Deadline: 11 April 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its “Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities” to encourage innovative health services research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the improvement of minority health and/or the reduction of health disparities at the health care system-level as well as within clinical settings.
Research Objectives
- Research encouraged under this FOA includes examination of health care services in health care systems such as private and public health insurance plans; physician groups; hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities; academic medical centers; integrated delivery systems; and criminal justice settings.
- Projects may address health services pertaining to the treatment of particular health conditions, multiple health conditions, specific segments of the population, or more general indicators (e.g., access to primary care services, etc.) that may not be condition-specific.
- Projects may include observational/descriptive, simulation, or interventional studies and may involve primary data collection and/or secondary analysis of existing datasets.
- It is expected that all projects will involve the use of relevant health system-level data in some way.
- Projects that also use patient-reported data are encouraged, but projects that rely exclusively on patient-reported data are not a programmatic priority for funding under this FOA.
- Projects should include a focus on one or more NIH-designated US health disparity populations, which include Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Independent school districts
- Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit grants.gov.