Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities and Training (Project Export - Establishing Exploratory Centers)

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Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities and Training (Project Export - Establishing Exploratory Centers): The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) invites applications for establishing exploratory centers (P20) 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 P20 grant applications will focus on 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 (R24) Resource- Related Research Project (RFA MD-03-001) 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. The P20 center grant awards will provide a mechanism by which institutions can strengthen their research and training. For further information, refer to the section on eligibility. These exploratory grants will assist the institution in their development of infrastructure for minority health and other health disparities research and training, can provide resources for successful applicants to assist them in the development of innovative partnership models. In addition, the P-20 is intended to help facilitate single or multi-site research projects in areas of research relevant to specific populations of interest. Research that explores a broad array of determinants of disparities in minority health and health disparities is encouraged, as well as that which addresses a full range of health promotion approaches with the prevention or reduction of health disparities. The purpose of this request for applications (RFA) is to solicit applications for EXPORT Center programs that would establish centers of excellence with a focus on community outreach, research on health disparities, and training. These P20 centers may be established independently by eligible institutions, through partnerships between minority serving and other designated institutions, or between designated and non-designated institutions with substantial existing federal research support and/or research infrastructure as reflected in a 2002 report on research institutions: (http://thecenter.ufl.edu/research_data.html). NON-DESIGNATED INSTITUTIONS MUST BE INVOLVED, HOWEVER, IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH DESIGNATED INSTITUTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT EXPORT. Definitions for designated and non-designated institutions are provided in a later section of this RFA. A predominantly minority serving institution is an academic, health care or research institution with an enrollment and/or faculty that consists predominantly of racial and ethnic minorities. Designated institutions are eligible based on the requirements as described in the section SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. Non-designated institutions are those that do not meet the criteria as outlined. All partnerships must demonstrate a clear mutual benefit with respect to developing research programs and/or research training and career development programs. While partnerships among institutions are strongly encouraged, involvement in a partnership is not an absolute requirement for participation in Project EXPORT. The objectives of Project EXPORT include but are not limited to: 1) promotion of the conduct of minority health and/or other health disparities research aimed at reducing disparities in health status, 2) building research capacity for health disparities research in minority serving and other institutions, and 3) promotion of the participation of health disparity groups in biomedical and behavioral research, and prevention and intervention activities.