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Funding by Topic: Chronic respiratory conditions

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
Grants for projects designed to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease, specifically for African Americans/Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 11, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Health Care Coordination Program
Funding for rural health consortiums to improve and expand delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. Primary focus areas include: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, and maternal health.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 15, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM)
Funding for organizations to collaborate with EPA to design and build a regional grantmaking program. Awardees will solicit and evaluate project applications from communities for Environmental Justice Thriving Communities sub-grant activities. These activities will consist of assessment, planning, and/or project development addressing local environmental and/or public health issues. Rural, remote, underserved, and tribal communities are considered a priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Connecticut Health and Environmental Justice Grants
Grants for projects in Connecticut that focus on health, environmental justice, and disparities in health outcomes based on geographic location.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut
Application Deadline: Oct 13, 2023
Sponsor: Connecticut Community Foundation
Agricultural Health and Safety Emerging Issues Grant Program
Grants for short-term projects for emerging agricultural health and safety issues that are defined as health risks that are new or have rapidly expanding impact in the immediate or near future.
Geographic coverage: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Grants to encourage innovative exploratory and developmental health services research to improve minority health and/or reduce health disparities at the healthcare system-level, as well as within clinical settings.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 17, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Palliative Care in Home and Community Settings Research (R01 and R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Grants to support research aimed at determining needs and best practices for the integration of palliative care into home and community settings. Applications should consider approaches that may be implemented in rural/remote areas, as well as urban areas, and that are sensitive to ethnicities and cultures.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Sep 7, 2022
Sponsors: National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Georgia Direct Services Grant Inactive
Grants to support new or existing best practice or promising approaches programs that address high burden and costly chronic diseases and underlying risk factors that have proven evidence-based interventions, including asthma, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Geographic coverage: Georgia
Application Deadline: Jul 22, 2022
Sponsor: Healthcare Georgia Foundation
New England Healthy Communities Grant Program Inactive
Funding for communities in New England to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health, and improve quality of life.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Application Deadline: May 9, 2022
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Learn More Breathe Better Community Subcontract Program Inactive
Funding for educational initiatives and programs designed to increase awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Program goals are to 1) empower people with COPD, their families, and caregivers to recognize and reduce the burden of COPD, and 2) improve the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and management of COPD by improving the quality of care delivered across the healthcare continuum. Applications from rural and other areas of high COPD disease burden are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 17, 2022
Application Deadline: Apr 4, 2022
Sponsors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health