Weekly Grants Update
Sept. 21, 2015
PAR-15-349 - Health Disparities and Alzheimer's Disease (R01)/R03
This FOA invites applications proposing to study health disparities in Alzheimers disease (AD) and related disorders. Health-disparities research related to AD should include the study of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors that influence population level health differences. Research approaches of interest include 1) improving recruitment and retention of populations underrepresented in AD research, 2) identifying priority factors or locating pathways and mechanisms that create and sustain AD health disparities, 3) addressing the challenges faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimers Disease, and 4) understanding the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia. Application Due Date is December 11, 2015.
RFA-AG-16-022 - Aging Research on Stress and Resilience to Address Health Disparities in the United States (R01)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate interdisciplinary health-disparities research related to aging that considers the role that stress, stress response, and stress resilience play in differential health outcomes in priority health disparity populations in the U.S.In particular, this FOA seeks applications proposing to clarify pathways linking stress and aging-relevant health outcomes (e.g. mortality, cognitive impairment, multiple chronic conditions, disability, quality of life) through the investigation of links between environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and biological factors. Letter of Intent is Due Dec. 13, 2015.
NINR PAR-15-348 - Research on Informal and Formal Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease (R01)/R21
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimers disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences amongsocioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care. Application Due Date is Dec. 11, 2015.
PAR-15-346 - Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation (R01)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) establishes an accelerated review/award process to support time-sensitive research to evaluate a new policy or program that is likely to influence obesity related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, or sedentary behavior) and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity.This FOA is intended to support research where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and funding.All applications to this FOA must demonstrate that the evaluation of an obesity related policy and /or program offers an uncommon and scientifically compelling research opportunity that will only be available if the research is initiated with minimum delay. For these reasons, applications in response to this time-sensitive FOA are not eligible for resubmission. It is intended that eligible applications selected for funding will be awarded within 4 months of the application due date. However, administrative requirements and other unforeseen circumstances may delay issuance dates beyond that timeline. Letter of Intent is Due on Nov. 10, 2015 with subsequent dates.
RFA-HD-16-021 - Multidisciplinary Approaches for Developmental Research with Individuals with Disorders of Sexual Development (R01)/R21/R03
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites grant applications from institutions/organizations proposing research with individuals with disorders of sex development (DSD) and their families in one of five major areas: 1) improving the diagnosis of DSD; 2) genitosurgery/gender assignment outcomes; 3) psychosocial and functional impacts on development of individuals with DSD; 4) improving clinical management of DSD; and 5) follow-up of cohorts with DSD to establish treatment outcomes, cancer risks, and cancer-related health issues. The objective of this FOA is to develop a scientific basis for maximizing developmental outcomes for the relatively rare conditions of DSD and to create a consortium of researchers for collaboration and data sharing. Letter of Intent is Due Nov. 9, 2015.
Oncology Nursing Foundation/Society – Nurse in Washington Internship GrantThe 2016 Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) program will be held March 5-8, 2016 in Washington, DC. NIWI enables nurses to learn how to influence health care through the legislative and regulatory processes. Participants learn from health policy experts and government officials, network with other nurses, and visit members of Congress. ONS has a limited number of grants available for NIWI. Grants provide full registration for NIWI, expenses for travel, hotel, and related travel expenses (e.g. meals, airport parking) per ONS Travel Policy. Application requirements are
• Current ONS membership (minimum of 2 years)
• Current activity in the legislative arena
• Past ONS activities
• Description of how the internship will benefit the recipient’s professional role and role in ONS
• Willingness to serve as a chapter or special interest group legislative liaison
• Strong communication skills.
Candidates should submit a letter stating application for a NIWI grant, required accompanying information listed previously, and a curriculum vitae, plus three additional copies of the materials, to the ONS Health Policy Team, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214 (866-257-4ONS; ). Applications are due November 2, 2015.
HRSA-16-064 - Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program
This announcement solicits applications for the Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) program. The NWD program increases nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities that are underrepresented among registered nurses by using social determinants to guide the selection of evidence-based approaches that have been successful in retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds in schools of nursing. The program supports projects that provide student stipends or scholarships, stipends for diploma or associate degree nurses to enter a bridge or degree completion program, student scholarships or stipends for accelerated nursing degree programs, pre-entry preparation, advanced education preparation, and retention activities. Eligible institutions must identify and describe the root causes of attrition among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The description should include a discussion of the social determinants that inhibit student achievement and success. Applicants must document how an understanding of the social determinants will be used to guide the selection of appropriate evidence-based approachesthat have been successful in retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities) in schools of nursing. Next, applicants must propose a feasible plan to apply evidence-based strategies to increase retention of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in schools of nursing. Successful evidence-based strategies to address student retention should include various combinations of: Academic and peer support, Mentoring. Institutional and community partnerships, and Student financial support. To accomplish the program goal, applicants are expected to demonstrate that a combination of academic/peer support, mentoring, institutional and community partnerships, and/or student financial support will be effectively used to retain students from disadvantaged backgrounds with low academic achievement who are at risk of failing in schools of nursing. Specifically, applicants must utilize social determinants that affect their target student population’s achievement and success in schools of nursing by: 1. Implementing at least one partnership with an internal (i.e., institutional) and external (i.e., community) organization to improve academic achievement of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, academic enhancement, science and math instructional enrichment, and mentoring, and 2 Identifying and addressing institutional structures within schools of nursing that function as barriers to student achievement and academic success. For this funding opportunity, successful applicants must be well positioned to implement institutional and community partnership models, approaches, and/or strategies that incorporate the social determinants into the design, implementation, and evaluation of student retention programs. Highly competitive applicants will demonstrate an organizational commitment to diversity, particularly within the field of nursing, document historical challenges with retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds, present an analysis of the root causes behind those challenges (to include social determinants), and highlight discrete actions (e.g., hired staff, established internal programs and external partnerships) both planned and in progress as part of an evidence-based strategy to increase the retention of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Application Due Date is Nov. 16, 2015.