Deadline: 10-Oct-22
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for REsearch Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) virtual resource centers.
REACH virtual resource centers will foster institutional partnerships and provide resources to support research activities and research training for faculty who work at accredited complementary and integrative health clinical institutions, such as: Schools of acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathy, naturopathy, physical therapy, and music and art therapy. The REACH virtual resource centers will provide a variety of including, but not limited to Administrative Support, Research Support, Grantsmanship, Mentoring and Training, and Team Building to support clinician scientists located at complementary and integrative health clinical institutions to form multi and interdisciplinary research teams and pursue externally funded research aligned with NCCIH Strategic Priorities for symptom management.
Objectives
The REACH virtual resource centers will be scientific hubs that provide resources to virtually support the research environment and provide resources for faculty at partnering complementary and integrative health clinical institutions to pursue a research career. It is expected that the REACH Virtual Resource Centers program will lead to the following outcomes:
- increase in the quality and quantity of grant applications submitted by clinician scientists at the partnering complementary and integrative health clinical institutions
- formation of multi and interdisciplinary research partnerships across partnering complementary and integrative health clinical institutions
- enhanced research environments at complementary and integrative health clinical institutions, thereby exposing more students to research
- a stronger pipeline for developing clinician scientists trained in complementary and integrative health practices to gain expertise in clinical science and to pursue research careers at clinical institutions.
Funding Infromation
- Application budgets may not exceed $750,000 per year in direct costs and should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project
- The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years
Eligibility Criteria
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others
- Independent school districts
- City or township governments
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343038