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Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01)
K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed | K01 Clinical Trial Required | Contact: Dr. Abigail Soyombo

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)
K08 No Independent Clinical Trials | K08 Clinical Trial Required | Contact: Dr. John Ojeifo

NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22)
K22 No Independent Clinical Trials | K22 Clinical Trial Required | Contact: Dr. Abigail Soyombo

NEW: Notice of Termination of PAR-16-399 "Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23)"

Application Due Dates: 
February 12, June 12, October 12

Recruit and provide support to students, post-doctorates, and eligible investigators from groups underrepresented in cancer and cancer health disparities research. Note: must have a parent grant.

PA-16-288  | Guidelines

Submission Periods:
October 1 – December 1 and February 1 – March 30

Contact: Dr. Alison Lin or Dr. Elena Schwatrz

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31)
PA-16-308  | Fact Sheet (download)

Update: Due dates have changed to April 8, August 8, & December 8. Read NOT-OD-17-029

Contact: Dr. Nicole McNeil

Supports individuals to reenter an active biomedical and behavioral research career after taking time off to care for children or parents, or to attend to other family responsibilities.

PA-16-289

Contact: Dr. Alison Lin 

Exploratory/Developmental Grants Program for Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21)

Supports researchers interested in conducting basic research studies on the causes and mechanisms of cancer health disparities.

PAR-15-092 | Contact: Dr. Tiffany Wallace

Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21)

Supports eligible investigators from underrepresented groups to conduct research projects focused on the basic biology of cancer.

PAR-15-053 | Contact: Dr. Abigail Soyombo

R25 Research Experiences
Supports creative educational activities with a focus on research experiences. 
PAR-16-138 | Contact: Dr. Davyd Chung

R25 Courses for Skills Development
Supports educational activities with a focus on courses for skills development. 
PAR-16-139 | Contact: Dr. Davyd Chung

R25 Youth Enjoy Science (YES) Research Education Program
Supports efforts to create and maintain an institutional program to engage grades 6-12 and/or undergraduate students from underrepresented populations in cutting edge cancer research experiences. 
PAR-17-059 | Webinar Slides | Contact: Dr. Alison Lin

Mechanisms and Consequences of Sleep Disparities in the U.S. (R21)
The purpose of this FOA is to promote exploratory and developmental research to understand the underlying mechanisms of sleep deficiencies among health disparity populations and how sleep deficiencies may lead to disparities in health outcomes. Applications are due July 11, 2017. See PAR-17-235.

Mechanisms and Consequences of Sleep Disparities in the U.S. (R01)
The purpose of this FOA is to promote research to understand the underlying mechanisms of sleep deficiencies among health disparity populations and how sleep deficiencies may lead to disparities in health outcomes. Applications are due July 11, 2017. See PAR-17-234. 

Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children (R21)

This initiative is designed to stimulate research that targets the reduction of health disparities among children. Standard dates apply. See PA-17-117.

Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center
The goal of this program is to support collaborative translational research projects aligned with NIH efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health. See: X02: PAR-15-286 and U01: PAR-15-287

NIH OBSSR Funding Opportunities

Supports outstanding Ph.D. and other Research Doctoral candidates complete their dissertation research training (F99 phase) and transition in a timely manner to mentored, cancer-focused postdoctoral career development research positions (K00 phase).

NCI F99/K00 website | Contact: Dr. Michelle McGuirl 

BD2K Support for Meetings of Data Science Related Organizations (U13)

RFA-CA-16-020 | Applications due: December 15, 2016 and November 31, 2018

Leveraging Cognitive Neuroscience Research to Improve Assessment of Cancer Treatment Related Cognitive Impairment

R01: PAR-16-212 | R21: PAR-16-213 

Predicting Behavioral Responses to Population-Level Cancer Control Strategies

R21: PAR-16-257

Improving Smoking Cessation in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations via Scalable Interventions

R01: PAR-16-202  | R21: PAR-16-201

Innovative Approaches to Studying Cancer Communication in the New Media Environment 

R01: PAR-16-249  | R21: PAR-16-248

Cancer-related Behavioral Research through Integrating Existing Data 

R01: PAR-16-256  | R21: PAR-16-255

Stimulating Innovations in Behavioral Intervention Research for Cancer Prevention and Control

R21: PAR-16-278

Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health Disparities

R01: PAR-16-355 | R21: PAR-16-356

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) recently released the following funding opportunities to address health disparities among U.S. immigrant populations.  

Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations
R01: PA-17-043 

Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations
R21: PA-17-044 

Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations
R01: PA-17-041 

Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations
R21: PA-17-042 

Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grantees (Admin Supp)

PA-16-414

R41/R42 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant - Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track

R43/R44 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant - Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track

Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Understudied and Underreported (U3) Populations – An ORWH FY17 Administrative Supplement
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) administrative supplements to support research highlighting the impact of sex/gender influences at the intersection of race/ethnicity and other social determinants in human health and illness, including preclinical, clinical and behavioral studies. 
PA-17-101 | NOT-CA-17-030 | Cancer research applications contact: Dr. Mary Ann Van Duyn

Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R21)

Supports multidisciplinary innovative exploratory and developmental research to understand the underlying etiologic factors and the mechanisms that result in disparities in chronic liver diseases and cancer in the U.S. 
Due: April 4, 2018, April 4, 2019
PAR-17-150  | Contact: Dr. Emmanuel Taylor

Mechanisms of Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cancer (R01)

Supports multidisciplinary research to understand the underlying etiologic factors and the mechanisms that result in disparities in chronic liver diseases and cancer in the U.S.
Due: April 4, 2018, April 4, 2019
PAR-17-151 | Contact: Dr. Emmanuel Taylor

RFA-CA-17-024:  NCI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Award (R44)
Crossing the "Valley of Death" funding gap after Phase II? The SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Award aims to support the next stage of development for Federally funded SBIR Phase II project in the areas of cancer technologies. Bridge Award recipients can request up to $1 million per year over three years. To learn more, visit the SBIR webpage. 

• PA-17-225: Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R01)
• PA-17-226: Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R21)

Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2017 cooperative agreement funds for the Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative. The Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative seeks to reduce significant health disparities impacting racial and ethnic minorities and/or disadvantaged populations through implementing evidence-based strategies with the greatest potential for impact.

The program is intended to serve residents in communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic; childhood/adolescent obesity; and serious mental illness.

Due: August 1, 2017 at 5 PM ET | MP-CPI-17-004

This FOA encourages applications at the intersection of HIV and aging by addressing two overarching objectives: 1) to improve understanding of biological, clinical, and socio-behavioral aspects of aging through the lens of HIV infection and its treatment; and 2) to improve approaches for testing, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection, and management of HIV-related comorbidities, co-infections, and complications in different populations and cultural settings by applying our current understanding of aging science.

Deadline: September 8, 2020 | PAR-17-321

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has published a Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts seeking input from all stakeholders with interests in bioethics and cancer research, clinical care, and/or public health.

The Cancer and Bioethics Working Group is seeking input from community members, patients, cancer researchers, physicians and other health practitioners, bioethicists, advocates, and others to help identify bioethics areas clearly relevant to cancer but in need of further development, as well as bioethics areas which are ready for translation in a cancer context. They are also seeking input on approaches for enhancing bioethics and cancer collaborations, and timely issues for bioethics and cancer outreach.

Access the Request for Information: NOT-CA-17-079

Comments can be submitted by October 6, 2017 using either of the following methods:

1. E-mail: cancerandbioethics@nih.gov
2. U.S. Postal Service or other delivery service: 

Charlisse Caga-anan

National Cancer Institute

DCCPS/EGRP/Genomic Epidemiology Branch

9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 4E236

Bethesda, MD 20892-9763 (or Rockville, MD 20850 for express delivery)