DHHS-NIH Request for Applications: Socioeconomic Disparities in Health and Mortality at Older Ages

Deadline: 20 October 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its “Socioeconomic Disparities in Health and Mortality at Older Ages” to support studies that identify mechanisms, explanations, and modifiable risk factors underlying recent trends of growing inequalities in morbidity and mortality by income, education, and geographic location at older ages in the United States.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000

Program Scopes

Examples of analytic approaches that fall within the scope of this program include (but are not limited to) those that:

Identify the mechanisms that explain growing socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in health at older ages, explain their role in racial disparities, and detect modifiable risk factors
Ascertain the extent to which these trends are driven by age, period, and cohort-related factors
Consider the role of education, income, and geographic region as causal factors versus alternative explanations such as differential selection over time or shifting composition of groups
Leverage longitudinal data, ideally from childhood through old age
Use a diverse set of analytic methods (e.g. life-cycle, comparative, cohort, multi-level)
Consider how institutional and cultural contexts (including their timing within the life course of individuals) influence health disparities
Examine a wide range of physical, mental, and functional health outcomes, in addition to mortality
Capitalize on NIA-funded data sources with life history and geographic information (e.g., English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Health and Retirement Study; Midlife in the United States; National Longitudinal Mortality Study; Panel Study of Income Dynamics; Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe)

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants:
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- State governments
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.