Funding Opportunities
Elimination of Health Disparities through Translation Research
(R18)
Funding agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Research objectives: The intent of this RFA is the
achievement of new scientific knowledge that can accelerate the
translation of research findings into public health practice through
implementation, dissemination, and diffusion research. The target of
these translation efforts is health disparity populations. The R18
grant mechanism is being used; it provides support to develop, test,
and evaluate health service activities, and to foster the
application of existing knowledge for the control of categorical
diseases.
Application receipt dates:
Standard submission schedule,
click here for details.
Amount and duration:
Up to $450,000 per year for 3 years
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R01)
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved
(R21)
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: Research on health promotion,
disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted
by communities and researchers and targets medically underserved
areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) as defined
by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Application receipt dates:
May 15, 2009, May 14, 2010.
Amount and duration:
See website for details
Community Participation in Research (R01)
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: Intervention research on health
promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that
communities and researchers jointly conduct.
Application receipt dates:
Standard submission schedule,
click here for details.
Amount and duration:
See website for details
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic
Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic
Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03)
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic
Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21)
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objective: (1) To improve the measurement of
racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems
through improved instrumentation, data collection, and
statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of
the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care
delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence,
treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority
groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health
disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the
influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery
systems in the United States (U.S.).
Letter of intent receipt dates:
Standard submission schedule,
click here for details.
Amount and duration: R01, R03, & R21 award mechanisms,
see above links for more information.
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
Funding agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research objectives: Research that will identify,
develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and
strategies that test models to disseminate and implement
research-tested health behavior change interventions and
evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment,
and quality of life improvement services into public health and
clinical practice settings. The purpose of this dissemination and
implementation research program announcement is to support
innovative approaches to identifying, understanding, and overcoming
barriers to the adoption of evidence-based interventions that
previous efficacy or effectiveness research has shown to be
effective, but where adoption to date has been limited or
significantly delayed.
Application receipt dates:
See website for details
Amount and duration:
$275,000 for up to 2 years
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01)
Funding agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research objectives: Research that will identify,
develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and
strategies that test models to disseminate and implement
research-tested health behavior change interventions and
evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment,
and quality of life improvement services into public health and
clinical practice settings. The purpose of this dissemination and
implementation research program announcement is to support
innovative approaches to identifying, understanding, and overcoming
barriers to the adoption of evidence-based interventions that
previous efficacy or effectiveness research has shown to be
effective, but where adoption to date has been limited or
significantly delayed.
Application receipt dates:
See website for details
Amount and duration:
See website for details
Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for
Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R01)
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: This initiative aims to encourage
clinicians and researchers to improve existing models for cancer
risk and prognosis by developing innovative research projects that
use existing data to develop new models for cancer risk and
prognosis, to validate these models and evaluate their utility in
research and clinic settings. This program announcement
supports both R01 and R21 grant applications.
Application receipt dates:
February 5, June 5, October 5, through
2009.
Amount and duration:
No dollar limit, and up to 5 years in
duration.
Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for
Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R21)
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: This initiative aims to encourage
clinicians and researchers to improve existing models for cancer
risk and prognosis by developing innovative research projects that
use existing data to develop new models for cancer risk and
prognosis, to validate these models and evaluate their utility in
research and clinic settings. This program announcement
supports both R01 and R21 grant applications.
Application receipt dates:
February 16, June 16, October 16, through
2009.
Amount and duration:
Up to $275,000, and up to 2 years in
duration.
Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: To stimulate multidisciplinary
research on potential reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked
and smokeless, through the interplay of basic, biological,
behavioral, surveillance, and epidemiology research and to answer
the key question "Do potential reduced-exposure tobacco products
provide a truly, less-harmful alternative to conventional tobacco
products, both on the individual and population level?"
Application receipt dates:
see above link for more information.
Amount and duration: R21 award mechanism,
up to $275,000 total for up to 2 years.
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care
Delivery
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objectives: (1) to improve the measurement of
racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems
through improved instrumentation, data collection and
statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of
the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care
delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence,
treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority
groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health
disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the
influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery
systems in the United States.
Application receipt dates:
see above link for more information.
Amount and duration: R01, R03, & R21 award mechanisms,
see above link for more information.
Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01)
Funding agency: National Cancer Institute
Research objective: To provide support for a sustained
period of "protected time" for intensive research career development
under the guidance of an experienced mentor in the biomedical,
behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence.
Application receipt dates:
see above link for more information.
Amount and duration: Up to 3 years for up to $75K
annually plus fringe benefits and up to $30K in direct costs for
research and development expenses.
Public Welfare Foundation General Funding Initiatives
Funding agency: Public Welfare Foundation
Research objective: To provide funding to address human
needs in disadvantages communities - many funding priorities
available.
Application receipt dates: None.
Amount and duration: A total of $18,000,000 in funding
available.
Wachovia Foundation Grants
Funding agency: Wachovia Foundation
Research objective: To provide funding to 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt organizations in the areas of education, community
development, health and human services, and arts and culture.
Application receipt dates: None.
Amount and duration: Not specified.
Cancer
Technology/Skill Transfer Fellowships
Funding agency: International Union Against Cancer
Research objective:
To provide travel funding
and one month stipend to facilitate rapid international transfer of
cancer research techniques, technology, and clinical management
skills.
Application receipt dates: No restrictions.
Amount and duration: Travel costs and $3,000 one-month
stipend.
Cancer
Research
Funding agency: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Research objective:
Research in the cure and
control of cancer.
Application receipt dates: No expiration date.
Amount and duration: Unrestricted.
Dissemination and Diffusion Research Program Announcement
Funding agency: National Cancer Institute
Research objective: To support innovative approaches to
understanding and overcoming the barriers to the adoption of health
promotion, disease prevention, and treatment interventions that
previous intervention research has shown to be effective.
Application receipt dates: Future initiative, receipt
dates not yet announced.
Amount and duration: Future initiative, amount and
duration not yet announced.
Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Research objective: Innovative educational programs to
motivate biomedical and other health science students to pursue
cancer related careers; for short courses to update cancer research
scientists in new scientific methods, technologies, and findings;
and for training of cancer care clinicians and community health care
providers in evidence-based cancer prevention and control
approaches.
Application receipt dates:
See submission schedule.
Amount and duration: Up to five years of funding at up
to $300,000 per year.
Research Proposals for Poor and Underserved Populations
Funding agency: American Cancer Society
Research objective: Research that addresses the disparity
in cancer morbidity and mortality in poor and underserved
populations, including clinical, cancer control, behavioral,
epidemiologic, health policy, health services, and basic science
research questions.
Application receipt dates: No deadline.
Amount and duration: Several funding types available,
with up to five years of funding at up
to $400,000 per year.
Research Opportunity Grants
Funding agency: American Cancer Society
Research objective: Rapid, one-time funding for novel
ideas or for targeting urgent problems with immediate human benefit.
Application receipt dates: No deadline.
Amount and duration: One year of funding at up
to $72,000.
Psychosocial & Behavioral Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control
Funding agency: American Cancer Society
Research objective: Investigator-initiated research
projects in psychosocial, behavioral, and cancer control research,
including epidemiologic approaches to psychosocial and behavioral
research.
Application receipt dates: April 1 and October 15.
Amount and duration: Up to four years of funding at up
to $200,000 per year.
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