Education and Health: New Frontiers (R01)

Overview

<div>The Education and Health: New Frontiers opportunity is being offered in three funding categories: </div> <div>R21 (Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant)</div> <div>R03 (Small Grant Program)</div> <div>R01 (Research Project Grant). </div> <div></div> <div>For this FOA, education refers to the comprehensive formal instruction that spans the human experience, from early childhood programs to pre-school, elementary and secondary schooling, college and adult learning programs. It includes the social and behavioral processes that are combined with formal instruction in educational environments. A better scientific understanding of the mechanisms linking education and health could lead to additional and improved prevention and therapeutic intervention strategies for important health problems. NOTE: This FOA is not directed at studies which limit their focus to the impact of specific health education courses or programs on health behaviors; rather, the focus is on the impact of more general education experiences.</div> <div></div> <div>In order to better understand these pathways, it will be necessary to explore what components or dimensions of education are important to health. The association or pathway between formal education and important health behaviors or diseases may not be causal. Instead it may reflect the influence of confounding or co-existing determinants or bi-directionality. Appropriate research topics for this FOA may involve pilot studies, new analyses of existing data, longitudinal studies, or a balance of approaches tailored for the study hypotheses. It is strongly encouraged that an application involve new teams of multidisciplinary researchers with expertise in both health and education domains.</div> <div></div> <div><strong>Research Perspectives and Themes</strong><br>To achieve the goal of a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms linking education and health outcomes, this FOA encourages the exploration of research perspectives and themes described below. The NIH believes these approaches may move current research efforts to the next level of accomplishment. Applicants are not required to incorporate all of the themes below into their research applications; however, applicants should explicitly address at least one.<br><strong>Education and Health Across the Age Spectrum</strong></div> <div><strong>Innovative Data and Methodologies</strong></div>