Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Deadline: April 1, 2021
Funding Agency: NIH Department of Health and Human Services
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support multidisciplinary research to understand the underlying social, cultural, clinical, environmental and biological factors responsible for the increase in chronic liver diseases and liver cancer and the mechanisms that explain documented liver cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the U.S. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer and the most relevant in the U. S. for the purpose of this FOA.
The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services
Application Deadline: April 1, 2021
Funding Agency: American Cancer Society
A call for research that evaluates the impact of the many changes now occurring in the healthcare system with a particular focus on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. New health public policy initiatives such as the new federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage, as well as Medicaid expansion in some states, create natural experiments ripe for evaluation. Research to be funded by this RFA should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.
Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program
Application Deadline: April 2, 2021
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) | Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program (EB THNP). The two-fold purpose of this award is (1) to demonstrate how health networks can increase access to health care services utilizing telehealth technologies and (2) to conduct evaluations of those efforts to establish an evidence base for assessing the effectiveness of telehealth care for patients, providers, and payers.
2022 Pew Biomedical Scholars Program
Application Deadline: April 5, 2021
Funding Agency: Weill Cornell Medicine
The program provides funding to early-career investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.
2022 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research
Application Deadline: April 5, 2021
Funding Agency: Weill Cornell Medicine
The Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research is a national initiative designed to support promising early career scientists whose research will accelerate discovery and advance progress to a cure for cancer. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but brings in concepts and theories from more diverse fields related to cancer, are encouraged to apply. Proposed research for the award must be cancer focused.
Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health
Application Deadline: April 9, 2021
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) | Maternal & Child Health Bureau
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health Program. The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacities of state- and/or local-level organizations to respond to emerging public health issues affecting maternal and child health (MCH) populations.
This funding opportunity is a mechanism to support capacity-strengthening activities that will improve state- and/or local-level organizations’ abilities to address emerging issues that threaten the health and well-being of MCH populations in an effective, timely manner. For the purposes of this NOFO, MCH populations include the following groups: women, children (birth to 21), children with special health care needs (CSHCN), adolescents, and families.
Developing and Disseminating Targeted Immunization Materials
Application Deadline: April 15, 2021
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – NCIRD
The purpose of the Notice of Funding Opportunity is to provide support for the development and dissemination of immunization information through electronic formats to enhance the effectiveness of disease prevention programs that reduce the annual burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. The recipient will: (1) develop educational materials for providers to share with patients, parents, and the general public; (2) disseminate educational materials on current immunization recommendations and practices to providers and other partners; (3) develop training opportunities and provide technical assistance for coalitions; and (4) provide rapid-response communication on outbreaks, emergency response, or trending immunization priorities.
Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies Program (Autism-FIRST)
Application Deadline: April 15, 2021
Funding Agency: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) | Maternal & Child Health Bureau
Bureau (MCHB)’s Office of Epidemiology and Research is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies (Autism-FIRST) Program. The purpose of this program is to support empirical research that advances the evidence base on interventions designed to improve the health of children, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities (ASD/DD) across the lifespan. Because racial and ethnic disparities exist in the early screening and diagnosis of ASD/DD, the Autism-FIRST Program has a special focus on addressing the needs of underserved populations, such as low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, individuals living in rural areas and, in the case of ASD/DD populations, girls and young women, who are often under identified with regard to ASD, particularly at the higher functioning end.1 The Autism-FIRST program supports research studies that address critical issues surrounding the health and well-being of underserved children, adolescents, and young adults with ASD/DD up to the age of 26, and their families, recognizing that the first 25 years of life help lay the foundation for health and well-being across the lifespan.
Request for Collaborative Pilot Project Proposals
Application Deadline: April 19, 2021
Funding Agency: Cornell Center for Health Equity
The Cornell Center for Health Equity is pleased to request applications for one-year pilot project grants. The primary goals of this opportunity are to:
- Support up to three pilot projects
- Support up to four community partnership building projects
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance the One Cornell strategic objective by forming teams comprised of scientists and scholars from across our Ithaca and New York City campuses with the overall goal of enhancing collaboration to take more complete advantage of Cornell University’s considerable talent pool.
The Center will host a Town Hall Meeting on March 8, 2021 at 4pm to brief applicants about the application process, eligibility criteria and address any inquiries. In efforts to coordinate meaningful breakout groups, please take a moment to email Grace Figuereo, Administrative Specialist for the Cornell Center for Health Equity, at grf7002@med.cornell.edu about research topics you may be interested in collaborating in and register for the Town Hall Meeting using the link below.
Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program (RHSE)
Application Deadline: April 29, 2021
Funding Agency: United States Department of Agriculture | National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NIFA requests applications for the Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE) Competitive Grant Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 to address the needs of rural Americans by providing individual and family health education programs. The anticipated amount for awards in FY 2021 is approximately $4,000,000; approximately $1,000,000 of which will be for competitive external grants for eligible institutions to support the utilization of telehealth, telemedicine, and distance learning strategies for education and training in minority rural communities related to opioids or preventing spread of SARS-CoV-2 and in mitigating infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award
Application Deadline: May 3, 2021
Funding Agency: Weill Cornell Medicine
This funding opportunity is for projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings in a very short time frame. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and significant publications in high impact journals.
Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Deadline: September 7, 2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health | Department of Health and Human Services
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for New Investigators from backgrounds nationally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research to conduct small research projects in the scientific mission areas of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The R21 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources and seeks to facilitate the transition to research independence of New Investigators from backgrounds underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The R21 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.