The Vice President for Research Office has collected a list of extramural funding opportunities as part of our on-going commitment to support equitable, diverse, and inclusive research on our campus and in our broader communities. All available opportunities are also published on this site, and will be updated bi-monthly. Please check each sponsor’s solicitation for the most up-to-date information for each program, as the sponsor may have changed details of the opportunity since it was posted here.
If you are considering applying for a DEI-related funding opportunity and would like grant development support, please contact Mercedes Ward, Grant Development Specialist for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
NIH Innovations for Healthy Living – Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: Total funding support (direct costs, indirect costs, fee) normally may not exceed $295,924 for Phase I awards and $1,972,828 for Phase II awards. However, see RFA for details regarding waivers for specific topics.
Deadline: March 24, 2023; September 6, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in one or more populations that experience health disparities. Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, and culturally acceptable.
NIH Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42- Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: Total funding support (direct costs, indirect costs, fee) normally may not exceed $295,924 for Phase I awards and $1,972,828 for Phase II awards. However, see RFA for details regarding waivers for specific topics.
Deadline: March 24, 2023; September 6, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications that propose to develop a product, process or service for commercialization with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in one or more NIH-defined populations that experience health disparities. Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable, and culturally acceptable.
NIH Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: $500,000 direct costs annually (max 5 years)
Deadline: March 24, 2023; October 10, 2023 (AIDS March 24, 2023, and January 7, 2023)
There is increasing recognition that racism and discrimination contribute to poorer health outcomes for racial/ethnic minorities and other populations that experience health disparities. There is also a growing societal recognition that racism and discrimination extend beyond the behavior of individuals to include structural racism and discrimination (SRD), which is embedded in historical societal, institutional, organizational and governmental structures through formal and informal processes, procedures, and practices that limit both opportunities and resources to segments of the population. SRD is supported by the power structures that exist in society and in the institutions that are most likely to influence health outcomes. This initiative will support intervention research that addresses SRD in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities.
NIH Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE) – Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: $400,000 in direct costs per year for five years
Deadline: May 31, 2023; January 31, 2024
The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to promote a new initiative by reissuing RFA-OD-21-010, “Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE) – Coordinating Center (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)” to solicit applications for an Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE) – Coordinating Center (U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed). The purpose of the AGIE Coordinating Center will be to provide the organizational framework for the management, direction, and overall coordination of all common activities aimed at investigating strategies, approaches, and interventions promoting gender equity or addressing barriers to gender equity, including for women, at the faculty and leadership levels in many areas of science, technology, and engineering. The AGIE Coordinating Center will be responsible for the administration and management of a Pilot and Feasibility Studies program (expected to start in year two (2) of the agreement). The AGIE Coordinating Center will lead, coordinate, manage, and harmonize the research work conducted under the Pilot and Feasibility Studies program among the Pilot and Feasibility Studies program implementers and with its own research work. The AGIE Coordinating Center will support the provision of quality assurance and monitoring, and function as a central repository for data and other tools and resources across NIH programs.
OTHER FEDERAL SPONSORS
FDA OMHHE Health Equity Innovation Award: Racial & Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (REACH) (U01) Clinical Trials Optional
Amount: $500,000 total costs
Deadline: April 6, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is for FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity’s (OMHHE) Health Equity Innovation Award: Racial & Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (REACH). The consortium will consist of multiple cooperative agreement (U01) recipients that will strengthen and advance minority health and health equity focused research, outreach, and communications as well as support training and mentoring of diverse students, fellows, and/or researchers.
FOUNDATIONS
RWJF Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP)
Amount: $420,000
Deadline: March 15, 2023
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically marginalized backgrounds. We expect scholars to spend at least 70 percent of their time engaged in research. Scholars should be committed to working toward eliminating health disparities especially within underserved populations; to support succeeding AMFDP scholars; and to achieving senior rank in academic medicine, dentistry, or nursing. The program provides scholars with: development of research, academic, and leadership skills; ongoing mentoring by a distinguished national advisory committee; a grounding in the social determinants of health, health equity, and the elements of a Culture of Health; growth in communications skills to advance the impact of scholars’ research and scholarship in the field. In this grant cycle, RWJF will fund up to 10 four-year awards of up to $420,000 each. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000 each, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant to support research activities.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
NSF Analytics for Equity Initiative
Amount: $75,000
Deadline: March 3, 2023
The Analytics for Equity Initiative builds on the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and E.O.13985 by piloting a new way to support social, economic, and behavioral sciences research that leverages federal data assets (ensuring privacy is protected and data are secure) and scientific advances in researching equity-related topics for greater public benefit. Led by the National Science Foundation and in partnership with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other federal agencies, the Initiative links interested researchers directly with federal agencies seeking to answer research questions captured in their Learning Agendas in five equity-related research themes. The goal of this effort is to fund researchers to produce rigorous empirical evidence and research in equity-related topics aligned to agency Learning Agendas, that federal agencies and other organizations can use to increase the impact of equity-focused evidence-based strategies.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
NIH Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Equity in Outcomes (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
Amount: Direct costs are limited to $225,000 per year and $450,000 over the 3-year project period
Deadline: February 16, 2023; June 16, 2023; October 16, 2023
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports pilot work for subsequent studies testing the effectiveness of strategies to deliver evidence-based mental health services, treatment interventions, and/or preventive interventions (EBPs) in low-resourced mental health specialty and non-specialty settings within the United States. The FOA targets settings where EBPs are not currently delivered or delivered with fidelity, such that there are disparities in mental health and related functional outcomes (e.g., employment, educational attainment, stable housing, integration in the community, treatment of comorbid substance use disorders) for the population(s) served. Implementation strategies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from EBPs and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations. Research generating new information about factors causing/reducing disparities is strongly encouraged, including due consideration for the needs of individuals across the life span. Applications proposing definitive tests of an implementation strategy should respond to the companion R01 announcement PAR-23-092.
NIH Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship
Amount: up to $250,000 in direct costs
Deadline: February 17, 2023
The Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) NOT-OD-23-002: Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship recognizes the crucial role great mentors play in developing future leaders in the scientific research enterprise. Multiple NIH institutes and centers (ICs) are inviting applications for administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who are outstanding mentors and who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to enhancing DEIA in the biomedical sciences. Supplements are available for various grant types, including career development, training, cooperative, and Research Project Grants (R01). They will provide up to $250,000 in direct costs, not to exceed the direct costs of the parent award.
FOUNDATIONS
Global Learning for Health Equity Network (GL4HE): Call for Planning Grant Proposals
Amount: Grants of $30,000-$50,000 are available for 6-8 projects
Deadline: February 8, 2023
Created in 2020 with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Global Learning for Health Equity Network (GL4HE) is accepting proposals for planning grants to help community-based organizations and health equity advocates learn about creative approaches, initiatives or policies from countries around the world that can inform their efforts to advance health equity in the U.S. This Call for Proposals is designed to support 6-8 grantees at any stage of their global learning journey–whether they have already identified a global idea they would like to learn from or are just curious to explore what solutions exist beyond U.S. borders. This opportunity will provide grantees with mentorship, resources and funding to bring global inspiration to their communities.
American Philosophical Society: Phillips Fund for Native American Research
Amount: $3,500
Deadline: March 1, 2023
The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. The grants are intended for such costs as travel, audio and video recordings, and consultants’ fees. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, or psycholinguistics; for the purchase of permanent equipment; or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and cultural change through time.
American Philosophical Society: Indigenous Community Research Fellowship
Amount: Up to $5,000 for travel expenses
Deadline: March 17, 2023
The American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum in Philadelphia invites applications for the Indigenous Community Research Fellowship to support an individual or a group of researchers seeking to examine materials at the APS to further Indigenous community-based priorities. Fellows will work with the Library & Museum’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), which aims to promote greater collaboration between scholars, archives, and Indigenous communities throughout the Americas. This fellowship program is designed especially for Indigenous community members, elders, teachers, knowledge keepers, tribal officials, traditional leaders, museum and archive professionals, and independent scholars. Applicants do not need to have a specific academic background or an academic affiliation to apply. Any Indigenous community whose cultural heritage is represented in the APS’s Library & Museum collections is encouraged to apply. University-based scholars and independent researchers working on projects in collaboration with Indigenous communities are also eligible to apply. Such applicants are expected to provide letters of support from relevant community members. Indigenous community members are not required to go through or work with third parties to access APS collections.