Deadline: 07-Mar-22
The National Institutes of Health has announced the applications to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes among Women Who Experience Persistent Disparities.
Research Objectives
- The AIM initiative will support formative research and pilot studies to inform development of integrated models of supportive care to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes among populations who experience persistent disparities. Studies can focus on any maternal care timepoint: the antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum period. Projects must target the three domains of interest: healthcare access, healthcare quality, and social conditions. Studies must scientifically demonstrate the ability to inform future maternal morbidity and mortality prevention efforts.
- Supportive care can include but is not limited to: doulas, certified nurse midwives, community health workers, care navigators, social workers or social service providers, mental health specialists, childbirth educators, traditional healers, or care provided through group-based prenatal care or a maternity care home. Projects must incorporate a conceptual framework to guide efforts. Specific focus can include, but is not limited to:
- Healthcare access related to appointment scheduling, care coordination, availability of care, and health insurance status
- Healthcare quality related to timeliness of care, comorbid diagnoses, provision of general and specialty care, labor and delivery support, patient-provider communication, and education
- Social conditions related to food access, transportation, and housing
Funding Information
- NIH intends to fund an estimate of 3 awards, corresponding to a total of $1 million, for fiscal year 2022. Future year amounts will depend on annual appropriations.
- Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over a two-year project period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
Eligible Projects
- Studies that develop and pilot test new/adapted strategies to facilitate implementation of large-scale supportive care interventions
- Studies focused on the provision of supportive care during the postpartum period
- Studies that assess the feasibility and acceptability of utilizing supportive care to monitor pregnancy risk
- Studies that pilot and/or assess the feasibility of new and innovative strategies to facilitate incorporation of doulas into existing systems of pregnancy care
- Studies focused on piloting integrated supportive care interventions among understudied populations
- Studies that integrate traditional ways of healing to address adverse maternal health outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native women
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:
- Hispanic-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 Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. 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
- Foreign Institutions
- 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.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337576