Weekly Grants Update
November 2, 2015
PA-14-334 - Advancing Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is being issued by the NIH Adherence Network through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), with participation from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers. This FOA seeks Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose interventions to significantly improve medication adherence in individuals. Applications may target medication adherence in the context of treatment for a single illness or chronic condition (e.g., hypertension), to stave off a disease recurrence (e.g., cancer) or for multiple comorbid conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, alcohol use disorders and HIV/AIDS). A well-articulated theoretical or conceptual framework is key for applications encouraged under this announcement. Primary outcomes of the research can include a patient self-report of medication adherence, but must also at least one non-self-report measure of medication adherence (e.g., pharmacy refill records, electronic monitoring, etc.). In addition, applications are encouraged to include a relevant health outcome or biomarker (e.g., blood pressure, viral load in HIV-infected individuals, cholesterol levels, HbA1c) that is expected to be affected by changes in the targeted adherence behavior. For diseases without identified biomarkers, inclusion of a clinical assessment (e.g., a medicine blood level, diagnostic interview or an independent clinician rating of the symptoms and behaviors) may be considered. Next Application Due Date is Feb. 5, 2016.
NINR PA-16-023 - Innovative Questions in Symptom Science and Genomics (R21)/R01/R15
This initiative seeks to optimize innovation, insight and cutting edge conceptual and technological breakthroughs by catalyzing research that emanates from the identified innovative questions in symptom and genomic nursing science. These innovative questions are reflective of broad domains from which more specific novel hypotheses or problems to be solved can be derived. Next Application Due Date is Feb. 16, 2016.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Evaluating High-Value Innovations from Low-Resource Communities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to seeking value from all levels of investment in health care, public health, and population health. Through this call for proposals the Foundation intends to pursue several objectives: (1) to identify promising innovations to improve health being implemented in low-resource communities, (2) to evaluate whether the innovations improve health care quality and health without increasing costs; and (3) to disseminate these innovations as examples for other communities to implement. The evaluation of innovations from low-resource communities is the primary objective of this call for proposals. Application Due Date is December 10, 2015.
HRSA-16-066 - Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention – Bachelor of Science in Nursing Practicums in Community Settings Program
In accordance with section 831(g) of PHS Act, eligible lead applicants include schools of nursing as defined in Section 801(2) of the PHS Act, health care facilities, or partnerships between schools of nursing and health care facilities. A health care facility may include a nurse-managed health center, Indian Health Service health center, Native Hawaiian health center, hospital, Federally-qualified health center, rural health clinic, nursing home, home health agency, hospice program, public health clinic, State or local department of public health, skilled nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, or any other facility designated by the Secretary (see PHS Act section 801(11)). Grants will be awarded to a lead applicant (i.e. a school of nursing or health care facility) within an academic-practice partnership, which will serve as the grantee and have overall fiscal and administrative responsibility for the grant. Lead applicants must apply, however, in a partnership structure. The lead applicant, if a school of nursing, must apply in partnership with at least one health care facility. Likewise, the lead applicant, if a health care facility must apply in partnership with at least one school of nursing. Individuals are not eligible to apply for these funds. Schools of nursing affiliated with the proposed project that are providing formal degree programs must be accredited for the purpose of conferring BSN degrees by a recognized body or bodies or by a State agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education for the purposes of nursing education. Newly established programs and those that are established but not yet accredited must contact a national nursing accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education before requesting a reasonable assurance letter from the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants must submit documentation providing proof of accreditation (e.g., the accreditation letter from the accrediting agency specifically. Application Due Date is Jan. 20, 2016.