02/17/2023 Edition 86
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Physicians Career Development Award
Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award. $120K/year for 2 years; requires at least 40% of the scholar’s time (Note: Awards will be given to organizations, not to individuals. ~60/year) Application Deadline: 05/12/2023.

The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award (Winn CDA) is a 2-year program designed to support the career development of early-stage investigator (as defined by NIH) physicians underrepresented in medicine, and physicians who have a demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research, to become independent clinical trial investigators who are engaged in advancing health equity through their research and mentoring.

The Winn CDA offers a comprehensive and integrated approach to increasing diversity in clinical trials through workforce development and clinical trial site development in underserved communities where underrepresented patients receive care. Additionally, the program will assist program investigators in building capacity and standing up new clinical trials sites in communities with diverse and heavily burdened patient populations.


NIJ Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings. NIJ expects to fund up to 12 awards, including 9 awards under Category 1 and up to 3 awards under Category 2. Application Deadline: 04/20/2023

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States in two categories: (1) research or evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, otherwise known as "Red Flag Laws" and (2) research on the sources of the firearm used in the commission of a crime and the relationship of those sources to shootings and gun-related violence.

NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people with lived experience of the subject of study; including, but not limited to, justice practitioners, community members, crime victims, service providers, and individuals who have experienced justice system involvement.

Applicants are encouraged to propose multidisciplinary research teams to build on the complementary strengths of different methods and areas of subject matter expertise. NIJ also seeks proposals that include consideration and measurement of issues of diversity, discrimination, and bias across age, gender and gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, as applicable. 

Social & Medical Care to Improve Health Equity
NIDDK Pilot Interventions to Integrate Social Care and Medical Care to Improve Health Equity (R01 - Clinical Trial Required), RFA-DK-22-038. CFDA #93.847. Up to $300,000 direct costs per year. Maximum project period is 3 years. Application Deadline: 10/19/2023

This NIDDK Funding Opportunity Announcement will support pilot and feasibility trials to test interventions that involve screening for and addressing adverse social determinants of health (SDoH), also called social risks, during a health care visit. Patients’ endorsed social needs could be addressed by appropriately referring/navigating patients or caregivers to resources that address these issues at social service organizations located externally or co-located in the healthcare system. The trials will determine 1) feasibility and acceptability of screening for social risks, identifying social needs and implementing referral service linkages (e.g., addressing transportation and housing needs, food insecurity, etc.) within the context of a healthcare visit, and 2) preliminary signals of the intervention’s impact on both the social risk/need(s) and NIDDK disease outcomes. Preliminary data regarding intervention efficacy are not required. The proposed pilot and feasibility clinical trials should lay the foundation for larger clinical trials to integrate social care and medical care and improve health outcomes related to the prevention and/or treatment of diseases within the mission of NIDDK. It is expected that these pilot studies will begin to delineate promising practices for future equitable and effective “real world” implementation of social and medical care integration. The overarching goal of this FOA is to develop pragmatic approaches that can be used in health care settings to reduce health disparities in diseases within the mission of NIDDK and achieve health equity, especially among individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups, rural populations, sexual and gender minority groups, and other socioeconomically disadvantaged and medically underserved communities.

Older Adults Exploitation
Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults. CFDA #16.560. Up to $1,500,000. Application Deadline: 04/13/2023

With this solicitation, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects in four topical areas: 1) evaluation of programs that seek to prevent, intervene in, or respond to the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of older adults (age 60 years or above); 2) research on individuals who abuse older adults; 3) research on polyvictimization in older adults; and 4) research on fraud and financial exploitation of older adults. Applicants must submit proposals that address one of the four topic areas.

NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people with lived experience of the subject of study; including but not limited to, justice practitioners, community members, crime victims, service providers, and individuals who have experienced justice system involvement.

Applicants are encouraged to propose multidisciplinary research teams to build on the complementary strengths of different methods and areas of subject matter expertise. NIJ also seeks proposals that include consideration and measurement of issues of diversity, discrimination, and bias across age, gender and gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, as applicable. 

Life Course Translational Research Network
Life Course Translational Research Network (LCT-RN). CFDA 93.110. Up to $800,000. Application Deadline: 04/10/2023

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Life Course Translational Research Network (LCT-RN) Program. The purpose of this program is to establish and maintain an interdisciplinary, national, multi-site research platform for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building to conduct timely, innovative, high-quality, applied life course intervention research studies that have the potential to be translated into practice.

Advancing the health and well-being of maternal and child health (MCH) populations requires new knowledge, evidence, and data to support MCH programs, policy, and practice. The LCT-RN will promote child health and health equity across the lifespan by implementing and translating multi-site applied life course intervention research studies. Life course translational research considers the health and well-being of the whole child in the context of the family and broader ecological levels, identifies strategic opportunities to intervene, and aims to translate findings into practice to improve population health. These advancements contribute to the improvement of health outcomes for MCH populations, including children with special health care needs.

Althea Sheets, Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Development Manager, Office of Sponsored Programs, [email protected], 702-895-1880