Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations
A list of contacts by research area is provided on the program website.
This opportunity is a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) for research in understanding the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help prepare more effectively for future public health emergencies.
A detailed list of research objectives is available in the purpose section of the program website.
Underserved and vulnerable populations include:
- Racial and ethnic minorities
- Socioeconomically disadvantaged populations
- Underserved rural populations
- Sexual and gender minorities
- Communities with low adoption of public health mitigation measures
- People living on tribal lands and reservations
- Congregate housing and community-dwelling older adults
- Homeless
- Incarcerated or involved with the criminal justice system
- Detainees in immigration centers
- People who are part of migrant communities
- Medical personnel and medical support staff with direct patient care
- Informal caregivers
- Frontline workers in essential businesses or services
- Pregnant women
- Children
- Uninsured individuals
- Persons with cognitive impairment or dementia
- People experiencing substance use disorder or severe mental illness
- People with visual, hearing, communication, or mobility impairment
Eligible applicants include:
- Higher education institutions
- Public/state controlled institutions
- Private institutions
- 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
Funding amounts vary based on the parent funding announcement.
This is a NOSI that is attached to related NIH announcements:
- Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
- Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- Clinical Trials to Test the Effectiveness of Treatment, Preventive, and Services Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials of Complementary and Integrative Interventions Delivered Remotely or via mHealth (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
- NIDCR Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
Applicants should submit proposals to the related announcement and indicate that it is a response to the NOSI. The NOSI applies to due dates on or after October 5, 2021 and subsequent receipt dates through September 8, 2024.
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Organizations (3)
- National Institutes of Health, view details
- National Institute of Mental Health, view details
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, view details
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