Deadline: 14-Oct-22
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its NIDA REI: Reaching Equity at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use: Novel Approaches to Address HIV-Related Health Disparities in Underserved Racial/Ethnic Populations.
Purpose
The purpose of this initiative is to support pilot or feasibility research on structural factors, organizational practices, policies, and other social, cultural, and contextual influences that lead to inequities at the intersection of HIV and substance use among underserved racial and/or ethnic minority populations affected by persistent HIV disparities. Research that addresses the multiple dimensions of individuals’ identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity) and social systems as they intersect with one another is encouraged.
Research Objectives
This initiative will support innovative pilot or feasibility research to inform efforts to address persistent inequities in HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment among underserved racial and/or ethnic minority populations. All projects should address social, cultural, and structural factors potentially driving inequities. Research that addresses intersectional sexual and gender minority populations is also encouraged. Areas of research can include epidemiology, prevention, and treatment services research addressing topics such as stigma, cultural competence, accessibility, acceptability, retention, mistrust/trustworthiness, and financing. Proposed studies can be:
- observational studies, providing a deeper understanding of how social, cultural, policy and structural factors interact to perpetuate or ameliorate health inequities in HIV and substance use outcomes for racial and/or ethnic minority persons and other persons with disproportionate burden of HIV disease, or
- intervention studies that test novel strategies that focus on social, structural, policy and cultural factors in order to reduce health disparities and lead to equity in HIV and substance use outcomes for populations affected by persistent disparities.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request direct costs of up to $450,000 for three years. Although variations from year to year are permissible, in no case may any year be more than $225,000 in direct costs, and total direct costs for the entire project period may not exceed $450,000.
- The maximum project period is 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Others
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343042