Funding Opportunities

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01, R21, R03)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-238.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-236.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-237.html

LOI Due Date: 30 days prior to the application due date
Expiration Date: May 8, 2019

Purpose: 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.   

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Innovative Approaches to Studying Cancer Communication in the New Media Environment (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-249.html 
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-248.html

Application Due Date(s): October 11, 2016; June 13, 2017; October 11, 2017; June 13, 2018; October 11, 2018; June 13, 2019
Expiration Date: June 14, 2019

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that seek to apply one or more innovative methodologies in communication research across the cancer control continuum, from prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, to end of life.  Applications to this FOA should utilize one or more of the following analytic approaches, methods, and data sources, including but not limited to social media data mining, Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, online social network analysis, crowdsourcing research tools (e.g., mTurk), online search data, Ecological Momentary Assessment, neuroscience and biobehavioral approaches to communication, and geographic information systems.  Studies should assess outcomes related to cancer prevention and control (e.g., knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, perceived risk, decision making in screening and treatment, information inequalities, social support, shared decision making, persuasion, caregiving, behavioral intentions, preventive behaviors, and policy support, among others).

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Cancer-Related Behavioral Research through Integrating Existing Data (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-256.html 
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-255.html

Application Due Date(s): 
R01: February 7, 2017; June 7, 2017; February 7, 2018; June 7 2018; February 7, 2019; June 7, 2019
R21: February 15, 2017; June 15, 2017; February 15, 2018; June 15 2018; February 15, 2019; June 14, 2019

Expiration Date: 
R01: June 8, 2019
R21: June 15, 2019

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that seek to integrate two or more independent data sets to answer novel cancer control and prevention questions. The goal is to encourage applications that incorporate Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) methods to study behavioral risk factors for cancer, including tobacco use, sedentary behavior, poor weight management, and lack of medical adherence to screening and vaccine uptake. It is important that the data being integrated are from different sources and types (including both quantitative and qualitative; data may span different levels such as genetic and environmental) and should include at least one source of behavioral data.  Importantly, applicants should use existing data sources rather than collect new data.  In addition, creating harmonized measures, developing culturally sensitive measures, replicating results and cross-study comparisons will be encouraged.

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Predicting Behavioral Responses to Population-Level Cancer Control Strategies (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-257.html

LOI Due Date: 30 days before the application due date
Application Due Date(s): October 7, 2016; April 11, 2017; October 10, 2017; April 11, 2018; October 10, 2018; April 11, 2019
Expiration Date: April 12, 2019

Purpose: The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to facilitate research to identify individual influences on the effectiveness of population-level strategies that target cancer-related behaviors. We seek to encourage collaborations among scientists with expertise in health policy research and implementation, as well as investigators in scientific disciplines that have not traditionally conducted cancer or policy research, such as: psychological science (e.g., social, developmental); affective and cognitive neuroscience; judgment and decision-making; consumer behavior and marketing; organizational behavior; sociology, cultural anthropology; behavioral economics; linguistics; and political science.  

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Environmental Contributors to Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-203.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-202.html

LOI Due Date: 30 days before the application due date
Application Due Date(s): August 26, 2016
Expiration Date: August 27, 2016

Purpose: 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.

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Exploratory Grants in Cancer Epidemiology and Genomics Research (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-175.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2019

Purpose: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites applications for research on cancer epidemiology, genomics, and risk assessment. The overarching goal is to provide support to promote the early and conceptual stages of research efforts on novel scientific ideas that have the potential to substantially advance cancer research, such as improving epidemiologic study data collection; validating measurement of exposures in body fluids and tissues; applying epigenetic or metabolomic approaches to cancer epidemiology research; developing and applying novel strategies for discovery of risk variants for rare cancers; understanding the population genetic architecture of cancer in understudied populations; or validating methods to extract, collect, and synthesize clinical data via electronic medical records for use in observational studies of cancer patients and survivors.

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NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-211.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2019

Purpose: The purpose of the NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support and protected time  for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. The NIDDK invites K01 applications from experienced postdoctoral (two years minimum) and/or recently appointed junior faculty (usually with a Ph.D. degree) in biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences who are pursuing careers in research areas supported by the NIDDK.

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Planning for Regional Centers of Research Excellence in Non-communicable Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries (P20)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-15-007.html 

LOI Due Date: 30 days prior to the application due date
Application Due Date: December 10, 2015; August 23, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: August 24, 2016

Award Budget: The combined budget for direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $400,000. Application budgets are limited to no more than $200,000 in direct costs in any single year.
Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 2 years.

Purpose: The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to facilitate the planning, designing and initial research focus of Regional Centers of Research Excellence (RCRE) for non-communicable disease, including cancer, in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).  Activities in this FOA will be implemented through collaborative partnerships between investigators from institutions in high-income countries (HICs) or upper- middle-income countries (UMICs) and investigators, research administrators, and other stakeholders from LMICs. The planning efforts must demonstrate an understanding of the region's research capabilities and a commitment to enhance these capabilities with a focus on basic, translational, clinical, and population science research for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).  Research activities undertaken through this initiative should demonstrate that the collaborators can work together to answer NCD questions that are relevant, timely, and important to the concerned region. 

The planning efforts to be supported under this FOA should initiate centers of excellence for research on NCDs and demonstrate an ability to undertake high quality, well-coordinated, collaborative research on NCDs in LMICs that engages regional investigators and research administrators.

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Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-125.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2016

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations proposing to advance knowledge on the reasons behind the divergent trends that have been observed in health and longevity at older ages, both across industrialized nations and across geographical areas in the United States. This FOA is intended to capitalize on provocative findings in the literature which have been insufficiently understood and addressed. This FOA is also intended to capitalize on NIA’s investment in the development of cross-nationally comparable datasets that can be harnessed to study these research questions; these include the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ELSA),  the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), and the Human Mortality Data Base. Applications proposing secondary analysis, new data collection, calibration of measures across studies, development of innovative survey measures, and linkages to administrative sources are encouraged. Applications are not restricted to projects using the NIA-supported datasets above and may propose research using any relevant data.

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Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-328.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2016

Purpose: 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.  

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Research to Characterize and Reduce Stigma to Improve Health (R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-247.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2016

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications to characterize the role of stigma in health, life course development, and aging, both in the U.S. and globally, and to test interventions to prevent or reduce the impact of stigma at the individual, community, health care system, and policy levels. The goal of this FOA is to promote research addressing the health-related aspects of stigma, including the etiology and perpetuation of stigma; its impact on physical and mental health, well-being, life course development, and aging; its influence on health behaviors and on use, access to, and quality of received healthcare services; its contribution to health disparities affecting vulnerable demographic groups;  and  intervention strategies to reduce health-related stigma and/or the negative health and life course developmental impacts of stigma.

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Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-292.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-288.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2016

Purpose: 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. 

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Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention and Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R18)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-240.html

Expiration Date: September 26, 2016

Award Budget: The total costs for a grant awarded under this FOA will not exceed $500,000 annually for the entire project period.
Award Project Period: The project period may not exceed three years.

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 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 HAIs. The FOA describes the broad areas of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) research for which funds are available to support Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects.

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Chronic Condition Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-030.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research to improve self-management and quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions. Managing a chronic condition is an unremitting responsibility for children and their families. Children with a chronic condition and their families have a long-term responsibility for self-management.  This FOA encourages research that takes into consideration various factors that influence self-management such as individual differences, biological and psychological factors,  family and sociocultural context, family-community dynamics, healthcare system factors, technological advances, and the role of the environment.  

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Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-033.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2017

Purpose: 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. 

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Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-177.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2017

Purpose: 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. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors. 

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Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R21)

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-001.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2017

Purpose: This funding opportunity 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. 

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Reductions in Illicit Drug Use and Functional Outcomes (R21/R33)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-099.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to encourage applications for Phased Innovation (R21/R33) projects to determine whether reductions in illicit drug use are associated with positive changes in health-related and other functional outcomes in individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). Functional outcomes include, for example, reductions in morbidity, mortality, criminal justice involvement, overall healthcare expenditures. This funding opportunity provides support for up to two years (R21 phase) for research planning activities and feasibility studies, followed by possible transition to expanded research support (R33 phase). The transition to the R33 phase will be determined by NIH program evaluation of successful achievement of the milestones set for the R21 phase. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to provide evidence that will enable regulatory authorities to accept reductions in illicit drug use as a valid outcome measure in clinical trials of pharmacotherapies for the treatment of SUDs.

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Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21)

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-053.html

Application Due Dates: June 22, 2015; November 30, 2015; June 22, 2016; November 30, 2016; June 22, 2017; November 30, 2017, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: December 1, 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this FOA is to enhance the diversity of the NCI-funded research workforce by supporting and recruiting eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences workforce. This funding opportunity will also provide a bridge to investigators that have completed their research training and may need extra time to develop a larger research project grant application.

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Novel Biomarkers for the Development of HIV Incidence Assays with Improved Specificity (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-105.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-106.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2018

Purpose: This funding opportunity invites applications to support the development of novel biomarkers and improved HIV incidence assays and algorithms with increased specificity for distinguishing incident from chronic HIV infections.

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AHRQ Health Services Research Projects: Making Health Care Safer in Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-339.html

Expiration Date: March 6, 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity 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.

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Prevention Research in Mid-Life (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-098.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-097.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: This funding opportunity seeks to stimulate research on mid-life adults (those 50 to 64 years of age) that can inform efforts to optimize health and wellness as individuals age, and prevent illness and disability in later years. 

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Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-100.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: This funding opportunity encourages applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn.

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NIDDK Research Education Program Grants for Summer Research Experiences (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-140.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.  The over-arching goal of this NIDDK Research Education R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities that propose summer research experiences in the research areas relevant to the NIDDK. 

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NIDDK Research Education Program Grants for Curriculum Development (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-138.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIDDK Research Education R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities that propose the development of novel curricula or methods in the research areas relevant to the NIDDK.

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NIDDK Research Education Program Grants for Courses for Skills Development (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-139.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this NIDDK Research Education R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities that propose courses for skills development in the research areas relevant to the NIDDK.

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Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (R01, R03, R21, R34)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-251.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-252.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-253.html
R34: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-250.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages 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.

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Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Care, and Program Implementation (R34)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-268.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: 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. Both primary and secondary prevention will be supported. The full range of substance use will be considered including problematic episodic use and substance use disorders, as well as a full range of substances and modes of administration. The most important consideration is that substance use may affect transmission directly as in the case of injection or may affect transmission risk behavior. Domestic and overseas populations will be considered, with particular attention to populations with disproportionate burden of HIV infection and those where HIV infection and/or drug use are emergent.

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Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R01, R03, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-295.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-296.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-294.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2018

Purpose: 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. 

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Summer Research Education Experience Programs (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-184.html

Application Due Dates:
Non-AIDS applications: March 23, 2016, March 23, 2017, March 23, 2018 , by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Applications: May 24, 2016, May 23, 2017, May 23, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant 
Expiration Date: May 24, 2018

Purpose: The over-arching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:

• Research Experiences: Create educational activities during the summer academic break.  For example, for undergraduate students: to provide hands-on exposure to research, to reinforce their intent to graduate with a science degree, and/or to prepare them for graduate school admissions and/or careers in research; for high school and college science teachers: to enhance their science teaching. 

AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-147.html

Expiration Date: July 17, 2018

Purpose: 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.

Strategies to Increase Delivery of Guideline-Based Care to Populations with Health Disparities (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-279.html  

LOI Due Date: 30 days prior to the application due date
Application Due Date: October 21, 2015; June 21, 2016; October 21, 2016; June 21, 2017; October 20, 2017; and June 21, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. 
Expiration Date: June 22, 2018

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to conduct innovative and feasible studies to test strategies to accelerate the adoption of guideline-based recommendations into clinical practice among populations with health disparities. Applications that propose strategies with a focus on providers who care for clinical populations with excess burden of cardiovascular, lung, blood, and sleep diseases and disorders, in concert with the health care delivery systems in which they practice, are strongly encouraged. Applications that test systems, infrastructures, and strategies to implement guideline-based care for NHLBI disorders in clinical care settings are also of high programmatic interest.

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Utilizing the PLCO Biospecimens Resource to Bridge Gaps in Cancer Etiology and Early Detection Research (U01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-297.html 

LOI Due Date: 30 days before the application due date
Application Due Date: February 17, 2016; August 16, 2016; February 15, 2017; August 15, 2017; February 15, 2018; August 15, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: August 16, 2018

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of applications that propose to advance research in cancer etiology and early detection biomarkers, utilizing the advantages of the unique biorepository resources of the NCI-sponsored Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer (PLCO) Screening Trial. The PLCO Biorepository offers high-quality, prospectively collected, serial pre-diagnostic blood samples from the PLCO screened arm participants, and a onetime collection of buccal cells from the control arm participants. Available data associated with the biospecimens includes demographic, diet, lifestyle, smoking, screening results, and clinical data. This FOA supports a wide range of cancer research including, but not limited to, biochemical and genetic analyses of cancer risk, as well as discovery and validation of early detection biomarkers. The proposed research project must involve use of PLCO biospecimens; additionally, it should also take advantage of the unique characteristics of the PLCO biospecimens. Research projects that do not involve the use of PLCO biospecimens will not be supported under this FOA. 

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The Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (R01, R03, R15, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-261.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-262.html
R15: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-260.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-263.html

Expiration Date:
R01, R03, R15: September 8, 2018
R21: May 8, 2018

Purpose: 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.

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HIV/AIDS High Priority Drug Abuse Research

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-16-018.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Award Budget: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.

Purpose: The National Institutes of Health has recently announced the HIV/AIDS research priorities for the next three to five years http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-137.html. The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate high priority research relevant to drug abuse and HIV/AIDS.

Alcohol Use Disorders: Behavioral Treatment, Services and Recovery Research (R01, R03, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-299.html
R03: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-300.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-301.html  

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to support research on behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorders; organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of services for alcohol use disorders; and phenomenon of recovery from alcohol use disorders.  

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Health Disparities and Alzheimer’s Disease (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-349.html

Application Due Date: December 11, 2015 (New, Resubmission and Revision applications all due on this date), then followed by Standard dates), by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization
Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Award Budget: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.   
Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine this project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.

Purpose: This FOA invites applications proposing to study health disparities in Alzheimer’s 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 Alzheimer’s Disease, and 4) understanding the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia.  

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Pilot Services Research Grants Not Involving Interventions (R34)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-323.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Purpose: 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.    

Studies focused on the development and preliminary testing of services interventions (e.g., pilot testing of patient-, provider-, organizational-, or systems- level services interventions to improve care quality, coordination, outcomes, delivery, or scalability) should be submitted under RFA-MH-16-410.    

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Physical Activity and Weight Control Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Effects on Biomarkers of Prognosis and Survival (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-311.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-310.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages transdisciplinary and translational research that will identify the specific biological or biobehavioral pathways through which physical activity and/or weight control (either weight loss or avoidance of weight gain) may affect cancer prognosis and survival. Research applications should test the effects of physical activity, alone or in combination with weight control (either weight loss or avoidance of weight gain), on biomarkers of cancer prognosis among cancer survivors identified by previous animal or observational research on established biomarkers other than insulin/glucose metabolism, especially those obtained from tumor tissue sourced from repeat biopsies where available. Because many cancer survivor populations will not experience recurrence but will die of comorbid diseases or may experience early effects of aging, inclusion of biomarkers of comorbid diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease) and of the aging process are also sought. Applications should use experimental designs (e.g., randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs), fractional factorial designs), and will require transdisciplinary approaches that bring together behavioral intervention expertise, cancer biology, and other basic and clinical science disciplines relevant to the pathways being studied.

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Research to Advance Vaccine Safety (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-312.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-313.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research that will contribute to the overall understanding of vaccine safety. This research opportunity encourages studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4) creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems or healthcare databases, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies and systems biology approaches to evaluate vaccine safety. This FOA aligns with the research goals and objectives outlined in the U.S. National Vaccine Plan). 

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Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in HIV Research with Key Populations (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-328.html 
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-327.html

Application Due Date: January 7, 2016; September 7, 2016; January 7, 2017; September 7, 2017; January 8, 2018; September 7, 2018, by 5:00PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: September 9, 2018

Purpose: 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.

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Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-346.html 

LOI Due Date: 30 days prior to the application receipt date
Application Due Date: December 10, 2015; January 10, 2016; February 10, 2016; March 10, 2016; April 11, 2016; May 10, 2016; June 10, 2016; July 11, 2016; August 10, 2016; September 12, 2016; October 11, 2016; November 14, 2016; December 14, 2016; January 10, 2017; February 10, 2017; March 10, 2017; April 11, 2017; May 10, 2017; June 13, 2017; July 10, 2017; August 10, 2017; September 11, 2017; October 10, 2017; November 13, 2017; December 11, 2017; January 1, 2018; February 13, 2018; March 13, 2018; April 10, 2018; May 10, 2018; June 11, 2018; July 10, 2018; August 10, 2018; and September 13, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: September 14, 2018

Award Budget: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.   
Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine this project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.

Purpose: 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.

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End-of-Life and Palliative Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Serious Illnesses (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-324.html 
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-325.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2019

Purpose: 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. 

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Personalized Strategies to Manage Symptoms of Chronic Illness (R01, R15, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-007.html
R15: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-006.html
R21: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-008.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2019

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Examination of Survivorship Care Planning Efficacy and Impact (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-012.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-011.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2019

Award Budget:
R01: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
R21: The combined budget for direct costs for the 2-year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year.
Award Project Period:
R01:The maximum project period is 5 years.   
R21:The maximum project period is 2 years.

Purpose: 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.

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Improving Outcomes in Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-035.html 
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-036.html

Application Due Date: Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Expiration Date: January 8, 2019

Award Budget:
R01: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
R21: The combined budget for direct costs for the two year project period may not exceed $275,000.  No more than $200,000 may be requested in a single year.

Award Project Period:
R01: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
R21: The maximum project period is 2 years.

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages collaborative applications that will contribute to the identification and characterization of patients at risk of developing cancer treatment-related cardiotoxicity. The primary intent is to mitigate cardiovascular dysfunction while optimizing cancer outcomes. To accomplish this, methods that evaluate cardiac risk prior to treatment and integrate evidence-based cancer treatment regimens with screening, diagnostic, and/or management strategies are sought. Research applications should focus on mitigation/management of adverse effects associated with anti-cancer treatments including: cytotoxic chemotherapies, targeted agents, immunomodulatory therapies and radiation (that occur during cancer treatment and/or long-term survivorship) as defined by cardiac specific common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE).

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Advancing Understanding, Prevention, and Management of Infections Transmitted from Women to their Infants (R01, R21)

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-032.html
R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-031.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2019

Award Budget:
R01: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
R21: The combined budget for direct costs for the two year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year.
Award Project Period:
R01:The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is 5 years.   
R21:The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is 2 years.  

Purpose: 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.  

Russell Sage Foundation

http://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/future-work

LOI Due Date: June 15, 2016 (11AM PST)

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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Funding amount: The Stage 1 award will be for two years, $150,000 per year ($300,000 total) with the opportunity for up to two additional years of funding (up to four years total for $600,000). Stage 2 support for years three and four will be granted to those awardees who demonstrate progress on their proposed research during years one and two of the award.

Eligibility: 

Applicants must belong to one of the following categories:

• Tenure-track Assistant Professors within the first four years of obtaining their initial Assistant Professor position. (Cut-off date: July 1, 2012.)
• Clinical Instructors and Senior Clinical Fellows (in the final year of their sub-specialty training) holding an MD who are pursuing a period of independent research before taking a tenure-track faculty position.  Such individuals must have an exceptional record of research accomplishment, dedicated laboratory space and the support of their institution.
• Distinguished Fellows with an exceptional record of research accomplishment identified by their institution to pursue an independent research program and who have dedicated laboratory space.  These candidates are markedly distinct from traditional postdoctoral fellows.  Examples: Whitehead Fellows, UCSF Fellows, Cold Spring Harbor Fellows. [Research Assistant Professors, Research Associate Professors, Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows are not eligible.  If you are unsure about your eligibility for this award program, please contact the Foundation's Award Programs at (212)455-0520.]

Applicants are expected to commit a minimum of 80% of their time to conducting research.

Purpose: The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.

The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.

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American Cancer Society - Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and their Families

http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/granttypes/rfa-palliative-care-cancer-patients

Application Deadline: October 15

Purpose: This RFA provides funding for investigators performing pilot and exploratory research studies whose purpose is to test interventions, develop research methodologies, and explore novel areas of research in palliative care of cancer patients and their families. A condition of funding is a clearly defined plan as to how the investigator will use the results of the project to develop larger, extramurally funded research projects.

This RFA is limited to applications that focus on palliative care research projects for seriously ill cancer patients and their families in three specific areas:

1. Exploring the relationship of pain and other distressing symptoms on quality and quantity of life, independence, function, and disability and developing interventions directed at their treatment in patients with advanced and chronic illnesses;
2. Studying methods of improving communication between adults living with serious illness, their families and their health care providers;
3. Evaluating models and systems of care for patients living with advanced illness and their families.

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Foundation for Child Development - Young Scholars Program

http://fcd-us.org/our-work/young-scholars-program

LOI Deadline: June 1, 2016, 12PM PST

Eligibility: Eligible researchers must have received their doctoral degrees (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D., Psy.D., M.D., J.D., etc) within one to seven years of application submission (i.e., January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2015).

Purpose: The FCD Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports policy and practice-relevant research that is focused on the early learning and development needs of the nation’s children who are growing up under conditions of economic insecurity and social exclusion. All proposed research should focus on the ways in which the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of the early care and education workforce (ECE workforce) can support young children’s growth and development across the birth through age eight continuum.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science and SciLife Prize for Young Scientists

Prize Money: $30,000 for grand prize winner, $10,000 for each of the category winners

Deadline for Entries: August 1, 2016

Eligibility: 

• Entrants for the 2016 prize must have been awarded their Ph.D. between January 1 2014 and December 31 2015. As a rule, we will only accept submissions once within this time period.
• The prize will only recognize work that was performed while the entrant was a graduate student.

The research described in the entrant’s thesis must fall within one of the following categories (Subject Tracks):

• Cell and Molecular Biology: research in this category will include cellular and molecular processes at levels ranging from single molecule to single cell to tissue and organ systems,
• Genomics and Proteomics: research in this category focuses on analyses of gene- and protein-related events, at the scale of gene or protein networks to the complete set of genes or proteins in an organism,
• Ecology and Environment: research in this category encompasses interactions between organisms and their environment, and how these processes are influenced by human activity,
• Translational Medicine: research in this category builds on in vitro or animal model studies of biological processes to develop potential therapies or medical procedures.

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Research Scholar Grant in the Role of Health Policy and Healthcare Insurance in Improving Access to Care and Performance in Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services – Request for Applications (RFAs)

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@researchadministration/documents/document/acspc-024104.pdf

Annual Deadlines: April 1 and October 15

Purpose: This RFA is a call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the health care 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, for example 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 health care systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.  

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Eugene Washington Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Engagement Awards

http://www.pcori.org/content/engagement-award-application-process
http://www.pcori.org/sites/default/files/PCORI-Engagement-Awards-Program-Guidelines.pdf

LOI Due Date: January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1
Full Proposal Due Date (by invitation only): Within 40 days of invitation receipt

Funds Available: Up to approximately $250,000
Maximum Project Period: Two years

Purpose: Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will award up to $15.5 million annually as part of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program for projects designed to provide “wrap around” support and enhance the impact of our major awards in patient-centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness (PCOR/CER).

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Whitehall Foundation – Research Grants

http://www.whitehall.org/grants/

LOI Deadline: January 15, April 15, October 1
Application Deadline: June 1, September 1, February 15

Awards: $30,000 to $75,000

Purpose: Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. A renewal grant with a maximum of two years is possible, but it will be awarded on a competitive basis. Research grants will not be awarded to investigators who have already received, or expect to receive, substantial support from other sources, even if it is for an unrelated purpose.

The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. In order to respond to the changing environment, the Whitehall Foundation periodically reassesses the need for financial support by the various fields of biological research.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions

http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2016/global-ideas-for-u-s--solutions.html

Application Deadline: May 31, 2016

Awards: $50,000 to $250,000
Award Project Period: Up to 18 months

Purpose: Throughout its history, the United States has learned from great ideas from abroad, from bagels to democracy. Why not do the same for health? In that spirit, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is looking globally for ideas to help us build a Culture of Health in the United States, where everyone has the opportunity to live healthier lives, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make.

We imagine a future where neighborhoods are designed with an eye toward physical activity and community engagement. Where health care providers focus on promoting wellness, not just treating illness. Where all sectors, from health care to social services to urban planning, work together with health in mind. This vision for the United States is a reality in many countries and communities around the world, and we want to learn from them.

If you have an idea that has worked abroad and has the potential to be adapted to work in the United States, we want to hear from you.

We are looking for projects, programs, and models that promote health equity and are aligned with our Culture of Health Action Framework; this year, we have a particular interest in ideas that:

• Build healthy places;
• Build social connection across the lifespan;
• Get and keep children healthy;
• Integrate health and social services; and Increase the health care system’s focus on the root causes of poor health.

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International Research Scholars Program

Purpose: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), The Wellcome Trust and The Gulbenkian Foundation, are jointly holding a competition to award grants to outstanding early career scientists working outside the United States and other G7 countries. This International Research Scholars program aims to provide support for promising international scientists and to bring them into an eco-system that can foster their work and allow them to better understand and address biomedical issues of global relevance.

The Gerber Foundation – Pediatric Research Grants

Research focus: http://www.gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research
Application Process: http://www.gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research-awards/application-process

Please contact Tracy Hough for information or assistance regarding this opportunity.

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. Projects may include:

•     Etiologic mechanisms of disease
•     New, improved or less invasive diagnostic procedures
•     Reduction or elimination of side effects
•     Alleviation of symptoms
•     New, improved or less invasive therapies, care, or treatments
•     Dosage or dosing requirements or mechanisms for drugs, nutrient supplementation or other therapeutic measures (under or overdosing)
•     Preventative measures

Application dates:
For the May grant round, concept papers should be submitted by December 1. If accepted, full proposals are due February 15.
For the November grant round, concept papers should be submitted by June 1. If accepted, full proposals are due August 15.  
*If due dates fall on a weekend, the papers or proposals are due the next business day.

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Fidelity Foundation – Grants

http://www.fidelityfoundation.org/guidelines/index.html

Please contact Tracy Hough for information or assistance regarding this opportunity.

The Fidelity Foundation considers projects from organizations of regional or national importance throughout the United States. High-impact projects with potential to inform or influence the nonprofit sector are of particular interest. The Foundation's primary philanthropic investments are allocated to the following sectors:

• Arts and culture
• Community development and social services

Secondarily, grants are considered in the following fields:

• Health
• Education

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RGK Foundation

http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines

Please contact Tracy Hough for information or assistance regarding this opportunity.

RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Health/Medicine.

The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.

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 supports a variety of Community Improvement programs including those that enhance non-profit management and promote philanthropy and voluntarism. Youth development programs supported by the Foundation typically include after-school educational enrichment programs that supplement and enhance formal education systems to increase the chances for successful outcomes in school and life. The Foundation is also interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology.

The Foundation's current interests in the area of Health/Medicine include programs that promote the health and well-being of children, programs that promote access to health services, and Foundation-initiated programs focusing on ALS.

There is no deadline for submitting an electronic Letter of Inquiry. However, the Grants Committee Meeting Dates (relevant to requests over $100,000) are June 12, 2015 and September 16, 2015.

NHLBI Career Transition Award for Intramural Fellows (K22)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-341.html

Expiration Date: May 8, 2016

Purpose: The purpose of the NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22) program is to provide highly qualified postdoctoral fellows in the NHLBI Division of Intramural Research the opportunity to transition of their research programs as new investigators to extramural institutions.. To achieve these objectives, the NHLBI Career Transition Award will support two phases of research: a mentored intramural phase (up to two years) and an extramural phase (three years), for a total of five years of combined support. Transition from the intramural phase of support to the extramural phase is not automatic. Approval of the transition will be based on the success of the awardee's research program during the 2-year mentored phase as determined by an NHLBI progress review, which will include an evaluation of a research plan to be carried out at the extramural institution.

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AHRQ Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows (F32) National Research Service Awards (NRSA)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-261.html

Expiration Date: May 24, 2016

Award Budget and Project Period: Aggregate NRSA postdoctoral support normally may not exceed 3 years.

Purpose: 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.

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AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-290.html

Expiration Date: September 8, 2018

Purpose: 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. Applications under this FOA are welcomed from all areas of HIV/AIDS research that NIDA supports.

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Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity (R36)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-181.html

Application Due Dates: August 21, 2015, December 21, 2015, April 22, 2016, August 22, 2016, December 22, 2016, April 27, 2017, August 22, 2017, December 22, 2017, April 23, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

Award Budget: The Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity (R36) allows for budget requests to cover, per year,  a salary consistent with the current fiscal year National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral stipend level (http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm#policy) and up to $15,000 for additional expenses such as fringe benefits (including health insurance for self and family members), travel to scientific meetings, and dissertation research costs in accordance with institutional policies. With the exception of costs associated with the dissertation (i.e., dissertation credits), no funds may be used to pay tuition or fees. Other specific costs not allowed on dissertation research grants are equipment, alterations/renovations, space rental, contracting or consortium costs, dissertation defense or deposit fees, membership fees and faculty or consultant effort. This listing is not exhaustive, and the applicant institution should contact NIMH staff regarding any other cost item being considered. For more information on allowable and unallowable costs, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm.
Award Project Period: The total award project period may not exceed two years, but must be no less than 12 months.

Purpose: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing dissertation awards in all research areas within the strategic priorities of the NIMH to individuals from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research. This two-year award supports the completion of the doctoral research project 

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NIMH Research Education Mentoring Program for HIV/AIDS Researchers (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-145.html

LOI Due Date: 30 days prior to application due date
Application Due Dates: September 7, 2015; September 7, 2016; September 7, 2017, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. 

Purpose: This FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on  Mentoring 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. 

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Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-147.html

Expiration Date: January 8, 2017

Award Budget: Award budgets composed of stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance, as described in the full announcement.
Award Project Period: Individuals may receive up to 5 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the predoctoral level including any combination of support from institutional training grants (e.g., T32) and an individual fellowship award. This F31 award program only supports dissertation research training.

Purpose: The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the applicant’s dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. 

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American Heart Association Funding Opportunities

Predoctoral Fellowship
Helps students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
Offered by: Founders, Greater Southeast, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Gaining credentials – doctoral student

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Helps trainees initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results under the supervision of a sponsor or mentor; supports individuals before they are ready for some stage of independent research.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step - postdoctoral fellow

Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award (formerly Clinical Research Program)
Encourages early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science, and encouraging community- and population-based activities.
Offered by: Founders, National, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step/first independent step - master's degree. Healthcare professionals with a master's degree or certain doctoral degrees.

Beginning Grant-In-Aid
Promotes the independent status of promising beginning scientists.  
Offered by: SouthWest and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent.

Scientist Development Grant
Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Offered by: Founders Affiliate and National Research Program
Career Stage: First independent step – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent

Grant-In-Aid
Encourages and adequately funds the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators. 
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step, intermediate level or recognized investigator – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent, associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators.

Innovative Research Grant
Supports highly innovative, high-risk, high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research. 
Offered by: AHA National Research Program
Career Stage: First independent step, intermediate level or recognized investigator - instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent, associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators.

Established Investigator Award
Supports mid-career investigators with unusual promise and an established record of accomplishments; candidates have a demonstrated commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science as indicated by prior publication history and scientific accomplishments. A candidate's career is expected to be in a rapid growth phase. 
Offered by: AHA National Research Program
Career Stage: Intermediate level or recognized investigator - associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators. 

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American Cancer Society

http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/granttypes/

Postdoctoral Fellowships
This award is to support the training of researchers who have received a doctoral degree to provide initial funding leading to an independent career in cancer research (including basic, preclinical, clinical, cancer control, psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiology, health services and health policy research).

Mentored Research Scholar Grant
Provides support for mentored research and training to full-time junior faculty, typically within the initial four years of their first independent appointment. The goal is for these beginning investigators to become independent researchers as either clinician scientists or cancer control and prevention researchers. Awards are for up to five years and for up to $135,000 per year (direct costs), plus 8% allowable indirect costs. A maximum of $10,000 per year for the mentor(s) (regardless of the number of mentors) is included in the $135,000.

Annual Deadlines: April 1 and October 15 

Leadership Training for People of Color Living with HIV

LSO Portal Page: https://review.wizehive.com/voting/view/uclaopportunitiesportal2015/0/3903672/0
Funding Agency RFA: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=283585 

Internal Proposal Deadline: May 23, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline to Agency: July 8, 2016

Award Amount: $854,000 per year for 3 years

Purpose: This announcement solicits applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Leadership Training for People of Color Living with HIV program. This program supports the development and delivery of training programs for people of color living with HIV of all ages (e.g., Black, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN), and Asian/Pacific Islander (API)) to enable full, active and engaged participation on planning bodies, medical and support care teams, boards of directors, and other mobilization efforts to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 (NHAS 2020). To address the need for an increased focus on transgender women, this project will also support national leadership training for transgender women of color living with HIV. 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. Funding will be provided in the form of a cooperative agreement to support one (1) organization for up to three (3) years.

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Predoctoral Training in Biomedical Big Data Science (T32)

LSO Portal Page: https://review.wizehive.com/voting/view/uclaopportunitiesportal2015/0/3903611/0 
Funding Agency RFA: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-LM-16-002.html

Internal Proposal Deadline: June 6, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline to Agency: July 25, 2016

Award Amount: $350,000 per year for four years

Purpose: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for graduate training programs in Big Data Science, for the expressed purpose of training the next generation of scientists who will develop computational and quantitative approaches and tools needed by the biomedical research community to work with Big Data in the biomedical sciences. The proposed training programs should prepare qualified individuals for careers in developing new technologies and methods that will allow biomedical researchers to maximize the value of the growing volume and complexity of biomedical data.

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Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30)

LSO Portal Page: https://review.wizehive.com/voting/view/uclaopportunitiesportal2015/0/3891506/0
Funding Agency RFA: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-16-006.html

Internal Proposal Deadline: August 22, 2016
LOI Due to Agency: October 23, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline to Agency: November 23, 2016

Award Amount: $750,000 for up to 5 years

Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish core centers that are part of an integrated and existing program of nutrition and/or obesity research. The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORC) program is designed to support and enhance the national research effort in nutrition and obesity. NORCs support three primary research-related activities: Research Core services, a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program, and an Enrichment program. All activities pursued by Nutrition Obesity Research Centers are designed to enhance the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness and multidisciplinary nature of research in nutrition and obesity. The NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centers program consists of 12 Centers, each located at outstanding research institutions with documented programs of excellence in nutrition and/or obesity research.

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Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research: 2016 Conventional and Integrative Grants

LSO Portal Page: https://review.wizehive.com/voting/view/uclaopportunitiesportal2015/0/3901693/0

Internal Proposal Deadline: June 13, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline to Agency: August 13, 2016

Award Amount: $75,000 per year for 3 years

Purpose: Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research is soliciting grant applications to fund innovative and insightful medical research on the hematologic malignancies. Gabrielle’s Angel has focused on supporting promising junior investigators conducting scientific research that can be applied to improving the treatment of patients with these diseases. Gabrielle’s Angel has invited the JCCC to nominate only one application per category/per institution for their Conventional and Integrative grants.

• Conventional Grant – Conventional or mainstream projects that can be applied to improving treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies.
• Integrative Grant – Integrative research projects that explore evidence-based complementary interventions such as acupuncture, nutrition, meditation, yoga, etc. Also supports clinical trials and/or pre-clinical research that addresses reducing patients’ physical and emotional distress during or after cancer therapy.

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2016 W. M. Keck Foundation Opportunities

http://www.wmkeck.org/grant-programs/research

Purpose: The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Past grants have been awarded to major universities, independent research institutions and medical schools to support pioneering biological and physical science research and engineering, including the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation or methodologies. Historically, grants range from $500,000 to $5 million and are typically $2 million or less. 

Limit: UCLA is limited to FOUR concept papers per program focal area. Please contact Dr. Cathy Lang if interested in any of its  funding opportunities.

W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program 2016 - Medical Research

• Internal Proposal Deadline: May 13, 2016
• Find more information here. 

W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program 2016 - Science and Engineering Research

• Internal Proposal Deadline: May 13, 2016
• Find more information here. 

W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program 2016 - Southern California Program

• Internal Proposal Deadline: May 18, 2016
• Find more information here. 

W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program 2016 - Undergraduate Education Program

• Internal Proposal Deadline: May 18, 2016
• Find more information here. 

Community Partnership Grant Program

Number of Awards: Varies by year

Award Amount: Up to $10,000 per award

Award Project Period: One Year

Call for Applications: Spring (Check back soon for submission deadlines)

Purpose: This funding is available for faculty and/or students who wish to create a community initiative at the local, regional, or national level in the United States. These initiatives can both build on existing community partnerships or be about forming new community partnerships. Funding is designed to serve as start-up funds for initiatives that will in turn allow you to seek larger outside funding sources. The lead applicant(s) on the grant can be either students or faculty. 

For more information: Please contact Erin Bresnahan. 

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Dean Hansell Fellowship in Gun Violence

Number of Awards: Two

Award Amount: Up to $10,000 per award

Award Project Period: Five Years

Deadline: October 16, 2015 at 5PM

Purpose: The Dean Hansell Fellowship on Gun Violence provides pilot funds for students and faculty who wish to conduct research or community projects that directly address gun violence. These funds are designed to act as start-up funds for initiatives that will in turn allow you to seek larger outside funding sources. 

For more information: Please contact the Associate Dean for Practice Across the Life Course, Dr. Michael Prelip. 

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Leading Scholars Grants

Number of Awards: Varies by year

Award Amount: Up to $4,000 per nominee

Call for Applications: Winter (Check back soon for submission deadlines)

Purpose: FSPH faculty nominate leading scholars and professionals in the field of public health to invite to FSPH to undertake educational and research residencies. These residencies are for 1-2 weeks, and they aim to engage fellow faculty and students in exploring research and other educational collaborations. The leading scholar or professional is also asked to share their expertise with the Fielding community as a grand rounds speaker. 

For more information: Please contact Erin Bresnahan. 

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Jerry and Lorraine Factor Violence Prevention Grant

Number of Awards: Varies by year

Award Amount: Up to $4,000 per award

Deadline: To Be Determined (The deadline for the 2014-15 academic year was September 30, 2015.)

Purpose: Through the generosity of Jerry and Lorraine Factor, FSPH has funds to support visiting scholars or seminar series in the area of violence prevention. Applicants can propose either: 

• A leading scholar to come to FSPH to give grand rounds and have meetings with faculty and students on a topic of violence prevention; or

• A series of seminars around violence prevention, where local invited guests address faculty and students on violence prevention topics.

The grant can be used to cover travel, residency and event expenses. The proposed activity(ies) must be in the area of violence prevention. Faculty members may apply as individuals or in teams. 

For more information: Please contact Erin Bresnahan.