Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities and Training (Centers of Excellence Resource Related Research Grants)

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Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities and Training (Centers of Excellence Resource Related Research Grants): The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) invites applications for establishing Resource Related Research Grants (R24)under a continuing program for Project EXPORT: Centers of Excellence, Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach and Research on Disparities in Health and Training. This Centers of Excellence Program was authorized by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 and is in support of the Department of Health and Human Services initiatives to address and ultimately eliminate health disparities. These R24 grant applications will focus on the development of resources and infrastructure at some institutions as a prelude to initiating full-scale health disparities research, community outreach, and training. Two other announcements inviting applications for Project EXPORT using the (P60) Comprehensive Centers (RFA MD-03-003) and the (P20) Establishment of Exploratory Research Centers (RFA MD-03-002) award mechanisms are presently available. A comparison of the requirements for submitting, and the unique characteristics for R24, P20 and P60 applications, can be found at http://www.ncmhd.nih.gov. In FY 2002, several R24 applications were funded in response to a similar RFA: RFA-MD-02-001. Please note that a number of changes have been made in the application requirements for the current version of this R24 RFA. The purpose of a resource-related research grant (R24) under Project EXPORT is to augment and strengthen the institutional infrastructure and capacity to conduct research (basic, clinical, behavioral, and/or social sciences) aimed at addressing and ultimately eliminating health disparities. The expectation is that following the 3 years of support for the developmental/planning phase the recipients of R24 awards will be positioned to compete for a P20 or P60 application. Thus, an application for an R24 must describe a 3-year plan that will allow the applicant institution to compete successfully for a P20 (See RFAMD-02-001) or P60 (See RFA-MD-03-001). Partnering with an institution with on-going Health Disparities research is encouraged during this developmental/planning phase. Accordingly, the objectives of an R24 application initiative are to 1) build research capacity for health disparities research in minority- serving and other designated institutions; 2) promote the participation of health disparity groups in biomedical and behavioral research and prevention and intervention activities; and, 3) promote planning for the conduct of minority health and/or other health disparities research. The range of activities that may be supported by this Project EXPORT activity includes the acquisition of data and analyses necessary to clarify/refine research questions, the identification and development of collaborative resources, recruiting research expertise; development of a testable hypotheses and theories, and/or the framework to which the research will contribute.