiative. The OVW Sexual Assault Justice Initiative will fund up to eight sites to implement performance measures intended to gauge prosecution efforts in cases of sexual assault. The performance measures are intended to improve prosecutorial practices by targeting accountability-related outputs and outcomes rather than determining success by conviction rates. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards for Eliminating Health Disparities

Deadline: April 14, 2015

The RWJF Awards for Eliminating Health Disparities program advances RWJF’s vision for building a Culture of Health by recognizing and celebrating individuals who have successfully implemented systems changes related to the determinants of health. Recognition of these efforts increases the visibility and awareness of the urgent need for systems changes to eliminate health disparities in our society. Click here for more information.

Health Services Research Projects:  Making Health Care Safer in Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities (AHRQ)

Deadline: April 27, 2015

The purpose of this funding announcement (FOA) is to support investigative research projects that examine the epidemiology of patient safety in ambulatory care settings and long term care facilities, gather evidence about strategies that can improve safety in these settings, and develop evidence-based tools to facilitate implementation of these strategies. Click here for more information.

The CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention: Building the Evidence for Community- and Policy-Level Prevention (CDC)

Deadline: May 4, 2015

The purpose of this announcement is to fund Youth Violence Prevention Centers (YVPCs) to advance the science and practice of youth violence prevention and to reduce youth violence in one or more geographically defined, high-burden communities by implementing and evaluating a community- or policy-level prevention strategy or combination of such strategies. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Accelerating Payment and Delivery System Reform Efforts

Deadline: April 14, 2015

This Accelerating Payment and Delivery System Reform Efforts program will support an organization to serve as a technical resource and expertise center that will facilitate customized assistance for immediate challenges, identify and share solutions, and engage in re-granting to support payment reform efforts poised to make substantial change. The center is intended to serve as a payment and delivery system reform “accelerator” and to include a special emphasis on enhancing readiness among safety net providers. Click here for more information.

Improving the Health of People with Disabilities through State Based Public Health Programs (CDC)
Deadline: April 1, 2015

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enhance existing activities to promote and maximize health, prevent chronic disease, improve emergency preparedness, and increase the quality of life among people with disabilities (PWD). This funding opportunity announcement focuses on the following priority areas for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD): Priority 1: Reduce disparities in key health indicators, including obesity in children, youth and adults with disabilities. Priority 4: Identify and reduce disparities in health care access for people with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to propose strategies that strengthen their current capacities and develop innovative approaches to accomplish the objectives of the program. Click here for more information.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers 2015 (NIH)

Deadline: April 15, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to seek applications for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRCs). This FOA invites applications for research center cooperative agreements designed to advance the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This FOA seeks applications from institutions that meet the qualifications for a multi-disciplinary program of IDD research that will include: 1) Cores that facilitate interdisciplinary and translational research in IDD, and support IDD-related projects funded by other sources; and 2) at least one specific research project related to one of five focus themes identified as an area of research need in IDD. Funds for the majority of research projects using these core facilities come from independent sources including Federal, State, and private organizations. Click here for more information.

Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse (NIH)
Deadline: July 21, 2015

This FOA focuses on innovative research projects that have the potential to open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among substance abusers.The nexus with substance abuse should be clearly described.This FOA is open to both individual researchers and research teams and is not limited to any one area of research on HIV and substance use. Click here for more information.

NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for institutional research career development (K12) programs that propose to support intensive supervised research training and career development experiences for clinician scientists (scholars) leading to research independence in the area of drug abuse and addiction. Click here for more information.

Organization for Autism Research Grants

Deadline: March 30, 2015

This funding opportunity is intended to promote research in the analysis, evaluation, or comparison of assessment or treatment models, focusing on aspects of early education, behavioral, or communication intervention and adult issues such as continuing education, employment, housing models and “later intervention.” In keeping with OAR’s mission, the goal of this sponsored research is to promote studies that yield practical and clearly objective results that contribute to enhanced quality of life for people with autism and provide evidence-based information for use by parents, families, and service providers. Click here for more information.

Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) Pilot Grant Program

Deadline: April 17, 2015

One of the Center’s major goals is to identify and mentor junior investigators who are committed to research careers involving research with older African Americans. Proposals are sought to support junior investigator initiated research projects that would be developed into independent NIH-funded projects. Collaborative research projects that involve faculty from more than one department, school or institute are also encouraged. Click here for more information.

Pilot Effectiveness Studies and Services Research Grants (NIH)

Deadline: February 19, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage pilot research consistent with NIMHs priorities for: 1) effectiveness research on interventions with previously demonstrated efficacy, for use with broader target populations or for use in community practice settings, and 2) innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development. Applications should provide resources for evaluating the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of approaches to improve mental health and modify risk factors, and for obtaining the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to a larger-scale intervention trial (e.g., comparative effectiveness study, practical trial) or large-scale services study. Click here for more information.

Evaluating Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Suicide among Middle-Aged Men (CDC)

Deadline: March 5, 2015

The purpose of this announcement, RFA-CE-15-004, is to support research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising programs or policies to prevent suicidal self-directed violence (called suicidal behavior herein) and reduce proximal outcomes among middle-aged males, ages 35-64. The results from this research will expand the evidence base of effective and scalable suicide prevention strategies for middle-aged men. Click here for more information.

Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum – Demonstration Sites (HRSA)

Deadline: April 3, 2015

This announcement solicits applications for the Special Projects of National Significance Program (SPNS) initiative, Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum Demonstration Sites.  The purpose of this grant program is to support organizations that will implement, evaluate and disseminate findings from innovative methods for identifying, linking, retaining and improving health outcomes for HIV positive underserved, underinsured, hard-to-reach youth and young adults in HIV primary care and supportive services through the use of social media. Click here for more information.

Rural Health Clinic Policy and Clinical Assessment Program (HRSA)

Deadline: April 7, 2015

This announcement solicits applications for the Rural Health Clinic Policy and Clinical Assessment Program.  The purpose of this program is to identify key policy, regulatory and clinical challenges facing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and identify possible solutions, while also informing them and other rural stakeholders about key RHC issues, including regulatory and programmatic changes that affect care delivery in these locations. Click here for more information.

R40 MCH Autism Secondary Data Analysis Studies Program (HRSA)

Deadline: March 16, 2015

The R40 MCH Autism SDAS Program supports secondary data analysis research focused on generating new evidence to address the needs of underserved populations for whom there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, or for whom disparities in and limited access to screening, diagnosis, and treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities exist, including investigations that address geographic barriers to care in underserved communities, including rural and Tribal communities.  Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation Examining Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Domestic Violence, Homicide, Intimate Partner Violence, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence (DOJ)

Deadline: April 15, 2015

NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation that will examine violence and victimization experienced by American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) women living in Indian Country and Alaska Native villages to produce a deeper understanding of the issues faced by Native American women and help formulate public policies and prevention strategies to decrease the incidence of violent crimes committed against AI and AN women. NIJ is especially interested in research and evaluation related to violence against AI and AN women in the areas of domestic violence, homicide, intimate partner violence, sex trafficking, sexual violence, stalking, and teen dating violence. Clickhere for more information.

NIA Academic Leadership Career Award (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2018

The objective of the NIA Research Leadership Career Award (K07) is to provide support for more senior investigators who have the expertise and leadership skills to enhance the aging and geriatric research capacity within their academic institution. Click here for more information.

The John Merck Fund Developmental Disabilities Translational Research Program

Deadline: May 18, 2015

The Developmental Disabilities Translational Research Program supports researchers in developing treatments and improving outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities, particularly Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome (and FX associated disorders).  The awards are made to the most highly innovative translational research projects that have thegreatest potential of investigating rational and effective treatments and interventions for the particular condition being addressed.  The program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborative grant applications focused primarily on FXS and DS, but the program supports studies focused on other developmental disabilities under special circumstances.  The Fund is particularly interested in translational research that is designed to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families.  Investigators from a range of disciplines are encouraged to apply. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Violence (DOJ)

Deadline: April 8, 2015

NIJ is seeking multidisciplinary research and evaluation proposals related to childhood exposure to violence. Such violence may include children who are direct victims and/or bystanders or observers of various forms of violence in the home, school, or community, including but not limited to peer victimization, bullying, harassment, child maltreatment, domestic violence, and community violence. Other types of violence to which children are exposed may be addressed, with the exception of media violence (e.g., television and movie violence, music advocating aggression, and violent video games). In particular, NIJ seeks proposals that address justice system responses to children identified as being exposed to violence; polyvictimization and multisystem involvement; and resilience and help-seeking. Click here for more information.

Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation (DOJ)

Deadline: April 9, 2015

NIJ seeks proposals for funding projects to study how criminal justice practitioners use research in their decision-making processes and how they implement evidence-based programs or practices. NIJ proposes two distinct research activities under this solicitation: incorporating the use of research in policy decisions and implementation studies. Applicants may apply to one or both sections of the solicitation; however, proposal titles should clearly identify the section of the solicitation for which the proposal is being submitted. Click here for more information.

Secondary Analysis of the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Data: General Population and American Indian and Alaska Native Samples (DOJ)

Deadline: April 9, 2015

NIJ is seeking proposals for secondary data analysis of the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) data. Noting a critical need for a national surveillance system that would produce frequent, consistent, and reliable data on the magnitude and nature of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking using consistent definitions and survey methods to evaluate trends over time, the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCICP), in collaboration with NIJ and the Department of Defense (DOD), developed NISVS. The collaborative effort among federal agencies was motivated by the need to improve our understanding of IPV, SV, and stalking in the civilian, military, and American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) populations. Click here for more information.

Integration of Infectious Diseases and Substance Abuse Intervention Services for Individuals Living with HIV (NIH)

Deadline: April 14, 2015

The goal of this FOA is to develop and test organizational and systems level interventions to determine how best to provide comprehensive, high quality, integrated, sustainable, cost-effective interventions to improve the health outcomes of people living with substance use disorders and other comorbid conditions. This FOA will support: 1) multidisciplinary research to enhance the adoption and integration of evidence-based screening and treatment of substance abuse in HIV centers and closely related medical settings; and 2) multidisciplinary research to increase the adoption and integration of HIV testing and linkage to HIV care in addiction treatment settings. In both HIV and addiction treatment settings, research to enhance the adoption and integration of treatment services for comorbid conditions (e.g. coinfections, psychiatric disorders) is encouraged. Click here for more information.

Seek, Test, Treat and Retain For Youth and Young Adults Living with or at High Risk for Acquiring HIV (NIH)

Deadline: April 14, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to examine delivery models of HIV-focused services (testing, linkage, engagement and retention in care) for high risk or already HIV+ infected youth and young adults. Applications should incorporate substance use into study aims and service delivery objectives should address access to substance use prevention, screening, and treatment. Applications examining interventions that focus only on individual-level behavior and outcomes will be considered non-responsive, given the systemic and structural determinants of serostatus screening, treatment retention and viral suppression, which are the most striking areas of deficit among youth in the Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain continuum of care. The developmental, structural, and systemic factors related to serving youth need to be clearly incorporated into study aims, rather than simple incremental refocusing of existing interventions to younger people. Clickhere for more information.

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages R21 grant applications for research that will employ rigorous scientific methods to test theoretically derived hypotheses to increase understanding of the science of drug use prevention within diverse populations and settings and across the lifespan. The FOA seeks applications that encompass investigations of cognitive, behavioral, and social processes as they relate to: 1) development of novel prevention approaches; 2) efficacy and effectiveness of prevention interventions or programs; 3) processes that optimize the selection, integration, implementation and sustainability of science-based prevention, including systems-level and health economic factors; and 4) methodologies appropriate for studying complex aspects of prevention science. Click here for more information.

Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants

Deadline: February 13, 2015

Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects or social ventures that lead to the generation of new ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. Preference is given for interventions that overcome specific employment barriers related to long-term dependence on public assistance, advance competitive employment in a cost-effective manner, or launch a social enterprise or individual entrepreneurship project, but are not limited to these ideas. Click here for more information.

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Research Network on Pregnancy-Related Care Program (HRSA)
Deadline: March 2, 2015

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance knowledge in three areas: 1) how best to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies designed to reduce youth violence; 2) what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies; and 3) research to determine ways to effectively prevent serious and lethal interpersonal or self-directed violence. Click here for more information.

Research into the Use of Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies (DOJ)

Deadline: April 2, 2015

The purpose of the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program is to encourage and support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for innovative, rigorous research to identify and characterize the suicide prevention and intervention strategies currently being used by law enforcement agencies in the United States and, potentially, elsewhere. NIJ is particularly interested in understanding the rationale for the adoption of a particular strategy and what evidence may exist regarding its efficacy. Click here for more information.

System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (NIH)

Deadline: January 20, 2015

Investigators who conduct original and innovative system-level health services or policy research directed toward eliminating health disparities are encouraged to apply to this FOA. Projects may include observational/descriptive, simulation, or interventional studies and may involve primary data collection and/or secondary analysis of existing datasets. Projects must include a focus on one or more health disparities populations, which include Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and rural populations. Click here for more information.

Effectiveness of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Designed Specifically for Young Males (CDC)

Deadline: March 3, 2015

A collaborative initiative between the HHS Office of Adolescent Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the purpose of this research opportunity is to rigorously evaluate innovative interventions designed for young men aged 15-24 years old to reduce their risk of fathering a teen pregnancy that can be feasibly implemented in target settings (e.g., clinics, schools, community settings, youth-serving organizations, correctional settings). Click here for more information.

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (CDC)

Deadline: March 16, 2016

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance knowledge in three areas: 1) how best to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies designed to reduce youth violence; 2) what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies; and 3) research to determine ways to effectively prevent serious and lethal interpersonal or self-directed violence. Click here for more information.

Comparison and Validation of Screening Tools For Substance Use Among Pregnant Women (CDC)

Deadline: February 24, 2015

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit proposals for a study to compare and validate substance use screening tools for pregnant women in the U.S. Such tools are to be used by providers caring for pregnant women to identify substance use during pregnancy with a focus on illicit and prescription drugs, and to inform clinical management for substance-using pregnant women. Click here for more information.

Evaluation of a Stepped Care Approach for Perinatal Depression Treatment in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics (CDC)

Deadline: February 25, 2015

The purpose of this FOA is to: 1) determine the effectiveness of a stepped care approach to reducing depression symptomology and increasing treatment rates; 2) determine the feasibility of implementing a stepped care approach to depression treatment in obstetric clinics; and 3) develop recommendations for implementing best practice strategies for incorporating a stepped-care approach in obstetrics clinics. Results of this FOA may inform national guidelines regarding depression care for perinatal women. Click here for more information.

American Cancer Society Grant Program – The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services

Deadline: April 1, 2015

A call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. New health public policy initiatives such as the new federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage, as well as Medicaid expansion in some states, create natural experiments ripe for evaluation. Research to be funded by this RFA should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients. Click here for more information.

Creating Asthma Empowerment Collaborations to Reduce Childhood Asthma Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: February 20, 2015

The purpose of this FOA is to support investigators planning a clinical trial to evaluate Asthma Care Implementation Programs (ACIP) for chidren at high risk of poor asthma outcomes. Investigators must propose an ACIP for this population that translates research into community practice by integrating interventions with demonstrated efficacy from multiple sectors into a comprehensive program. Each proposed evidence-based intervention within the ACIP must address at least one of the following different sectors that can contribute to a system of care for children: medical care, family, home, and community. Click here for more information.

Evaluating Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence (CDC)
Deadline: March 5, 2015

The purpose of this announcement is to support research to rigorously evaluate structural, economic, environmental, or policy strategies for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence (IPV and/or SV). The proposed research will add to the limited knowledge base on effective strategies for IPV and/or SV prevention by evaluating the use of community-level approaches that change one or more of the social, economic, behavioral, or environmental characteristics of a community in order to prevent and reduce rates of IPV and/or SV perpetration, victimization or both perpetration and victimization. Click here for more information.

Mobile Messaging Intervention to Present New HIV Prevention (CDC)
Deadline: March 16, 2015

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to develop and test a mobile messaging (e.g., texting, App) HIV prevention intervention for sexually-active (i.e., had sex with a man in the prior 12 months) gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Click here for more information.

Evaluating Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence (NIH)

Deadline: March 5, 2015

The purpose of this announcement is to support research to rigorously evaluate structural, economic, environmental, or policy strategies for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence (IPV and/or SV). The proposed research will add to the limited knowledge base on effective strategies for IPV and/or SV prevention by evaluating the use of community-level approaches that change one or more of the social, economic, behavioral, or environmental characteristics of a community in order to prevent and reduce rates of IPV and/or SV perpetration, victimization or both perpetration and victimization. Click here for more information.

Evaluating Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Suicide among Middle-Aged Men (CDC)
Deadline: March 5, 2015

The purpose of this announcement is to support research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising programs or policies to prevent suicidal self-directed violence (called suicidal behavior herein) and reduce proximal outcomes among middle-aged males, ages 35-64. The results from this research will expand the evidence base of effective and scalable suicide prevention strategies for middle-aged men. Click here for more information.

Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages innovative, hypothesis-driven R01 research grant applications that can expand understanding of the role and impact of families and interpersonal relationships on health and well-being in midlife and older age. Click here for more information.

SHAPE American Research Grant Program

Deadline: January 5, 2015

The Research Council is calling for ORIGINAL RESEARCH proposals designed to focus on issues that provide evidence based outcomes to promote or document the value, influence, or effect of social justice and diversity in health, physical education, physical activity, dance, and/or sport. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Grants

Deadline: January 7, 2015

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is an RWJF national program. The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities. Click here for more information.

Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018

This FOA is intended to increase the breadth and scope of topics that can be addressed with systems science methodologies. This FOA calls for research projects that are applied and/or basic in nature (including methodological and measurement development), have a human behavioral and/or social science focus, and employ methodologies suited to addressing the complexity inherent in behavioral and social phenomena, referred to as systems science methodologies. Additionally, this FOA seeks to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among health researchers and experts in computational approaches to further the development of modeling- and simulation-based systems science methodologies and their application to important public health challenges. Click here for more information.

Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages innovative, hypothesis-driven R01 research grant applications that can expand understanding of the role and impact of families and interpersonal relationships on health and well-being in midlife and older age. Click here for more information.

Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

The purpose of the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) is to support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become cancer-focused academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. Click here for more information.

Research Aimed at Novel Behavioral Targets to Improve Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Interventions (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is part of a trans-NIH initiative known as Collaborative Research on Addiction at NIH (CRAN). Areas supported by this FOA include research to inform the generation and refinement of novel targets for substance abuse treatment and prevention interventions, modules or adjuncts to existing treatments and prevention interventions that seek to target and modulate behavioral or neurobehavioral processes (e.g., impulsivity, risk-taking propensity, sensation and novelty seeking, distress tolerance, delay discounting, self-regulation, stress reactivity) in adolescents. Click here for more information.

Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (NIH)

Deadline: November 17, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions and community organizations to identify opportunities for reducing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance existing academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities; and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Click here for more information.

Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

The purpose of the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) is to support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become cancer-focused academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. Click here for more information.

FY15 Rural Child Poverty Center (Department of Agriculture)

Deadline: December 1, 2014

This RFA announces the availability of funds for one new cooperative agreement for FY 2015-2019 with a public or private Academic or Research Institution. In this funding cycle, the USDA anticipates awarding up to $2,500,000 in grant funding to support singular or modular (collaboration among multiple entities) efforts to improve nutrition program coordination in States with the highest number of persistently poor rural counties. Click here for more information.

Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award

Deadline: December 15, 2014

Sponsored by The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, in collaboration with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), the “Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG)” initiative provides timely support to a small number of research projects that are building on early discoveries that show translational potential for clinically-relevant strategies, treatments and therapeutics, addressing human aging and health span. Click here for more information.

Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research (NIH)

Deadline: January 9, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications to support Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research to stimulate basic and applied research on environmental health disparities. The proposed research is expected to develop innovative approaches to understand environmentally-driven health disparities and improve access to healthy environments for vulnerable populations and communities. The proposed Centers are expected to support research efforts, mentoring, research translation and information dissemination. Click here for more information.

Mechanistic Studies of Pain and Alcohol Dependence (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that propose to conduct mechanistic studies on the relationship between excessive alcohol drinking, alcohol dependence and pain. An association between chronic pain conditions and alcohol dependence has been revealed in numerous studies with episodes of alcohol abuse antedating chronic pain in some people and alcohol dependence emerging after the onset of chronic pain in others. Pain transmission and alcohols reinforcing effects share overlapping neural substrates giving rise to the possibility that chronic pain states significantly affect alcohol use patterns and promote the development of dependence and addiction. In addition, long term alcohol intoxication and alcohol dependence induce pain symptoms and may exacerbate chronic pain arising from other sources. The objective of this FOA is to understand genetic, pharmacological and learning mechanisms underlying the association between the propensity to drink excessively alcohol and pain responses. Click here for more information.

Russel Sage Foundation Future of Work Grant Program

Deadline: January 16, 2015

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers. We are especially interested in funding analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources, and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future. Click here for more information.

The Center for Retirement Research Steven H. Sandell Grant Program

Deadline: January 31, 2015

The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement research and policy. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues. Priority areas include: Social Security, macroeconomic analyses of Social Security, wealth and retirement income, program interactions, international research, and demographic research. Click here for more information.

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) Coordinating Center (CC) (NIH)

Deadline: January 2, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue addressing two critical scientific questions on the clinical course of perinatally acquired HIV infection in adolescents and the oral and systemic health consequences of in utero and infant exposure to antiretroviral chemotherapy in representative cohorts of children in the United States. Click here for more information.

System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (NIH)

Deadline: January 20, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative system-level health services and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Click here for more information.

Data Visualization Challenge: Using Data to Improve Justice (NIJ)

Deadline: January 30, 2015

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) are launching a collaborative Data Visualization Challenge in support of the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) Digital Strategy. This Challenge seeks data visualizations capable of expanding the use and understanding of publicly available criminal justice data. Click here for more information. 

The Gerber Foundation Pediatric Research Grant

Deadline: December 1, 2014

The Gerber Foundation’s mission focuses on the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children. Therefore, grant-making interests are focused on health and/or nutrition-related research having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children from the first year before birth to age 3. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving newborn or pediatric problems or emerging issues with a predictable time frame to clinical application. Projects should be focused on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policy-Relevant Insurance Studies (PRIS) Grant

Deadline: December 3, 2014

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to expanding coverage and, as such, works to contribute to the policy process by funding timely and policy-relevant empirical research on questions related to health insurance. This solicitation seeks to fund quantitative studies that address the macro or micro effects of policies related to health insurance using appropriate empirical methods, including but not limited to micro-simulation and/or computable general equilibrium models. Click here for more information.

R40 Maternal and Child Health Research Program (HRSA)

Deadline: December 5, 2014

The R40 MCH Research Program supports applied research relating to maternal and child health services, including services for children with special health care needs.  Research should demonstrate a substantial contribution to advancement of the current knowledge pool, and when used in States and communities should result in health and health services improvements.  Findings from the research supported by the MCH Research Program are expected to strengthen and expand Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Click here for more information.

Maternal and Child Health Research Program Secondary Data Analysis Studies (HRSA)

Deadline: December 5, 2014

The R40 MCH SDAS program supports applied research relating to maternal and child health services that utilizes exclusively the secondary analysis of existing national databases and/or administrative records.  These projects should have the potential to improve health services and delivery of care for maternal and child health populations. Findings from the research supported by the MCH Research Program are expected to strengthen and expand Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Click here for more information.

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (NIH)
Deadline: January 5, 2015

The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and its cosponsors invite institutional career development award applications for Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Career Development Programs, hereafter termed “Programs.” Programs will support mentored research career development of junior faculty members, known as BIRCWH Scholars, who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships, and who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, translational, behavioral, clinical, and/or health services research relevant to women’s health, and where appropriate the use of both sexes to better understand the influence of sex as a variable on health and disease. Click here for more information.

NIMHD Academic Research Enhancement Award: Enhancing Health Disparities Research at Undergraduate Institutions (NIH)

Deadline: January 12, 2015

The NIMHD encourages institutions that are eligible to apply for support through the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) program to submit applications for innovative research projects focused on minority health and health disparities. Awards are intended to support small-scale projects proposed by faculty members at eligible institutions to expose students to meritorious research and to strengthen the research environment of participating institutions. This initiative also seeks to stimulate interest in health disparities research careers among undergraduate students through hands-on participation in original research. Click here for more information.

System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (NIH)

Deadline: January 20, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative system-level health services and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Click here for more information.

Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (NIH)

Deadline: December 22, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications to support a transdisciplinary program of basic and applied research to examine the effects of environmental factors on childrens health and well-being. Research conducted through the Centers should include substantive areas of science in childrens health while incorporating innovative technologies and approaches and links to the environment. This program encourages strong links between disciplines in the basic, applied, clinical and public health sciences to prevent disease and promote health of all children. Click here for more information.

Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, comorbidities, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This FOA strongly encourages applications that reflect the breadth of epidemiology research by addressing multiple levels of risk, resilience, and causation across scientific disciplines; by applying novel methods to advance knowledge of the interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors and between social environments and associated health and disease outcomes; and by building on the research investments of NIH and sister HHS agencies to harness existing data on the epidemiology and etiology of drug abuse to improve public health prevention and treatment programs. Click here for more information.

Pregnancy in Women with Disabilities (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages research project grants (R01) investigating the incidence, course, and outcomes of pregnancy among women with disabilities. Areas of interest also include studies to inform preconceptional and antenatal counseling and strategies for addressing barriers to prenatal care, and management of pregnancy, the puerperium, and the transition to parenthood in order to optimize outcomes for women with physical, intellectual and developmental, and/or sensory disabilities and their families. Applicants are encouraged to include women with disabilities and members of the community in the design and conduct of their research. Click here for more information.

The Midlife in the United States Study (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

The purpose of this FOA is to solicit an application for the next 5-year cycle of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study, a National Longitudinal Study of Health and Well-being. The goals of this next phase are to complete the third wave of longitudinal data collection and enhance content in the area of daily stress; complete the second wave of data collection of clinical biomarkers and affective neuroscience assessments; continue innovative sub-studies such as how psychosocial influences affect gene expression and novel methods to track and reinstate non-responders; connect these content areas through innovative analyses to data on health, functioning, personality, cognitive status, affective functioning, economic well-being, social relationships, and well-being; and maintain and enhance data distribution and user support. A central goal of the MIDUS study is to support data dissemination, user support of public use files, and encourage data use broadly by the scientific community. Click here for more information.

The Robert Bowne Foundation National After School Matters Initiative Grant

Deadline: November 14, 2014

National Institute on Out-of-School Time on behalf of the Robert Bowne Foundation is pleased to announce the 2015 National Afterschool Matters Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants. The grant aims to: generate and disseminate research about organizations serving youth during the out-of-school hours; build a network of scholars studying organizations serving youth during the out-of-school hours; and contribute to basic knowledge and the improvement of practice and policy in the area of youth programs during the out-of-school hours. Click here for more information.

Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2016

This initiative seeks applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) encourage applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. Click here for more information.

American College Health Foundation Weiss Writing Prize

Deadline: January 31, 2015

The Weiss Writing Prize will be awarded to the lead author of a pivotal publication in college mental health.  American College Health Association Institutional or Individual Members are eligible to apply. The winning article should demonstrate a successful student retention program for those with mental health issues. The program will provide creative, innovative solutions that could be implemented on other campuses. Preference will be given to articles published in the Journal of American College Health. Click here for more information.

American College Health Foundation Stephan D. Weiss Student Mental Health Award

Deadline: January 31, 2015

The Stephan D. Weiss Foundation and the Weiss Fund of the American College Health Foundation offers a $2500 award to promote and improve the quality of mental health support for college students. The Weiss Award is intended to encourage the development of creative initiatives that will enhance mental health service delivery to students through an innovative program which could be replicated at other colleges or universities. This award will support program development that can demonstrate measurable success in student retention for those whose mental health problems might otherwise compromise the quality of their college experience and jeopardize the likelihood of their graduation. Click here for more information.

Clinical and Translational Science Award (NIH)

Deadline: January 15, 2015

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program which supports high quality translational and clinical research locally, regionally, and nationally, and fosters innovation in methods, training, and career development. Click here for more information. 

NIAID Career Transition Award (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

The purpose of the NIAID Career Transition Award (CTA) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported independent investigators that will address the health needs of the Nation. The NIAID CTA is specifically designed to facilitate the transition from a postdoctoral research position to an independent research position. Click here for more information.

Self-Management for Health in Chronic Conditions (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2018

The purpose of this initiative is to support research in self-management focused across conditions. A recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) identifies the epidemic of chronic condition as the nations leading health challenge and calls for cross-cutting, coordinated public health actions for living well with chronic illness. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) addresses that recommendation by describing an initiative that focuses on self-management as a mainstream science in order to reduce the burden of chronic illnesses/conditions. Click here for more information.

Strengthen Evidence Base for Maternal and Child Health Programs (HRSA)

Deadline: November 10, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the “Strengthen Evidence Base for Maternal and Child Health Programs” cooperative agreement.  The purpose of this program is to provide support and resources to assist State Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs in developing evidence-based or evidence-informed State Action Plans as well as in responding to the National Outcome Measures, National Performance Measures, State Performance Measures, and state-initiated Structural/Process Measures. Click here for more information.

Clinical and Translational Science Award (NIH)
Deadline: December 16, 2014

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program which supports high quality translational and clinical research locally, regionally, and nationally, and fosters innovation in methods, training, and career development. Click here for more information.

Secondary Analyses of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to support the secondary analysis of existing data sets with the goal of enhancing our understanding of patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems. Research grants for the Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data Sets are intended to provide support for studies that utilize currently available data sets to increase our understanding of the incidence, prevalence and etiology of alcohol related problems and disorders in the population, as well as the risk and protective factors associated with them. Research that employs analytic techniques which demonstrate or promote methodological advances in alcohol-related epidemiologic research is also of interest. Click here for more information.

Partnership for State Title V Maternal and Child Health Leadership Community Cooperative Agreement (HRSA)

Deadline: November 3, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Partnership for State Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Community Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support an organization focusing on MCH to improve public health programs and the delivery of MCH services and assure optimal alignment with the transformed Title V MCH Services Block Grant program.  The awardee will support efforts of State Title V MCH programs, led by State MCH  and Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Directors, to improve the health of all mothers and children by assisting States in developing, implementing, and sustaining public health programs and a comprehensive system of care for the delivery of MCH services that are well aligned with the transformed Title V MCH Services Block Grant.  In addition, the awardee will support efforts of State Title V MCH Services Block Grant programs related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including outreach and enrollment, tracking improvements from coverage to care to systems, and developing an early warning system for ACA-related issues in MCH. Click here for more information.

Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administration Development (BRAD) Award (NIH)

Deadline: August 19, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications that propose to establish Offices of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSPs) or enhance the services of existing ORSPs or similar entities at domestic and international institutions of higher learning. Domestic program priorities include emerging research institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions, including women’s colleges, that have a racial and ethnically diverse student enrollment and that meet the eligibility requirement of the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program. International program priorities include institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa, India, and low and middle income countries in the Caribbean and South America that meet the eligibility requirements. Click here for more information.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Grant – Large Pragmatic Studies to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes

Deadline: October 1, 2014

PCORI seeks to fund pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs), large simple trials (LSTs), or large-scale observational studies that compare two or more alternatives for addressing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or management of a disease or symptom; improving health care system-level approaches to managing care; or eliminating health or healthcare disparities. Click here for more information.

Public Welfare Foundation Grant Program

Deadline: Rolling

The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need. The Foundation looks for strategic points where its funds can make a significant difference and improve lives through policy and system reform. We focus on three program areas: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice and Workers’ Rights. Click herefor more information.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) (HRSA)
Deadline: October 14, 2014

The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) is a cooperative agreement between the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Federal grants of $50,000 per year for up to five years are awarded through the program to support community-based child health projects that improve the health status of mothers, infants, children, and adolescents by increasing their access to health services. Click here for more information.

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)/Lesbian Health Fund (LHF) Research Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2014

The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, was established in 1992 to define, study, and educate lesbians and their health care providers about lesbian health issues. LHF’s mission is to improve the health of lesbians, other sexual minority women (SMW) and their families through research. Click here for more information.

Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health Research Grant Application
Deadline: November 1, 2014

Funds are available from the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health to support research that demonstrates the effectiveness of group psychotherapy.  The Group Psychotherapy Foundation is seeking research-focused, rather than program-focused, applications. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Program – Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization

Deadline: Open

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) supports research, policy analysis and evaluation projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy, financing and organization issues. Click here for more information.

Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to develop basic and applied projects utilizing systems science methodologies relevant to human behavioral and social sciences and health. This FOA is intended to encourage a broader scope of topics to be addressed with systems science methodologies, beyond those encouraged by existing open FOAs. Research projects applicable to this FOA are those that are either applied or basic in nature (including methodological development), have a human behavioral and/or social science focus, and feature systems science methodologies. Click here for more information.

Testing Interventions for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to fund highly innovative and promising research that tests multi-level intervention programs of 1 to 2 years in length that are designed to increase health-enhancing physical activity: 1) in persons or groups that can benefit from such activity; and 2) that could be made scalable and sustainable for broad use across the nation. This FOA provides support for up to 5 years for research planning, intervention delivery, and follow-up activities. Click here for more information.

Viola W. Bernard Foundation Grants

Deadline: November 2, 2014

Grants are generally limited to projects or programs for children and young people with a mental health component. Grants provide funding for innovative programs that address the interplay between social conditions and psychological health of children and families. Click here for more information.

Science of Organizations (NSF)

Deadline: September 3, 2014

Organizations — private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit — are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. Click here for more information.

Enhancing Public Health Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities through the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network (CDC)

Deadline: October 10, 2014

The purpose of this FOA is to enhance the capacity of surveillance programs to implement or enhance a population-based, multiple-source surveillance program for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DDs) that co-occur with ASD (cerebral palsy (CP) and intellectual disability (ID)). The project will fund sites to participate in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network and will enhance surveillance activities at both prior and newly participating sites through two funding components. Component A funds surveillance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other DDs (i.e. CP and ID) among 8-year-olds. Component B funds surveillance of ASD among 4-year-olds. Component A is required for all applicants, while applying for Component B funding is optional. In this FOA, five project period short-term outcomes will be achieved through five strategies and their corresponding activities. The five expected outcomes include: improved understanding of ASD & other DDs, including trends and disparities in ASD prevalence over time; improved understanding of the implications of the change from DSM-IV TR to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ASD; stronger relationships with partners and data sources; increased dissemination of ADDM data; improved reliability and efficiency of ADDM surveillance. Click here for more information. 

Collaborative Partnership on Alcohol and Health Disparity Research Center (ADHRC) (NIH)

Deadline: December 18, 2014

This FOA is designed to facilitate planning and implementation of collaborative partnerships between Institutions that serve Underserved Communities and Populations (IUCP) and Alcohol Research Centers (ARC) to promote targeted research to reduce alcohol-related health disparities in underserved populations (e.g., African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders), as well as promote alcohol research expertise and infrastructure development at IUCP. Minority Serving institutions are particularly encouraged to consider applying for this opportunity, because these institutions have historically trained professionals from diverse backgrounds who provide health care to minority and underserved populations and are uniquely positioned to engage these populations in research and in the translation of research advances into culturally appropriate, measurable and sustained improvements in health outcomes. Click here for more information.

Increased Knowledge and Innovative Strategies to Reduce HIV IncidenceiKnow Projects (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote innovative research that addresses one or both of the following objectives: Devise optimal strategies to improve the identification of persons unaware of their HIV-1 infection and successfully link them to HIV testing, treatment, and prevention interventions. Develop and examine the feasibility and acceptability of novel integrated interventions of biomedical and behavioral strategies that substantially reduce the likelihood of onward HIV transmission in these populations. Click here for more information.

Methods for Prevention Packages Program III (MP3 III) (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote multidisciplinary research programs that (1) devise optimal HIV prevention packages (combination interventions) for specific populations and (2) perform feasibility and acceptability studies to demonstrate that the proposed prevention package is acceptable to the target population and the study design is appropriate and feasible. This FOA is intended to encourage collaborations between behavioral and biomedical clinical specialists, epidemiologists, mathematical modelers, and clinical research specialists. Click here for more information.

Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: September 25, 2014

The purpose of this FOA is to encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) public policy, 2) health care, and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing “health gaps” among groups. Applications that utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as systems science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged. Click here for more information.

Enhancing Cross-National Research within the Health and Retirement Study Family of Studies (NIH)
Deadline: November 7, 2014

The purpose of this announcement is to enhance comparability among a specific group of measures in the US Health and Retirement Study and the family of comparable longitudinal aging studies around the world. For the purposes of this FOA, the specific measures are cognition and dementia assessment; personality and non-cognitive-character-skills; social isolation and loneliness; physical activity; and life histories. Enhancing the comparability of these measures will support cross-national behavioral and social research in aging in areas that are of a high priority to the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at National Institute on Aging. Responsive applications will propose activities such as pilot studies; calibration to gold standard measures; or methods to increase item, measure, or construct comparability. Click here for moreinformation.

NIC Service Delivery Impact Initiative (DOJ)
Deadline: August 21, 2014

Work under this cooperative agreement will involve developing a process that will guide the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to demonstrate the program effectiveness and impact of NIC service delivery methods on the field of corrections. NIC service delivery methods include responsive technical assistance, cooperative agreements (including pilot programs or demonstration projects), partnership training programs with individual agencies, multi-agency training programs, and collaboration and resource sharing forums and focus groups. Ultimately, this initiative will enhance NIC’s ability to contribute to the knowledge about what works in corrections and evidence-based practices. This project will be a collaborative venture with the National Institute of Corrections. Click here for more information.

Comparative Health System Performance in Accelerating PCOR Dissemination (AHRQ)
Deadline: September 5, 2014

As part of AHRQ’s PCOR dissemination efforts, this AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Centers of Excellence to identify, classify, track, and compare healthcare delivery systems ranging from integrated delivery systems to Accountable Care Organizations across the U.S. to help improve the speed of adoption and diffusion of CER-recommended practices through systems. Click here for more information.

NIH Transformative Research Awards

Deadline: October 10, 2014

The NIH Transformative Research Awards complement NIHs traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Little or no preliminary data are expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. Click herefor more information.

Interventions for Youth who Misuse/Abuse Prescription Stimulant Medications in High School and/or College-Attending Youth (NIH)
Deadline: November 13, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits U01 applications conducting either hypothesis-driven or hypothesis-generating controlled research to build an evidence base to address the problem of prescription stimulant medication (PSM) misuse in youth. Specifically this FOA solicits research applications that develop and test the efficacy of interventions to either prevent or reduce the misuse and diversion of PSMs among high school students and/or college students. Click here for more information.

AHRQ Health Services Research Projects
Deadline: July 5, 2017

The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and priority research interests of AHRQ. Click here for more information.

Arts-Based Approaches in Palliative Care for Symptom Management (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support mechanistic clinical studies aimed at understanding the impact of arts-based approaches in palliative care for symptom management. This FOA is intended to support mechanistic clinical studies to provide an evidence base for the use of the arts in palliative care for symptom management. The objective is to understand the biological, physiological, neurological, psychological, and/or sociological mechanisms by which the arts exert their effects on symptom management during and throughout the palliative care continuum. The goal is for the research supported under this FOA to develop an evidence-base that could be used as a basis for the uptake of arts-based therapies in palliative care settings, among individuals across the lifespan, with a wide variety of serious chronic conditions and their accompanying symptoms. Click here for more information.

TD Charitable Foundation 2014 Housing for Everyone Grant Competition

Deadline: August 29, 2014

The TD Charitable Foundation’s 2014 Housing for Everyone grant competition focuses on Housing for the Future. Applications should highlight the ways in which they will encourage the creation or preservation of rental housing units for families with children. Click here for more information.

National Science Foundation Sociology Program

Deadline: August 15, 2014

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. Click here for more information.

AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants
Deadline: May 25, 2017

The Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (R18) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R18 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and priority research interests of AHRQ. Click here for more information.

2014 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards

Deadline: August 22, 2014

Three awards of $20,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit organizations, government agencies or universities responding to a community need with a program or project which focuses primarily on family/informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Click here for more information.

UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Competition

Deadline: September 15, 2014

The Center for Poverty Research (CPR), located at the University of California, Davis invites proposals for its 2014-15 Small Grants Competition. CPR seeks to fund research that will expand our understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty.  The goal of this program is to fund proposals focused on our core research areas that display sound research design and high potential impact. Click here for more information.

Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women (HRSA)

Deadline: July 21, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women initiative.  The purpose of this initiative is to improve women’s health across the lifecourse by increasing the use of clinical preventive services. This will be accomplished by: Increasing the number of women enrolled in health insurance; Raising consumer awareness of the importance of clinical preventive services; and Supporting providers in the delivery of quality preventive services. These objectives will be accomplished by a coalition of organizations representing women¿s health care providers who will: Develop and implement strategies to assist uninsured women in obtaining health insurance coverage; Develop and implement strategies to promote awareness among consumers about the importance of clinical preventive services; and Provide information and training to providers to support the quality provision of these services. Click here for more information.  

Veterans: Risk and Needs Assessment Tool and Protocol (DOJ)
Deadline: July 30, 2014

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 36-month period to begin no later than September 15, 2014. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve developing a multi-disciplinary advisory committee to assist with reviewing and revising the veteran’s needs screening tool and veteran’s treatment court risk and needs assessment protocol, along with developing a comprehensive clinical needs screening tool containing factors which will identify combat veterans entering the criminal justice system and those clinical factors that may be most at risk. This tool will be specific to Veterans in the criminal justice system and designed to be a non-proprietary, open source document available to the field. Click here for more information.  

Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Research Consortium to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Children: A Multilevel Approach (NIH)

Deadline: December 9, 2014

The overall goal of this initiative is to establish effective interventions or programs to reduce or eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in vulnerable U.S. children who are between 0 and 21 years of age. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators will refine and test an intervention or evaluate outcomes of an existing program or policy intended to reduce health disparities and inequalities. Community engagement and other partnerships are essential for the holistic, multilevel approaches required by this FOA. This research is intended to lead to identification, validation, dissemination and implementation of effective approaches to prevent disease or facilitate treatments, helping to reduce and ultimately eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in children. Click here for more information.  

Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women (HRSA)

Deadline: July 21, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women initiative.  The purpose of this initiative is to improve women’s health across the life course by increasing the use of clinical preventive services. This will be accomplished by: Increasing the number of women enrolled in health insurance; Raising consumer awareness of the importance of clinical preventive services; and Supporting providers in the delivery of quality preventive services. These objectives will be accomplished by a coalition of organizations representing women¿s health care providers who will: Develop and implement strategies to assist uninsured women in obtaining health insurance coverage; Develop and implement strategies to promote awareness among consumers about the importance of clinical preventive services; and Provide information and training to providers to support the quality provision of these services. Click here for more information.

Studies Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice (DOJ)

Deadline: July 21, 2014

OJJDP is seeking applications for funding under its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Studies
Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice. This program will sponsor small studies and/or secondary analyses of existing data to provide objective, independent knowledge about the extent and impact of ethnic disparities effecting Hispanic/Latino youth’s contact with the juvenile justice system that includes arrests, referrals to court, diversion, charges filed, placement in secure juvenile detention facilities and adult jails and lockups, findings of delinquency, placement in secure juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and transfers to the adult criminal justice system. Click here for more information.

Comparative Health System Performance in Accelerating PCOR Dissemination (AHRQ)
Deadline: October 17, 2014

As part of AHRQ’s PCOR dissemination efforts, this AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Centers of Excellence to identify, classify, track, and compare healthcare delivery systems ranging from integrated delivery systems to Accountable Care Organizations across the U.S. to help improve the speed of adoption and diffusion of CER-recommended practices through systems. Click herefor more information.

The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (NIH)

Deadline: December 3, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from clinical investigators to participate in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN).NIDA intends to expand its research to develop and test interventions for the management of the wide spectrum of substance use disorders (SUD) with input from and collaboration with clinical research investigators, healthcare providers, patients and relevant stakeholders. Click here for more information.

International Research Collaboration on Alcohol and Alcoholism (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for the purpose of fostering international collaborations between alcohol research investigators within the United States and investigators located at non-United States laboratories and performance sites for the mutual advancement of our understanding of alcohol problems and of clinical and public health approaches to their solutions. The program is intended to provide funds for research activities to be undertaken jointly between the U.S. and non-U.S. laboratory that expands the research direction of both the U.S. and non-U.S. laboratories in a collaborative manner. Click here for more information.

EMDR Research Foundation Research Grant Awards

Deadline: September 1, 2014

To celebrate 25 years of EMDR therapy research, the EMDR Research Foundation is offering at least one $25000 Research Grant Award. The EMDR Research Foundation priorities are: 1) advancing evidence based practice: increase the availability of quality EMDR research in areas where more evidence is needed; 2) addressing the global burden of trauma: investigate the use of EMDR in natural or man-made disaster responses, by determining the effectiveness of the following protocols: early intervention protocols, the child or adult group protocols, or the use of EMDR standard protocols in disaster response; 3) building clinical evidence: There are a number of areas where EMDR therapy is being used, clinical observations are positive, and there are some research indicators of success. However, more research is needed to build a body of literature in these populations or diagnostic categories. Click here for more information.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation Massachusetts Grant Program – Fostering Effective Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Deadline: July 9, 2014

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is pleased to launch a new one-year grant initiative, Fostering Effective Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Massachusetts for program support, and in-depth assessment and documentation of successes, obstacles, best practices and opportunities for improvement among experienced integration programs. Click here for more information. 

Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program (CMMS)

Deadline: July 21, 2014

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the availability of funds under this grant program to assist researchers in conducting health services research for 2014. The purpose of the Hispanic grant program is to implement Hispanic health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations. The grant program is designed to: 1) encourage health services and health disparities researchers to pursue research issues which impact Hispanic Medicare, Medicaid, and Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health services issues, 2) conduct outreach activities to apprise Hispanic researchers of funding availability to conduct research-related issues affecting Hispanic communities to expand the pool of applicants applying for such grants, 3) assist CMS in implementing its mission focusing on health care quality and improvement for its beneficiaries, 4) support extramural research in health care capa city development activities for the Hispanic communities, 5) promote research that will be aimed at developing a better understanding of health care services issues pertaining to Hispanics, and 6) foster a network for communication and collaboration regarding Hispanic health care issues. Click here for more information.  

Comparative Health System Performance in Accelerating PCOR Dissemination (AHRQ)

Deadline: October 17, 2014

As part of AHRQ’s PCOR dissemination efforts, this AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Centers of Excellence to identify, classify, track, and compare healthcare delivery systems ranging from integrated delivery systems to Accountable Care Organizations across the U.S. to help improve the speed of adoption and diffusion of CER-recommended practices through systems. Click herefor more information.

Outstanding Investigator Award (NIH)

Deadline: Jaunary 7, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Outstanding Investigator Award (R35) in any area of cancer research. The objective of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) is to provide long-term support to experienced investigators with outstanding records of cancer research productivity who propose to conduct exceptional research. The OIA is intended to allow investigators the opportunity to take greater risks, be more adventurous in their lines of inquiry, or take the time to develop new techniques. The OIA would allow an Institution to submit an application nominating an established Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) for a 7-year grant. It is expected that the OIA would provide extended funding stability and encourage investigators to embark on projects of unusual potential in cancer research. The research projects should break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications that may lead to a breakthrough that will advance biomedical, behavioral, or clinical cancer research. Click here for more information.   

Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Research Consortium to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Children: A Multilevel Approach (NIH)

Deadline: February 27, 2015

The overall goal of this initiative is to establish effective interventions or programs to reduce or eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in vulnerable U.S. children who are between 0 and 21 years of age. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators will refine and test an intervention or evaluate outcomes of an existing program or policy intended to reduce health disparities and inequalities. Community engagement and other partnerships are essential for the holistic, multilevel approaches required by this FOA. This research is intended to lead to identification, validation, dissemination and implementation of effective approaches to prevent disease or facilitate treatments, helping to reduce and ultimately eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in children. Click here for more information.

Studies Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice (DOJ)

Deadline: July 21, 2014

OJJDP is seeking applications for funding under its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Studies Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice. This program will sponsor small studies and/or secondary analyses of existing data to provide objective, independent knowledge about the extent and impact of ethnic disparities effecting Hispanic/Latino youth’s contact with the juvenile justice system that includes arrests, referrals to court, diversion, charges filed, placement in secure juvenile detention facilities and adult jails and lockups, findings of delinquency, placement in secure juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and transfers to the adult criminal justice system. Click here for more information.

Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations
Deadline: August 24, 2017

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, oral diseases, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic diseases, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, oral disease, or HIV-infection. The intervention program should be designed so that it could be sustained within the entire community within existing resources, and, if successful, disseminated in other Native American communities. The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce mortality and morbidity in NA communities. Click here for more information.

Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Deadline: August 1, 2014

The core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program provides approximately 800 teaching and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Grants are available in over 125 countries worldwide. Click here for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation Reducing Inequality Research Grant

Deadline: August 5, 2014

The Foundation supports high-quality research that enhances our understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth development. Clickhere for more information.

2015 Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools (SLEPS) (DOJ)

Deadline: June 24, 2014

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is pleased to announce that it is seeking an applicant to conduct a new data collection focused on the activities, roles, and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies and personnel who have responsibilities for interacting with and working in K-12 public schools. The tasks will require instrument design, a field test of that design, and a data collection that includes a nationally represented sample of law enforcement personnel working in schools. Clickhere for more information.

Research Supplements for Aging Research on Health Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: August 4, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) announces the availability of administrative supplements to support research that addresses disparities in aging and health, including preclinical, clinical and behavioral studies. Click here for more information.

NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (NIH)
Deadline: October 24, 2016

The NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) award is intended to support the research and research career development of outstanding, exceptionally productive scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long term career commitment to research in specific mission areas of the NIMH.This award seeks to assist these individuals in launching an innovative clinical, translational, basic or services research program that holds the potential to profoundly transform the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental disorders. Click here for more information.

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

Deadline: Open

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is pleased to announce a funding opportunity in support of projects that proactively address the problems faced by homeless individuals. To honor the legacy of William G. McGowan who believed that every person has the potential to achieve if provided opportunities, the McGowan Fund is supporting initiatives that seek to correct circumstances contributing to and eradicate the condition of homelessness in the long term. Click here for more information.

A Best Practices White Paper Specific to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Juvenile Offenders in Corrections (DOJ)

Deadline: June 30, 2014

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 12-month period to begin no later than August 15, 2014. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve the development of a white paper specific to recommended best practices in the safe and respectful management of the LGBTI juvenile offender population both in custody and on community supervision. Activities associated with this project include, but are not limited to, the convening of a subject matter expert meeting, the review of current literature and research, and interviews with staff and offenders, including within focus groups. Click here for more information.  

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (NIH)
Deadline: December 3, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers using the P60 mechanism that must include an information dissemination core to initiate and expand community education, related to the overall goal of the center. The overall purpose of the NIAAA Alcohol Research Center program is to provide leadership in conducting and fostering interdisciplinary, collaborative research on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Institute’s mission.These topics include, but are not limited to: the nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use disorders and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across the lifespan. Click here for more information.

Columbia University HIV Intervention Science Training Program (HISTP)

Deadline: July 31, 2014

HISTP is an NIMH-funded multidisciplinary training program that seeks to develop and
facilitate the growth of scientists from underrepresented groups conducting HIV-related dissemination and implementation research. Click here for more information.

HIV/AIDS Initiative for Minority Men (OASH)

Deadline: June 9, 2014

The mission of the OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs to eliminate health disparities. The OMH serves as the focal point in the HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities. Consistent with the goals of the Presidents National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), the AIMM Initiative employs an evidence-based disease management and preventive health programs and support services that targets young racial and ethnic MSM and young minority males living with HIV/AIDS or at high-risk for HIV infections to increase access to care and reduce health disparities. The AIMM aligns with the goals of the NHAS to: Reduce new HIV infections; Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV; Reduce HIV-related disparities and health inequities; and Achieve a more coordinated National response to the HIV epidemic. Click here for more information.  

National Center for Building Community Trust and Justice: Improving the Justice System by Enhancing Procedural Justice, Reducing Bias, and Supporting Racial Reconciliation (DOJ)

Deadline: June 18, 2014

The Department of Justice, through its components the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS), the Office on Violence against Women (OVW), and the Community Relations Service (CRS), is seeking applications for funding under this National Center for Building Community Trust and Justice grant announcement. The purpose of this initiative is to enhance procedural justice, reduce bias, and support racial reconciliation. This initiative furthers the Department’s mission to ensure public safety and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. Click here for more information.

Supported Decision Making (Administration for Community Living)

Deadline: July 2, 2014

The mission of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) is to maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers. To further this mission, the agency is seeking to fund one project related to supported decision-making . The purpose of the project is to create a training and technical assistance/resource center on supported decision making. The Center will collect and disseminate materials on supported decision-making, including the experiences of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in making informed decisions with the use of supports. Click here for more information.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (CDC)

Deadline: July 22, 2014

This 3-year initiative will award funds to create healthier communities by strengthening existing capacity to implement locally tailored evidence- and practice-based population-based PSE improvement strategies in priority populations experiencing chronic disease disparities and associated risk factors, and supporting implementation, evaluation and dissemination of these strategies. This FOA will also support effective implementation of existing PSE improvements and offers the opportunity for communities to take comprehensive action to address risk factors contributing to the most common and debilitating chronic conditions. The intent of REACH is to also build an evidence base that supports community centered approaches to reducing or eliminating health disparities. Applicants will provide compelling data to support the priority population selected; that data should be accompanied by justification for selection of the intervention(s) that will improve population health. Applicants should plan a strong evaluation of proposed activities and strategies. This will contribute to an increased understanding of how racial and ethnic minority communities and their partners can effectively reduce or eliminate health disparities, and achieve health equity. Click herefor more information.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (CDC)
Deadline: July 22, 2014

This 3-year initiative will award funds to create healthier communities by strengthening existing capacity to implement locally tailored evidence- and practice-based population-based PSE improvement strategies in priority populations experiencing chronic disease disparities and associated risk factors, and supporting implementation, evaluation and dissemination of these strategies. This FOA will also support effective implementation of existing PSE improvements and offers the opportunity for communities to take comprehensive action to address risk factors contributing to the most common and debilitating chronic conditions. The intent of REACH is to also build an evidence base that supports community centered approaches to reducing or eliminating health disparities. Click here for more information.

Grants to Address Trafficking within the Child Welfare Population (ACF)
Deadline: July 22, 2014

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for 60 month projects that will address trafficking within the child welfare population by implementing existing recommendations to prevent, identify, and serve victims of trafficking. This funding is designed to continue the development of child welfare systems’ response to trafficking through infrastructure building, and to create an evidence base of effective interventions and practices that promote better outcomes for children involved in the child welfare system. Click here for more information.

Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (NIH)
Deadline: April 17, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for grant applications to generate and conduct preliminary tests of targeted smoking cessation treatments for individuals with schizophrenia. Smokers with schizophrenia who have co-occurring alcohol and/or substance abuse disorders are also a population of interest. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Services and Systems Research

Deadline: July 23, 2014

This solicitation aims to expand the evidence for administrative and policy mechanisms that improve quality, efficiency and value in public health delivery. Studies funded through this solicitation will focus on multidisciplinary research that examines the organization, financing, delivery and quality of public health services and the subsequent impact on population health outcomes. Click here for more information.

Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network (HRSA)

Deadline: June 30, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network.  Support is available, in the form of a cooperative agreement, from the Health Resources and Services Administration¿s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).  The purpose of the Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network (the Network) is to coordinate the development and testing of an evidence-informed strategic framework that can inform statewide health care systems transformation.  This new knowledge will guide systems change to more efficiently and effectively respond to the oral health needs of pregnant women and infants most at risk. Click here for more information.

Investigator-Initiated Research on Risk Assessment (DOJ)
Deadline: June 30, 2014

This solicitation seeks applications for research studies on the implementation and impact of risk assessment in the juvenile justice system. OJJDP works with communities across the country to divert youth who pose low public safety and recidivism risk from the juvenile justice system and to provide youth in the system with appropriate and effective interventions and services. A better understanding of risk assessment tools’ effectiveness and how those tools are best used across the juvenile justice system is the foundation to better identifying the risks and needs of youth and effectively intervening with the youth who come in contact with the juvenile justice system. Understanding how risk assessments can be used to promote diversion and community-based alternatives, when appropriate, is of particular interest to OJJDP. Click here for more information.

Multiple Approaches to Increase Awareness and Support among Young Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer (CDC)

Deadline: July 1, 2014

The purpose of the proposed program is to increase the availability of health information and support services for young breast cancer survivors (YBCS) and their families by supporting organizations and entities that serve the target population. Activities funded under this FOA are intended to: 1) support the development and implementation of strategic and integrated multi-media health education and awareness campaigns aimed at addressing the health information needs of YBCS, including but not limited to family history and genetic risks, psychosocial health and support, reproductive health and fertility, family support, and other evidence based preventive life style behaviors (e.g., maintaining a healthy weight, reducing tobacco use, reducing excessive alcohol use); and 2) enhance existing structured support services that address issues faced by YBCS at initial diagnosis, treatment, and post treatment (e.g., case management/patient navigation, psychosocial support services). Click here for more information.

Child Development Research Fellowship Program (ACF)
Deadline: July 14, 2014

ACF is funding a cooperative agreement to sponsor the Child Development Research Fellowship that will allow child development professionals from the academic community the opportunity to actively participate in policy-relevant research activities associated with Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs. The goal of the fellowship program is to expose researchers to a policy environment and thereby to expand and enrich the field’s capacity for policy-relevant research. Fellows will be able to work on-site in the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of ACF, or other offices engaged in research on low income children and families. Click here for more information.

Secondary Analyses of Strengthening Families Datasets (ACF)

Deadline: July 16, 2014

The Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to solicit applications for Secondary Analysis of Strengthening Families Data grants. The cooperative agreements will fund research to conduct secondary data analysis of the Building Strong Families (BSF), Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM), and Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) datasets. Successful applicants will demonstrate a familiarity with the proposed data for their analysis and an adequate understanding of the variables, sampling, methodology, etc. used to construct the dataset necessary for completion of the work proposed in the application. Proposed research should address topics relevant to strengthening families to improve the lives of children and parents and promote economic stability. Click here for more information.

Confirmatory Efficacy Clinical Trials of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Mental Disorders (NIH)
Deadline: February 18, 2015

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support confirmatory efficacy testing of non-pharmacological therapeutic and preventive interventions for mental disorders in adults and children through an experimental therapeutics approach. Under this FOA, trials must be designed so that results, whether positive or negative, will provide information of high scientific utility and will support go/no-go decisions about further development or effectiveness testing of a targeted, scaled-up intervention. Intervention studies include, but are not limited to behavioral, cognitive, and interpersonal approaches, or a combination thereof. Click here for more information.

Long-Term Retention in Care for U.S. Substance Using Populations (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

Until there is a cure, people living with HIV (PLWH) will have to be retained in care throughout their lives. Therefore, the purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research on long-term retention in care leading to sustained viral suppression among substance abusers. Click here for more information.

National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation Research Grants

Deadline: July 14, 2014

NIHCM Foundation is making available up to $250,000 to support investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system by reducing health spending growth, enhancing quality, and/or expanding access to health insurance and health care services. Projects must advance existing knowledge in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Click here for more information.

Youth Empowerment Program II (YEPII) (OASH)

Deadline: June 13, 2014

The YEP II focuses on the risk behaviors of at-risk minority male youth at critical stages in their lives, and improving long-term outcomes to increase the quality of their lives. Projects should address one or more of the following focus areas:1) minority male youth violence (including gang violence);2) teen pregnancy prevention education as it relates to males;3) career preparation training that is appropriate for at-risk minority male youth; and4) mentoring support services (education and/or college preparation). Click here for more information.

Diversity Leadership Institute (ACL)

Deadline: June 19, 2014

As the ethnic and racial diversity of the population in the United States (U.S.) has increased, so has the number of individuals with disabilities. By 2050, there will be no ethnic majority in the U.S. and to ensure that the unprecedented growth of diverse communities, including people with disabilities, yields future prosperity, an inclusive training, staffing and technical assistance agenda that truly reflects our nation’s rich diversity is essential. Achieving cultural and linguistic competence and enhancing diversity requires strong and informed leadership to spur the necessary changes within systems, organizations, policies, and practice. Without committed and effective leadership, these efforts typically stall. There is a need for leaders with the energy, knowledge, and skills to guide the difficult work of advancing and sustaining cultural and linguistic competence within programs concerned with developmental disabilities. The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) plans to award funding for one organization to design a Diversity Leadership Institute to respond to this need and offer interactive forums and multiple modalities (face-to-face and web-based) to explore the unique role of those who currently lead or are interested in leading cultural and linguistic competence and diversity efforts within their setting. Click here for more information.

NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)

Deadline: August 28, 2014

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative social, behavioral, health services, and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Projects may involve primary data collection or secondary analysis of existing datasets. Projects that examine understudied health conditions; examine the effectiveness of interventions, services, or policies for multiple health disparity populations; and/or directly measure the impact of project activities on levels of health disparities are particularly encouraged. Click here for more information.  

The Foundation for Alcohol Research Behavioral and Social Sciences Grant Program

Deadline: February 15, 2015

The Foundation accepts applications for grants to conduct research on the effects of alcohol consumption on health and behavior. The following areas are of greater interest: Studies on how particular patterns of consumption (quantity of alcohol consumed, types of alcoholic beverages consumed, frequency of consumption and context) are related to health and behavioral outcomes; and Interdisciplinary, bio-informatics, and other approaches to elucidate genetic and environmental factors that influence the patterns of consumption of alcoholic beverages and related consequences. Click here for more information.

Bridging the Word Gap Research Network (HRSA)

Deadline: July 7, 2014

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support the creation of an interdisciplinary research network designed to reduce the “word gap”, the gap in exposure to language among children from low-income families, as compared to children from higher-income families.  The research network will foster scientific collaboration, with a focus on research designed to develop and test interventions to improve early language exposure, vocabulary acquisition, and language development for children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Click here for more information.  

HIV/AIDS Initiative for Minority Men (AIMM) (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health)
Deadline: July 9, 2014

The mission of the OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs to eliminate health disparities. The OMH serves as the focal point in the HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities. Consistent with the goals of the Presidents National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), the AIMM Initiative employs an evidence-based disease management and preventive health programs and support services that targets young racial and ethnic MSM and young minority males living with HIV/AIDS or at high-risk for HIV infections to increase access to care and reduce health disparities. The AIMM aligns with the goals of the NHAS to: Reduce new HIV infections; Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV; Reduce HIV-related disparities and health inequities; and Achieve a more coordinated National response to the HIV epidemic. Click here for more information.  

NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities
Deadline: July 29, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and their health care providers. Access to useful, usable, understandable health information is an important factor during health decisions. Proposed projects should exploit the capabilities of computer and information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their health care providers. Click here for more information.  

Environmental Contributors to Autism Spectrum Disorders (NIH)

Deadline: August 26, 2016

The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate and foster research to (1) identify environmental contributors to risk and expression of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and (2) understand how environmental factors impact the underlying biologic processes implicated in ASD. A range of approaches are being encouraged by this FOA, from basic mechanistic studies using in vitro and in vivo model systems to studies that add new data collection activities and/or make use of extant data or biospecimens in existing human studies. Studies that address hypotheses related to the joint contribution of genes and environment are of particular interest. It is anticipated that knowledge gained from the research supported by this FOA will be used to inform public health prevention and intervention strategies. Click here for more information.

The Donaghue Foundation – Another Look: Better Health for Elders in Care Facilities

Deadline: May 12, 2014

Another Looks provides funding for health-related research projects that can improve the quality of care and the quality of life for the elderly population in nursing homes or other care facilities. Specifically, this program invites researchers to address a particular problem affecting the elderly in care facilities with data that already exist. New data collection will not be allowed in this program. Click  here for more information.

Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health:Improving Maternal Health and Safety (HRSA)

Deadline: June 16, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health: Improving Maternal Health and Safety.  The goal of this initiative is to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality and their associated adverse pregnancy outcomes (preterm birth, low birth weight and infant mortality) through efforts engaging provider organizations, state public health leaders, payers, hospital associations, regulatory bodies, consumer groups, and other key organizations. The outcome of this activity will be to improve maternal health on the national level through saving approximately 100,000 women from maternal mortality and/or preventable severe morbidities over the four-year project period. Click here for more information.

Epidemiology and Prevention in Alcohol Research (NIH)

Deadline: September 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to support research investigating the epidemiology of alcohol use, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders and the prevention of underage drinking, alcohol-related harms, and alcohol use disorders. Click here for more information.

2014 Campus Suicide Prevention Grant (SAMHSA)

Deadline: May 27, 2014

The purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education. This program is designed to assist colleges and universities build a foundation for their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions and to enhance services for students with mental and substance use disorders that put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts. Click here for more information.

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professional (HRSA)

Deadline: June 3, 2014

In support of the White House’s Now is the Time initiative, the grant program aims to expand the mental health and substance abuse (jointly referred to as behavioral health throughout the funding opportunity announcement) workforce serving children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth at risk for developing or who have developed a recognized behavioral health disorder. Grantees will be expected to expand the behavioral health workforce by supporting pre-degree clinical internships and field placements for students at accredited master’s-level schools and programs of social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, and professional counseling that require a pre-degree clinical field placement in behavioral health; as well as, supporting doctoral-level health service psychology internship programs (including health services psychology, clinical psychology and counseling psychology) and/or doctoral-level health service psychology schools and programs.  All internships and field placements need to focus on working with at-risk children, adolescents, and transitional-age youth, and involve experiential training that offers participation in established interprofessional and integrated teams. Click here for more information.

Research and Evaluation on Firearms and Violence (DOJ)
Deadline: June 3, 2014

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications funding for research and evaluation on firearms and violence. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels. Click here for more information. 

Fellowships for University-Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Research in Child Maltreatment (ACF)  Deadline: June 9, 2014

This 24-month fellowship program is designed to identify, develop, and empower a new generation of scholars who will use their research to generate new knowledge in child maltreatment and will pursue careers in child abuse and neglect research and evaluation. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will provide funds for fellowships in blocks to eligible institutions to support doctoral candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment to the study of child maltreatment, and faculty who will conduct research on critical issues in child abuse prevention and treatment and provide mentorship to the emerging scholars. Each block must consist of one faculty member and up to two students. These fellowships serve to help cultivate the academic infrastructure and support the growth of university-based research capacities. The Children’s Bureau will fund proposals that utilize multi-method research designs for: economic evaluations of interventions to improve outcomes of children and families in or at risk of entering the child welfare system; studies that examine the relationship between neglect and poverty; studies that examine resiliency and protective factors for children experiencing or at-risk of child maltreatment; and secondary research on existing datasets. Doctoral candidates concentrating on child maltreatment issues in the fields of social work, social science, public health, medicine, and economics are the target of this support. Click here for more information.  

Methodological Research to Support NIJ’s Program of Research Examining Violence and Victimization of American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) Youth (NIJ)

Deadline: June 17, 2014

In partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), NIJ seeks proposals for research that will provide prevalence data and research detailing the occurrence and forms of victimization experienced by American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) youth living in or near tribal communities. In particular, NIJ seeks proposals to develop and test optimum data collection procedures for self-report data on violence and victimization experienced by AI and AN youth living in tribal communities or settings. The focus of the work under this solicitation is to develop, implement, and pilot test a survey and methods for providing estimates of victimization, and to determine the feasibility of using these procedures in tribal communities and settings. Click here for more information.

mHealth Tools for Underserved Populations with Chronic Conditions to Promote Effective Patient-Provider Communication, Adherence to Treatment and Self-Management (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2017

The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research utilizing Mobile Health (mHealth) tools aimed at the improvement of effective patientprovider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations. With the rapid expansion of cellular networks and substantial advancements in Smartphone technologies, it is now possible – and affordable – to transmit patient data digitally from remote areas to specialists in urban areas, receive real-time feedback, and capture that consultation in a database. These mHealth tools, therefore, may facilitate more timely and effective patient-provider communication through education communication around goal setting, treatment reminders, feedback on patient progress and may improve health outcomes. This announcement encourages the development, testing and comparative effective analysis of interventions utilizing mHealth technologies. There is also an interest in studying mHealth technologies in underserved populations. Click here for more information.

Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to encourage applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 21). Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. Click herefor more information.

Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program

Deadline: Early May, 2014

The FCD Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports policy- and practice-relevant research on the development and learning needs of the nation’s young children growing up under conditions of poverty and low-income.  FCD believes that early learning is a solid first step towards lifelong development and that promoting research in this area, conducted in a holistic and culturally sensitive manner, will help address the disparities in children’s outcomes. Click here for more information.

Dimensional Approaches to Research Classification in Psychiatric Disorders (NIH)

Deadline: October 3, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks research grant applications designed to develop innovative ways of understanding mental disorders in clinical studies on the basis of experimental research criteria rather than traditional diagnostic categories. The purpose of this FOA is to encourage applications to study mechanisms that may cut across multiple traditional diagnostic categories. Click here for more information.

Research on Alcohol and HIV/AIDS (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2016

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to appeal to a broad audience of alcohol and HIV/AIDS researchers, including alcohol researchers with no prior experience in HIV/AIDS research but with a keen appreciation for the relationship between problem drinking and HIV/AIDS and a strong interest in acquiring such experience; HIV/AIDS researchers with no prior alcohol research experience who realize the importance of more intensive alcohol interventions to improving clinical outcomes among HIV-infected individuals; and those with prior research experience in the area of co-occurring HIV/AIDS and alcohol and other substance abuse. The primary objectives for this announcement are to increase research: 1) to characterize the relative importance of reducing alcohol misuse in the prevention of acquisition and transmission of HIV in order to identify and apply appropriate alcohol and HIV interventions as public health measures; 2) to more fully understand and prevent the progression of HIV disease in the presence of continued alcohol exposure; and 3) to develop operational research frameworks for addressing the occurrence and persistence of infections in high-risk populations (e.g. minority women, young gay men, etc.), and translate findings into effective, culturally appropriate preventive and treatment interventions for these targeted populations. Click here for more information.

Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2016

This FOA encourages R01 research grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions aimed at reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Although a variety of structural and environmental interventions have been employed successfully to reduce other drinking-related problems, similar research extending into the realm of HIV/AIDS risk reduction is still in its developing stages. Click here for more information.

Maximizing the Affordable Care Act: Improving Recidivism and Health Outcomes for the Justice-Involved Population (DOJ)

Deadline: May 22, 2014

Because of the Medicaid expansion to childless adults and the subsidies to make private health insurance more affordable under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a significant portion of the justice-involved population will gain eligibility, for the first time, for Medicaid and/or private health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Justice-involved individuals are seven times as likely as the general population to experience mental illness, substance abuse disorders, infectious disease, and chronic health conditions, making reentry from jails and prison an especially critical juncture. For individuals reentering communities after incarceration, disruptions in medical care and treatment contribute to increased rates of reincarceration, increased drug use, and poor and costly health outcomes, including a 12-fold increase in the risk of death in the first 2 weeks after release. State and local criminal justice systems can play an important role in ensuring justice-involved populations receive assistance and support in applying for health coverage, which can help divert individuals from the criminal justice system, reduce recidivism, and also provide a continuum of care for individuals preparing to reenter back into their communities. This solicitation seeks a national training and technical assistance provider to assist select state and local criminal justice systems in maximizing the opportunities for expanded health care coverage under the PPACA, as well as develop resources to assist the broader criminal justice field nationwide. As a result of improved coverage, state and local justice systems may experience considerable cost savings by utilizing expanded coverage options under Medicaid and the Marketplace. Click here for more information.    

Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS (NIH)
Deadline: November 14, 2016

Avenir means future in French, and this award looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. The award will support those in an early stage of their career who may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant, but who propose high impact research and who show promise of being tomorrow’s leaders in the field. NIDA has developed two Avenir Award Programs, one for HIV/AIDS research and the other for genetics or epigenetics studies. The Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS will support creative individuals who wish to pursue innovative research at the nexus of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS will support research approaches for substance using populations with or at risk for HIV/AIDS that may lead to improved preventive interventions, improved therapies and/or long term retention in care, and ultimately, eradication of HIV. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization

Deadline: Rolling

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) supports research, policy analysis and evaluation projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy, financing and organization issues. Supported projects include: examining significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and exploring or testing major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services. Click here for more information.

The Kresge Foundation Community Health Partnerships Grant Program: Innovative Approaches to Improve Community Health

Deadline: Ongoing

This program supports promising new practices that serve vulnerable populations by advancing prevention, improving access and integrating primary community and clinical care and looks for efforts that foster connections between the clinical health care and community health, integrating patient care with activity to recognize and “treat” the social and environmental factors that contribute to poor health. Click herefor more information.

The RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies Request for Proposals – Advancing Social Sciences-Based Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America

Deadline: May 8, 2014

The purpose of the RIDGE (Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics) Center for Targeted Studies is to invest in innovative social sciences-based research that explores the food and nutrition assistance challenges of rural people and places. The program is especially interested in a wide array of topics and issues. Proposals that focus on Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, and other racial/ethnic
populations, as well as children and low-wealth individuals/households, are strongly encouraged. Click here for more information.

National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) Dear Colleague Letter

National Science Foundation’s interest in receipt of proposals that will enable a better understanding of the contributing factors, causes, and consequences of violence perpetrated by and against youth. This will advance the Foundation’s goal to provide scientific evidence in support of important social issues. The interest spans both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Research responsive to this Dear Colleague Letter would advance the basic theories and methods to improve our understanding of the contributors to youth violence and to its reduction. The Foundation is especially interested in research relating to destructive violence as opposed to harm as a regrettable byproduct of other experiences or activities (e.g., contact sports). NSF is interested in a wide range of approaches to investigating these issues. Proposals that investigate at the level of individual, family, school, community, and/or culture are encouraged. Click here for more information.

Reduce Hepatitis Infections by Treatment and Integrated Prevention Services (Hepatitis-TIPS) among Non-urban Young Persons Who Inject Drugs (CDC)

Deadline: April 30, 2014

The purpose and overarching goal of this cooperative agreement is to address the high prevalence of viral hepatitis C infection by developing and implementing an integrated approach for detection, prevention, care and treatment of Hepatitis C infection among young (18-30 year old), non-urban people who inject drugs (PWID). Awardees will develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to enroll young non-urban PWID, collect epidemiological information, test for HCV infection and provide linkage to primary care services and prevention-based education. In addition to providing hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing, awardees will provide testing for the presence of co-infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV. Rates of HCV infection or re-infection will be evaluated through follow-up assessment. Click here for more information.

Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence in the Community (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications using the R01 award mechanism for translational research that moves evidence-based research findings toward the development of new interventions, programs, policies, practices, and tools that can be used by organizations in the community to help older adults remain healthy and independent, productively engaged, and living in their own homes and communities. The goal of this FOA is to support translational research involving collaborations between academic research centers and community-based organizations with expertise serving or engaging older adults (such as city and state health departments, city/town leadership councils, educational institutions, workplaces, Area Agencies on Aging, and organizations funded or assisted by the Corporation for National and Community Service) that will enhance our understanding of practical tools, techniques, programs and policies that communities across the nation can use to more effectively respond to needs of the aging population. Click here for more information.

Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Program Project on Behavioral Interactions and Intervention (NIH)

Deadline: April 15, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is limited to renewal applications for a program project grant to conduct cross-cutting research on alcohol and HIV/AIDS. Through this FOA, NIAAA seeks to encourage research that can be translated into interventions in order to reduce infection and transmission of HIV. This limited competition FOA solicits applications from current awardees of the Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Program Project on Behavioral Interactions and Intervention (P01). Click here for more information.

Global Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Promotion of Health (CDC)
Deadline: June 2, 2014

The purpose of this FOA is to promote health and prevent NCDs across the globe by supporting capacity building, surveillance and surveys, planning and monitoring, and activities that focus on the following key NCD conditions and risk factors such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, nutrition, reproductive health, and tobacco control. Click here for more information.

The Donaghue Foundation Grant – Another Look: Better Health for Elders in Care Facilities

Deadline: May 12, 2014

This program provides funding for health-related research projects that can improve the quality of care and the quality of life for the elderly population in nursing homes or other care facilities. Specifically, this program invites researchers to address a particular problem affecting the elderly in care facilities with data that already exists. Click here for more information.

MCH Autism Intervention Research Program(NIH)

Deadline: May 12, 2014

This program supports applied empirical research studies to advance the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD) and to advance best practices for the screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities at an earlier age. Applicants are encouraged to propose research studies that address the unique and unaddressed needs of underserved populations, by considering ethnic/racial, cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic, literacy and geographic (e.g., rural/urban) diversity of individuals for whom there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of interventions or for whom disparities in identification of ASD exist with limited understanding of the reasons for these disparities and evidence-based ways to close these gaps. Click here for more information.  

National Institute on Aging (NIA) Butler-Williams Scholars Program

Deadline: March 28, 2014

The Butler-Williams Scholars Program – originally known as the Summer Institute on Aging Research – offers junior faculty an opportunity to be exposed to the NIH and the NIA. The program offers technical instruction on how to write a grant and succeed in a research career and scholars interested in aging biology, neuroscience, behavioral and social science, and geriatrics and clinical gerontology have participated. Click here for more information.

Youth Violence: Opportunity for Breakthroughs in Fundamental Basic Research (NSF)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is interested in receiving proposals that will enable a better understanding of the contributing factors, causes, and consequences of violence perpetrated by and against youth. The NSF seeks proposals that would advance the basic theories and methods to improve our understanding of the contributors to youth violence and to its reduction. The Foundation is especially interested in research relating to destructive violence as opposed to harm as a regrettable byproduct of other experiences or activities (e.g., contact sports). NSF is interested in a wide range of approaches to investigating these issues. Proposals that investigate at the level of individual, family, school, community, and/or culture are encouraged. Click here for more information.

Obesity Society Early-Career Research Grants

Deadline: March 31, 2014

This program (formerly, New Investigator Research Grants) is offered by The Obesity Society (TOS), as a member service, to foster and stimulate new research ideas in any area of investigation related to obesity. The program targets junior-level investigators and post-doctoral trainees by funding proposals that demonstrate a high likelihood of resulting in new and innovative approaches in obesity research. Click here for more information.

Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research 2014-2015 Small Grants Program

Deadline: April 18, 2014

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks to stimulate innovative research related to federal food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) and the National School Breakfast/Lunch Program, and to support training of researchers interested in food assistance issues. Click here for more information.

Children, Youth, and Families At Risk (CYFAR) – Sustainable Community Projects (USDA)

Deadline: April 11, 2014

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives. Click here for more information.  

Prevention and Treatment of Substance Using Populations with or at Risk for HCV (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement outlines priority areas for high impact clinical and basic research for at-risk substance using populations, including those infected with or at risk for HIV. In particular, this FOA encourages research focused on prevention and treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) to reduce new infections and identify and treat existing infections more effectively. Click here for more information.

Russell Sage Foundation – Intergenerational Mobility in the United States:
Obtaining New Insights from Population-Based Statistics

Deadline: March 28, 2014

The Russell Sage Foundation, the principal American foundation devoted exclusively to research in the social sciences, seeks applications for research projects that deepen our understanding of intergenerational mobility in the U.S. by using recently released statistics on mobility from the Equality of Opportunity Project. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Reducing Health Care Disparities through Payment and Delivery System Reform

Deadline: April 18, 2014

This call for proposals will fund up to three implementations of paired health care payment and delivery system changes that incorporate a focus on reducing disparities in care and/or outcomes.The goal of this call for proposals is to develop evidence that payment and delivery system reform designs that attempt to manage extrinsic and intrinsic incentives for overall quality and efficiency, while also explicitly attempting to reduce health care disparities, can produce positive results for each goal. Click here for more information.

W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research on Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime (NIJ)

Deadline: May 12, 2014

NIJ seeks applications for the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research on Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime FY 2014. The Fellowship program seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of criminal justice in diverse cultural contexts within the United States. Click here for more information.  

Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic or Translational Mental Health Research (NIH)

Deadline: May 26, 2015

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic or Translational Mental Health Research. The institute seeks teams of researchers working at different levels of analysis and employing integrative, novel, and creative experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact questions with the primary objective of: (a) advancing the state of the science in brain and behavior research that will ultimately provide the foundation for understanding mental disorders; (b) supporting the integration and translation of basic and clinical neuroscience research on severe mental illnesses; and/or (c) advancing our understanding of the neurobehavioral developmental mechanisms and trajectories of psychopathology that begin in childhood and adolescence. The Conte Centers program is intended to support interdisciplinary basic and/or translational research demonstrating an extraordinary level of synergy, integration, and potential for advancing the state of the field. This program is intended only for projects that could not be achieved using other, more standard grant mechanisms. The Conte Centers program also provides an opportunity to establish interdisciplinary basic and/or translational research experiences for individuals in training. Click here for more information. 

Advancing Structural Level Interventions Through Enhanced Understanding of Social Determinants in HIV Prevention and Care (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that propose to understand and address social determinants associated with the prevention and treatment of HIV. This FOA describes two research endeavors that are unique and overlapping. The first is to characterize those social determinants that are most relevant to HIV prevention and treatment outcomes, particularly in their association with inequities in HIV risk or disease outcomes. The second is to develop and test structural interventions aimed at reducing the negative impact or maximizing positive aspects of social determinants. Click here for more information.

Targeted Basic Behavioral and Social Science and Intervention Development for HIV Prevention and Care (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to provide a global outline of areas for innovative, targeted basic behavioral and social science research and intervention development research to reduce the number of new HIV infections and improve the overall health of those living with HIV and encourage research grant applications in these areas. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of HIV prevention and care interventions, (b) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their feasibility and (c) conduct tests of the efficacy of HIV prevention and care interventions. Clickhere for more information.

Improving Delivery of HIV Prevention and Treatment through Implementation Science and Translational Research (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research designed to increase the public health impact of efficacious HIV/AIDS-related interventions for prevention and treatment. To maximize the public health impact of available interventions, significant progress is needed to advance science designed to get interventions to the men, women, and children who need them. The goals of this scientific agenda are to learn how best to deliver interventions more efficiently and effectively in real-world communities and clinics, to more readily transfer interventions from one setting or population to another, and to make better-informed choices for combination intervention packages. Click here for more information.

Behavioral Interventions to Address Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to use a common conceptual model to develop behavioral interventions to modify health behaviors and improve health outcomes in patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support research in primary care that uses a multi-disease care management approach to behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve patient-level health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. The proposed approach must modify behaviors using a common approach rather than administering a distinct intervention for each targeted behavior and/or condition. Diseases and health conditions can include, but are not limited to: mental health disorders (e.g., depression), diabetes, smoking, obesity, chronic pain, alcohol and substance abuse and dependence, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, cancer and hypertension. Clickhere for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation Reducing Inequality Program

Deadline: May 6, 2014

The Foundation supports high-quality research that enhances our understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth development. Clickhere for more information.

Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARs) (CDC)

Deadline: April 10, 2014

The purpose of the program is to announce the availability of fiscal year 2014 funds for project grant applications to support local implementation of community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) to achieve health equity, identification and implementation of systems and environmental change strategies that promote sexual health and support healthy behaviors, facilitate community-clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STI disparities, enhance and sustain partnerships, support communication strategies that promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STI, HIV, viral hepatitis control and prevention, and evaluate the efficacy of this intervention approach. Clickhere for more information.

Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions (NIH)

Deadline: April 21, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications that will advance knowledge of the effective implementation and comparative effectiveness of alcohol-focused interventions among HIV+ individuals. The FOA is divided into two major topics: 1) comparative effectiveness (and cost effectiveness) research focused on understanding factors related to patient reduction of alcohol use and consequent sustained engagement in appropriate alcohol and HIV care; and 2) modeling and testing alternative approaches to the implementation of effective interventions to reduce HIV disease transmission and progression in a variety of settings. Applicants may submit an application focusing on one of these topics. Click here for more information. 

Social and Economic Development Strategies – SEDS (ACF)

Deadline: May 15, 2014

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 funds for community-based projects under the ANA Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) program. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is focused on community-driven projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen Native American families, including the preservation of Native American cultures, and decrease the high rate of current challenges caused by the lack of community-based businesses, and social and economic infrastructure in Native American communities. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders. Click here for more information.

NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Research (NIH)
Deadline: July 29, 2016

The NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose high-impact research that will open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. The term avant-garde is used to describe highly innovative approaches that have the potential to be transformative. The proposed research should reflect approaches and ideas that are substantially different from those already being pursued by the investigator or others. The NIDA Avant-Garde award supports innovative, basic research that may lead to improved preventive interventions or therapies; creative, new strategies to prevent disease transmission; novel approaches to improve disease outcomes; and creative approaches to eradicating HIV or improving the lives of those living with HIV. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Impact Project

Deadline: April 2, 2014

The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew), promotes the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) and related approaches to help policy-makers in a wide range of fields incorporate health considerations into new policies, programs, plans, and projects, and make decisions that reduce unnecessary health risks, improve health, and decrease costs. This call for proposals (CFP) supports two types of initiatives: 1) HIA demonstration projects that inform a specific decision, with a focus on tribes, states, and territories that have had limited experience with HIAs to date; and 2) HIA program grants that enable organizations with previous HIA experience to develop sustainable HIA programs that integrate HIAs and related approaches in policy-making at the local, state, or tribal level. Click here for more information.

Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and in Education and Human Resources (NSF)

Deadline: March 3, 2014

As part of NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) activity, the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences (SBE) and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seek to enable research communities to develop visions, teams, and capabilities dedicated to creating new, large-scale, next-generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research for the SBE and EHR areas of research.  Successful proposals will outline activities that will have significant impacts across multiple fields by enabling new types of data-intensive research.  Investigators should think broadly and create a vision that extends intellectually across multiple disciplines and that includes–but is not necessarily limited to–the SBE or EHR areas of research. Click here for more information. 

National Rural Health Policy and Community Development Program (HRSA)

Deadline: March 31, 2014

The purpose of the program is to develop and maintain projects that will help support rural communities through a broad range of activities in 14 key areas. Click here for more information.

Availability of Funds for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Research and Demonstration Programs (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health)

Deadline: April 24, 2014

The purpose of this announcement is to work with communities with high teen pregnancy rates to develop innovative strategies for preventing teen pregnancy in populations/areas with demonstrated need. These could include high-risk, vulnerable, and culturally under-represented youth populations, and/or youth residing in areas with high birth or teen pregnancy rates. The successful applicant is expected to bring together a team in each selected community made up of representatives from various sectors to develop a strategy or prevention framework to address teen pregnancy prevention in their individual community. Click here for more information.  

Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse (NIH)
Deadline: July 31, 2014

This FOA will support highly innovative R01 applications on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse and will complement the Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS research. The Avant-Garde award supports individuals who conduct high-risk, high-reward research and does not require a detailed research plan. Applications submitted under this FOA are expected to have a detailed research plan and preliminary data. This FOA focuses on innovative research projects that have the potential to open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among substance abusers. The nexus with substance abuse should be clearly described. This FOA is open to both individual researchers and research teams and is not limited to any one area of research on HIV and substance use. Click here for more information.

RGK Foundation Community and Health/Medicine Grants

Deadline: Rolling

Within Community, the Foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the Foundation include children and family services, early childhood development, and parenting education. The Foundation’s current interests in the area of Health/Medicine include programs that promote the health and well-being of children and programs that promote access to health services. Click here for more information.

Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations (NIH)
Deadline: May 15, 2014

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic disease, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness or HIV-infection. Click here for more information.

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development (Agency for International Development)

Deadline: March 27, 2014

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) have joined together to launch the fourth round of Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development. Together, we call for groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of childbirth. Click here for more information.

Women & Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (NIH)
Deadline: May 25, 2014

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. Click here for more information.

Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging (NIH)

Deadline: June 16, 2014

The purpose of this FOA is to invite pilot/feasibility projects on: 1) descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective factors, 2) experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging and 3) translational studies to explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or modulating the level of juvenile protective factors in adult life. Click here for more information.

Healthy Communities, Tobacco Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (CDC)

Deadline: February 28, 2014

The purpose of the program is to reduce the morbidity and premature mortality associated with chronic diseases and to eliminate associated health disparities by supporting capacity building, program planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and surveillance for chronic disease conditions and chronic disease-related risk factors. This program addresses the Healthy People 2010 focus areas of Diabetes, Educational and Community-Based Programs, Public Health Infrastructure – Data and Information Systems, and Tobacco Use. This program also addresses the CDC goal of “Healthy People in Every Stage of Life” and “Healthy People in Healthy Places”. Click here for more information.

Drug-Free Communities Program (SAMHSA)

Deadline: March 24, 2014

The DFC Program was created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20). The DFC Support Program has two goals: 1. Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth*. 2. Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. Click here for more information.  

Beyond HAART: Innovative Approaches to Cure HIV-1 (NIH)
Deadline: July 28, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions/organizations to participate in the “Beyond HAART: Innovative Approaches to Cure HIV-1” initiative. The purpose of this FOA is to encourage investigators to work together on innovative approaches to eliminate HIV-1 and leverage the expertise and resources of the participating Institutes. Research topics of interest are as follows: cell therapies, including those based on hematopoietic stem cells; novel gene therapy approaches; and the development and delivery of non-traditional antiviral strategies (e.g. miRNAs, siRNAs, gene-editing enzymes). Applications are expected to include basic science/preclinical research as well as translational activities such as test-of-concept studies in animal models or humans. Applications must be designed as collaborative efforts between academia and the private sector. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE): Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

Deadline: February 13, 2014

State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) is a RWJF national program that supports rigorous research on issues surrounding state health reform. Click here for more information.  

Spencer Foundation The New Civics Initiative

Deadline: February 6, 2014

The New Civics initiative invites research proposals that ask critical questions about how education can more effectively contribute to the civic development of young people. As a start, we ask what experiences, environments, and contexts help young people, from all walks of life, develop the habits, skills, understandings, and dispositions that encourage informed participation in civic affairs. Click here for more information.  

Using Social Media to Understand and Address Substance Use and Addiction (NIH)

Deadline: March 25, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is part of a trans-NIH initiative known as Collaborative Research on Addiction (CRAN). The goal of this FOA is to inspire and support research projects investigating the role of social media in risk behaviors associated with the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (hereafter referred to as “ATOD”) and projects using social media to ameliorate such behaviors. Each research project proposed in response to this FOA must be focused on one of the two distinct areas: 1) observational research using social media interactions as surveillance tools to aid in the understanding of the epidemiology, risk factors, attitudes, and behaviors associated with ATOD use and addiction, or 2) intervention research measuring the reach, engagement, and behavioral and health impact of social media-based interventions for the screening, prevention, and treatment, of ATOD use and addiction. Click here for more information.  

Secondary Analyses of Strengthening Families Datasets (OPRE)
Deadline: May 14, 2014

The Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plan to solicit applications for Secondary Analysis of Strengthening Families Data grants. The cooperative agreements will fund research to conduct secondary data analysis of the Building Strong Families (BSF), Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM), and Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) datasets. Successful applicants will demonstrate a familiarity with the proposed data for their analysis and an adequate understanding of the variables, sampling, methodology, etc. used to construct the dataset necessary for completion of the work proposed in the application. Proposed research should address topics relevant to strengthening families to improve the lives of children and parents and promote economic stability. Topics of interest include, but may not be limited to, mediators of relationship education programs, the measurement of relationship education and fatherhood with low-income families, or father involvement in low-income families. Click here for more information.

Substance Use and Abuse, Risky Decision Making and HIV/AIDS (NIH)

Deadline: May 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to stimulate model-driven research to understand the ways that people make decisions about engaging in behaviors that impact the risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, or to adhere to treatments for HIV. Decision making processes may contribute to both substance use/abuse and other HIV acquisition or transmission risks. A better understanding of decision making processes in the context of brain neural networks and their associated functions would lead to the development of better strategies to reduce the frequency of HIV-risk behaviors. Therefore, this FOA encourages applications to study 1) cognitive, motivational or emotional mechanisms and/or 2) brain neuroendocrine and reinforcement systems that related to HIV-risk behaviors or treatment non-compliance. Interdisciplinary studies that incorporate approaches from psychology, economics, anthropology, sociology, decision sciences, neuroscience and computational modeling are encouraged. Click here for more information.

Silberman Fund Faculty Grant Program

This year, the Silberman Fund at The New York Community Trust will fund projects that advance new knowledge and its application to social work education and practice in three important areas: (1) the changing role and place of males in American society; (2) the new poor, families affected by the recession and a widening income/wage gap and; (3) immigration, understanding and meeting the needs of diverse immigrant groups. Click here for more information.

Evaluating Promising Strategies to Build the Evidence Base for Sexual Violence Prevention (CDC)

Deadline: March 19, 2014

The purpose of this announcement is to support research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies for the perpetration of sexual violence. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s research priorities for sexual violence prevention include evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of programs, strategies, and policies across all levels of the social ecology to prevent and interrupt the development of sexual violence perpetration. In addition, the Center’s research priorities highlight the need to identify effective programs, strategies, and policies that might prevent multiple types of violence concurrently, including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and other forms of violence, and evaluating the economic efficiency of such programs, strategies and policies. Click here for more information.   

Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) (NIH)

Deadline: March 23, 2014

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The goal of this NHLBI R25 program is to enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce . To this end, this funding opportunity announcement encourages the development of creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences, Courses for Skills Development and Mentoring Activities. Click here for more information.  

Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2017

The purpose of the NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support and protected time (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Although all of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) use this support mechanism to support career development experiences that lead to research independence, some ICs use the K01 award for individuals who propose to train in a new field or for individuals who have had a hiatus in their research career because of illness or pressing family circumstances. Other ICs utilize the K01 award to increase research workforce diversity by providing enhanced research career development opportunities. Click here for more information.

Russell Sage Foundation Program on Social Inequality
Deadline: January 31, 2014

The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on Social Inequality supports research on the social, economic, political, and labor market consequences of rising economic inequalities in the United States. We seek investigator-initiated research projects that will broaden our understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities. We are especially interested in projects that might use innovative data or methodologies to address important questions about inequality. Click here for more information.  

Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants

Deadline: February 7, 2014

Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects or social ventures that lead to the generation of new ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. Preference is given for interventions that overcome specific employment barriers related to long-term dependence on public assistance, advance competitive employment in a cost-effective manner, or launch a social enterprise or individual entrepreneurship project. Click here for more information.

The Global Equality Fund: Programs to Protect the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Persons (Department of State)

Deadline: January 16, 2014

The Global Equality Fund, managed by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (SOIs) from civil society to protect the human rights of LGBT people. This solicitation is the first step in a two-part process. After reviewing SOIs, selected organizations will be invited to expand their ideas into full proposals at a later date. The intention of requesting SOIs first is to provide organizations with time to focus on submitting creative and new ideas to address human rights challenges facing LGBT persons and their advocates.The Global Equality Fund is part of DRL’s broader initiative to support at-risk and vulnerable populations, including women, people with disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and religious minorities. Click here for more information. 

Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Grant Program (Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women)

Deadline: January 29, 2014

The goal of the SASP Culturally Specific Grant Program is to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by culturally specific organizations, which are uniquely situated to respond to the needs of sexual assault victims within culturally specific populations. Click here for more information. 

Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program Solicitation (Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women)

Deadline: February 5, 2014

The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program supports community-based non-profit organizations in providing culturally relevant services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Click here for more information.

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (CDC)

Deadline: March 9, 2014

The purposes of the NCIPC extramural violence prevention research program are to: 1. Build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance our understanding of the primary prevention of interpersonal violence. 2. Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively. 3. Encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies, programs and policies designed to prevent interpersonal violence and reduce violence-related outcomes as well as dissemination, implementation, and translation research to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities. Click here for more information. 

Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging (NIH)
Deadline: July 16, 2016

The purpose of this FOA is to invite pilot/feasibility projects on: 1)descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective factors, 2)experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging and 3)translational studies to explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or modulating the level of juvenile protective factors in adult life. Juvenile protective factors are physiological factors that maintain or enhance certain functions across all or some stages of post-natal maturation, but which diminish or disappear during transitions between developmental stages (e.g., infancy, adiposity rebound, adrenarche, puberty, growth cessation). This FOA is uniquely focused on studies which involve comparisons between post-natal developmental stages or pre- vs. post-maturational changes to identify potential juvenile protective factors and their effects on aging. Click here for more information.

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2017

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Research Project Grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to conduct research to reduce health disparities among minority and underserved children. Specifically, this initiative focuses on ethnic and racial minority children and underserved populations of children such as: children from low literacy, rural and low-income populations, geographically isolated children, hearing and visually impaired children, physically or mentally disabled children, children of migrant workers, children from immigrant and refugee families, and language minority children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors, environmental (physical and family environments), social (e.g., peers), economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and nontraditional settings. Click here for more information.  

Women & Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2017

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought. Click here for more information.

Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (HRSA)

Deadline: January 17, 2014

This announcement solicits applications for the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health program. The Healthy Start (HS) program aims to reduce disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes by: 1) improving women’s health, 2) promoting quality services, 3) strengthening family resilience, 4) achieving collective impact, and 5) increasing accountability through quality improvement, performance monitoring, and evaluation. HS grants are provided to communities with rates of infant mortality at least 1½ times the U.S. national average and high rates for other adverse perinatal outcomes (e.g., low birthweight, preterm birth, maternal morbidity and mortality) in order to address the needs of high-risk women and their families before, during, and after pregnancy. HS works to reduce the disparity in health status between the general population and individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups. Click here for more information. 

The Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC): Enhancing Sustainability and Building the Science of Palliative Care (NIH)

Deadline: February 6, 2014

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance the research and resource activities of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) by funding high quality, cutting edge palliative care and end-of-life (PCEOL) research. The proposed studies must be designed to use the PCRC infrastructure and resources to accomplish their aims. Investigators from PCRC sites, and also those outside the network or collaborations across the two, will propose PCEOL studies that use the PCRC for methodological resources, access to any or all of the PCRC patient populations at multiple institutional sites, and PCEOL expertise of PCRC investigators unique to the network. The FOA will also assess the PCRCs impact, enhanced efficiency, statistical power, ability to complete studies within timelines, and lower costs. As a result of this FOA, it is expected that collaborative, interdisciplinary research will be funded that demonstrates the value of the PCRC and will ultimately lead to long-term sustainability. Click here for more information. 

Deliberative Approaches: Patient and Consumer Input for Implementing Evidence-Based Health Care (AHRQ)
Deadline: February 7, 2014

Deliberative methods offer means to gain insight into patient and public views that can inform and improve clinical, program, and policy decisions in health care. The purpose of this FOA is to use deliberative methods to understand and clarify important public or patient values and concerns that affect the implementation of specific interventions, programs or policies to improve health care or research. Click here for more information.

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects Centers Program: Minority-Serving Institution Field Initiated Projects Program (Department of Education)

Deadline: January 21, 2014

The purpose of the Field-Initiated (FI) Projects program is to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The purpose of this competition is to improve the capacity of minority entities to conduct high-quality disability and rehabilitation research by limiting eligibility for FI Projects grants to minority entities and Indian tribes. Click here for more information.

Secondary Data Analyses to Explore NIMH Research Domain Criteria (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2017

NIMH seeks applications which propose secondary analyses of existing clinical research datasets to investigate constructs identified in the NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and to test novel hypotheses using the RDoC framework. Click here for more information.

Notah Begay III Foundation Capacity Building Grants

Deadline: December 16, 2013

The purpose of the Native Strong: Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Capacity Building Grant is to support: (1) community Health Assessments (new or ongoing): to better understand the root causes of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes which will result in strategies and an action plan to address this health issue; or (2) community Planning and Capacity Building: to create a community-driven action plan to address childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes (i.e. host stakeholder convenings, coalition building and collaboration efforts). Click here for more information.

The Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples Health Signature Initiative: Circumpolar Wellness, Resilience and Suicide Prevention

Deadline: January 8, 2014

In the Arctic, Indigenous peoples have experienced numerous challenges associated with rapid changes and historical policies, including: threats to language and culture; erosion of traditional support networks; and changes to traditional diet and communal food practices. These challenges, often coupled with a sustained lack of economic opportunity, due, in part, to relative geographical isolation, have contributed to poor social and health outcomes. Applications put forward should be from a participatory, community-based, evaluation research perspective, and should aim to determine what strategies and interventions are the most effective with respect to mental wellness promotion and suicide prevention in circumpolar communities, with a particular focus on Indigenous youth (aged 25 and under). Click here for more information.

HIV/AIDS Testing and Follow-up Among the Underserved in the United States (NIH) Deadline: January 7, 2014

The purpose of this initiative is to encourage research which will increase rates of HIV screening/testing and increase the number of persons who follow-up on a positive HIV screening test and receive treatment, particularly in underserved and at-risk populations within the United States. With this initiative, the ultimate goal is to decrease the rate of HIV transmission and increase the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) by initiating diagnosis and treatment earlier. Click here for more information.

Advancing Patient Safety Implementation through Safe Medication Use Research (AHRQ)

Deadline: September 25, 2016

AHRQ’s Patient Safety (PS) Portfolio is addressing patient safety and medication research by focusing on the safe usage of medications. This perspective centers on how medications move through the health care system and how this systemic process can be improved so that patients are not harmed, while health care delivery is improved. The PS Portfolio encourages the involvement of all members of the health care team across all settings of care (including in the home). Click here for more information.

Bourchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Academic Research Grant

Deadline: December 15, 2013

The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that: analyze and recommend changes in one or more important existing public policies, laws, and/or programs relating to the elderly; or anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, and/or programs for the elderly necessitated by changes in the number and demographics of the country’s and the world’s elderly populations, by advances in science and technology, by changes in the health care system, or by other developments. Click here for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation Social Settings Grant

Deadline: January 8, 2014

The Foundation supports high-quality research that enhances our understanding of how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved. Click here for more information.

Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (NIH)

Deadline: January 25, 2014

The purpose of this FOA is to encourage investigators to propose discrete well-defined projects that can be completed within two years. Projects of interest fall within the research domain of behavioral or integrated (e.g., behavioral and pharmacological) interventions targeting: (a) drug abuse (including comorbidities); (b) prevention of acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (c) promotion of adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (d) chronic pain. Click here for more information.

Low-Cost, Pragmatic, Patient-Centered Randomized Controlled Intervention Trials (NIH)

Deadline: January 23, 2014

This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to plan and conduct low-cost, pragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Pragmatic RCTs seek to determine the effectiveness of an intervention in a real world setting. Trials proposed under this FOA should answer questions that are high impact to patients or health care providers, and must leverage existing clinical practice settings and/or existing electronic resources such as registries for the conduct of clinical trials. Trials must include features such as randomization at the point of patient care; data collection integrated into or obtained from routine clinical records or similar existing electronic resources; minimal eligibility criteria, and interventions delivered as part of routine clinical care. Click here for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation Use of Research Evidence

Deadline: January 8, 2014

The William T. Grant Foundation has a longstanding interest in supporting research that can inform policy and practice that affect youth and we recognize that divides still exist between the research, policy, and practice communities. Thus, we fund studies that explore the acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence in policy and practice. Click here for more information.

Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS (NIH)

Deadline: May 8, 2016

This FOA encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate the effectiveness of structural interventions aimed at reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Although a variety of structural and environmental interventions have been employed successfully to reduce other drinking-related problems, similar research extending into the realm of HIV/AIDS risk reduction is still in its developing stages. Click here for more information.

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (NIH)
Deadline: January 25, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA emphasizes studies in a variety of settings including ambulatory care, hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty wards, intensive care units and emergency departments), assisted living facilities, and short- and long-term care facilities; however, hospice and end-of-life settings are not included within the scope of this FOA, as they are the subject of other NIH programs. Rather, this FOA highlights research on palliative care in settings and at time points earlier in geriatric patients’ disease or disability trajectories. Click here for more information.

The Kresge Foundation Healthy Environments Program

Deadline: Ongoing

Low-income communities often are located in areas with higher exposure to environmental hazards due to the condition and proximity of their homes, schools and workplaces to polluting industries and aging urban centers. These multiple exposures range from air pollution and chemical contaminants to the toxins associated with substandard housing and the additives in unhealthy foods. We support efforts to improve the homes, surroundings and quality of life for children and their families living in low-income communities. Click here for more information.