Comprehensive Centers on Health Disparities (Cchd) at Rcmi-Eligible Institutions

The summary for the Comprehensive Centers on Health Disparities (Cchd) at Rcmi-Eligible Institutions grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Comprehensive Centers on Health Disparities (Cchd) at Rcmi-Eligible Institutions: The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invite applications for the establishment of Comprehensive Centers on Health Disparities (CCHD) at NCRR-supported Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) with affiliated medical schools. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to augment and strengthen the institutional clinical research capabilities that are needed to address the cause(s) of health disparities in the racial and ethnic minority populations served by these institutions. Equally important will be the development of sustainable, replicable and culturally appropriate prevention and/or intervention research programs targeted to minority populations, designed to decrease the burden of disease in these populations. This is consistent with the health disparities agenda set forth by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). These CCHD will provide support to augment and strengthen the research capabilities of faculties at the grantee institutions to encourage innovative and effective research strategies to reduce the burden of diseases that disproportionately affect minority populations. Support will be provided to recruit established clinical researchers with an active research laboratory and independent research support. They will serve as mentors to junior researchers in basic or clinical research. These new faculty will receive support to establish their research laboratories, acquire specialized equipment, and hire postdoctoral fellows and technical assistants. It is anticipated that they will serve as magnet investigators for the recruitment of other research faculty who will complement the thematic focus of the application. Support will also be provided to facilitate collaboration with other NIH-supported disease-specific centers and community health centers. Therefore, the research focus of the application must be one or more of the diseases that disproportionately affect the indigenous populations served by the RCMI institution. In the long range, it is anticipated that this program will facilitate the development of the institution's clinical research capacity. It is also anticipated that the CCHD will complement existing support provided to the applicant institution via the NCRR RCMI Program and other Public Health Service (PHS) funding.