Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions Initiative (US)

Deadline: 7-May-25

The National Institutes of Health is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions Initiative to advance the science of minority health and health disparities by supporting research on family health and well-being and resilience.

The goal of this initiative is to support family level health observational and intervention studies in the biomedical, clinical, population, behavioral or social sciences. Projects are expected to include family health measures.

Projects must include a focus on families from one or more populations that NIH designates as experiencing health disparities in the US and territories, which include Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities (SGM).

For the purpose of this funding opportunity, the following definitions are listed:

Family: two or more individuals, of any gender or who identify with more than one gender, where one is from a population NIH recognizes as experiencing health disparities. These families share enduring intimate social relationships that may be characterized by blood or legal ties, shared residence, economic cooperation within or across borders, shared responsibilities, and a sense of mutual or collective obligation. This is inclusive of nuclear, extended, blended, adopted, foster, and chosen families. They recognize that researchers may define family unit differently and thus responsive applications will either use this definition or clearly define the term within the context of the proposed research.
Family level: encompassing collective measures of family health behaviors and processes or pathways or performing interventions with multiple family members. Applications not including family health measures (ie, not including health outcome measures for 2 or more family members) or family level research (ie, not including family level health behaviors or processes) will be considered non-responsive.

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

Eligibility Criteria

Higher Education Institutions
- Public / State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
  - Hispa nic-serving Institutions
  - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
  - Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
  - Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
  - Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501 (c) (3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501 (c) (3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian / Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian / Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Governments
- US Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities / Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations