NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Scientific/research contact:
Alan VanBiervliet, PhD
301.594.4882
vanbiervlietag@mail.nih.gov

Ching-yi Shieh
301.496.9186
ShiehChingyi@mail.nih.gov

Peer review contact:
Zoe Huang, MD
301.496.4221
huangz@mail.nih.gov

Financial and grants management contact:
Samantha Tempchin
301.496.4221
tempchins@mail.nih.gov

The NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Program provides funding for projects that use computers, information technology, and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their healthcare providers. The program focus is on innovation and outreach in which information access can reduce health disparities and support underserved communities that bear a disproportionate burden of disease.

This program is in support of the NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan. According to the Strategic Plan, health disparity populations include:

• Racial and ethnic minorities
• Low socioeconomic status
• Rural people

The program also supports the Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research and promotes studies that bring health-related information to the following women's health disparity populations:

• Women with low socioeconomic status
• Women in underserved rural settings
• Women experiencing homelessness
• Women with physical, intellectual, or developmental disabilities

Project examples include:

• Developing or upgrading health information resources/services to meet the needs of health disparity populations
• Providing health information resources/services to community organizations involved with health disparity populations
• Developing information strategies to facilitate implementing patient centered care and precision medicine within a health disparity population
• Developing information resources that will enable persons with health disparities to make informed consent decisions regarding research participation
• Needs assessment studies that identify the types and forms of information needed by health disparity populations to assist them in making health-related decisions
• Evaluation studies of existing information resources or services targeted at health disparity populations

Eligible applicants include:

• Higher education institutions
  • Public/state controlled institutions
  • Private institutions
  • Hispanic-serving institutions
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
  • Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
  • Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
  • Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
• Nonprofit organizations
  • With 501(c)(3) status
  • Without 501(c)(3) status
  • Native American tribal organizations
  • Faith-based or community-based organizations
  • Regional organizations
• Governments
  • State
  • County
  • City or township
  • Special districts
  • Federally recognized Indian/Native American tribal governments
  • Indian/Native American tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
  • Eligible agencies of the federal government
  • U.S. territory or possession
• Other
  • Independent school districts
  • Public housing authorities
  • Indian housing authorities
  • Small businesses
  • For-profit organizations

Award ceiling: $150,000 per year
Project period: Up to 3 years

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov.

While not required, potential applicants are encouraged to email a letter of intent to Zoe Huang, MD by January 17, 2023.