Solicited and Investigator-Initiated Research Project Grants
NIMHD supports a wide variety of Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) related to solicited and investigator-initiated research projects grants (RPGs, e.g., R01, R21, R03, R15, R41/R42, R43/R44) within the Institute’s three main extramural research interest areas:
- Clinical and Health Services Research
- Integrative Biological and Behavioral Sciences
- Community Health and Population Science
Solicited research projects are funded under various Requests for Applications (RFAs), whereas investigator-initiated research projects are funded under NIH-wide “parent” Program Announcements (PAs), as well as PAs or PARs targeting specific scientific topics (see List of Programs below). NIMHD also supports several Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) related to a specific scientific area linked to an active FOA.
All projects must focus on one or more populations experiencing health disparities, which include African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, rural populations, and sexual/gender minority groups.
NIMHD Notice of Special Interest (NOSIs)
COVID-19-Related NOSIs
- NOSI: Emergency Competitive Revisions for Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) on COVID-19 Testing Among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
- NOSI: Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing Among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
- NOSI: Limited Competition for Emergency Competitive Revisions for Community-Engaged Research on COVID-19 Testing Among Underserved and/or Vulnerable Populations
- NOSI: Urgent Competitive Revisions and Administrative Supplements for Research at NIMHD Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI U54s) on SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation
Other NOSIs
NIMHD Program Announcements (PA and PARs)
COVID-19-Related PA and PARs
- Emergency Award: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research on COVID-19 Consortium (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Community Interventions to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health Disparity and Vulnerable Populations (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Other PA and PARs
- Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06 Clinical Trials Optional)
- Tobacco Control Policies to Promote Health Equity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Biologic Factors Underlying Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Music and Health: Understanding and Developing Music Medicine (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. (R01 Clinical Trials Optional)
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): Population, Clinical, and Applied Prevention Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required)
- Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
- Identifying Innovative Mechanisms or Interventions that Target Multimorbidity and Its Consequences (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodology (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Long-Term Effects of Disasters on Health Care Systems Serving Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01- Clinical Trial Optional)
- Addressing the Challenges of the Opioid Epidemic in Minority Health and Health Disparities Research in the U.S. (R01/R21)
- Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations (R01/R21)
- Addressing Health Disparities Through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R01/R21)
- Clinical and Epidemiological Research on Chronic Disease in the Caribbean (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Collaborative Minority Health and Health Disparities Research with Tribal Epidemiology Centers (R01 and R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Mechanisms and Consequences of Sleep Disparities in the U.S. (R01/R21)
- Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R01/ R21)
- Mechanisms of Disparities in Etiology and Outcomes of Lung Cancer in the United States: The Role of Risk and Protective Factors (R01/R21)
- Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01/R21)
- Surgical Disparities Research (R01) and Exploratory/Developmental Surgical Disparities Research (R21)
NIMHD Requests for Applications (RFAs)
COVID-19-Related RFAs
- RADx-UP Phase II-Related FOAs
- Emergency Awards: RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Other RFAs
- Innovative Multi-Level Approaches and Strategies to Prevent, Test and Treat HIV in Primary Care Settings in Populations Experiencing Health Disparities in Geographic Hot Spots in the U.S. (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study Cooperative Agreement Award Series (U01 and U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Building Population Health Research Capacity in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (U24)
- Community-based Participatory Research
- Innovations for Healthy Living—Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Mechanisms of Disparities for HIV-Related Comorbidities in Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training Program
- Prevention and Treatment Research to Address HIV/AIDS Disparities in Women in the US (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Research on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Prevent HIV in Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program
- Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Time-Sensitive Research on Health Risk and Resilience after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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