Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)

Overview

The overarching goals of this funding opportunity are to support innovative research that focuses on the health (e.g., conditions, outcomes, trajectories, etc.) and healthcare (e.g., modalities systemic or structural factors, access/barriers, service delivery, care quality, utilization, etc.) of persons living with disabilities and the intersections with race and ethnicity, and SES. Research focused on intersections with sexual and gender minority self-identification, and living in underserved rural locations are also of interest.

Projects may include the study of comorbid or co-occurring conditions (e.g., acute infections or chronic diseases); adaptive and maladaptive behaviors; prevention of or interventions for health risks; tailored or innovative health care processes, structures, or systems; healthcare delivery model effectiveness; and clinicians and other health care workers’ practices and/or biases.

Research projects for this NOFO can consist of studies that are clinical science, behavioral, epidemiological, evaluative, or observational, as well as implementation studies, pragmatic trials, and cluster randomized trials to assess health care provision, models, delivery, services, and systems in metropolitan or rural areas, regionally, and/or nationally, including the U.S. territories. Projects can involve primary data collection and/or secondary analyses of linked datasets. Projects can include research collaborations across multiple health care settings and academic institutions.

Investigators are strongly encouraged to work collaboratively with community leaders, community-based organizations, and other relevant stakeholders and/or supporting persons with disabilities to support in-depth examination of physical, social, behavioral, ethical, structural, environmental, and policy factors. Community partnerships (e.g., tribal leadership, academic, private, safety-net health systems, community organizations, public health departments, state and local governments, health care professionals, faith-based organizations, and school or childcare settings) are strongly encouraged. Applicants proposing community-engaged research should document existing collaboration with or support from community organizations. Study budgets should provide appropriate levels of funding for community partners commensurate with the roles and level of effort of the community partners in research design and implementation, if applicable.

Components of Participating Organizations

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
• National Eye Institute (NEI)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO)
• Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

 The maximum project period is five (5) years.