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Funding by Topic: Health disparities

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

Environmental Health Disparities Centers [P50 Clinical Trial Optional]
Grants to support multidisciplinary research, research capacity building, and community-engaged research activities focused on on environmental health disparities and environmental justice research for populations and communities experiencing health disparities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 5, 2024
Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024
Sponsors: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Texas Cancer Screening and Early Detection
Funding for the delivery of evidence-based clinical services to screen for cancer and precancer in underserved populations who do not have adequate access to screening, early detection interventions, and healthcare. Rural and/or medically underserved populations are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Texas Primary Prevention of Cancer
Funding to implement evidence-based strategies to ensure that all Texans benefit from cancer prevention knowledge. Projects will include interventions to reduce cancer risk, disease burden, and cancer disparities and address social determinants that contribute to cancer burden and disparities. Applications must include the delivery of interventions to non-metropolitan (rural) and/or medically underserved counties in the state.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Dec 5, 2024
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Mobile Health Impact Accelerator
A 6-month learning opportunity designed for staff of mobile health clinics who want to improve services, sustainability, and connection with the community.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Dec 6, 2024
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mobile Health Map
North Dakota Public Health Leadership Academy
A 5 month leadership program for public health professionals in North Dakota. Leaders will work individually and collectively to identify complex challenges facing their communities and apply systems change strategies to address them.
Geographic coverage: North Dakota
Application Deadline: Dec 6, 2024
Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center
Maine Health Equity Capacity Building Grants Program
Unrestricted operating and technical assistance support for organizations in Maine that work with communities facing health disparities based on factors such as race; ethnicity; language; sexual orientation; gender identity; disability status; and experience with criminal justice, sexual violence, and homelessness. Rural applicants have been awarded in past application rounds.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Letter of Intent (Required): Dec 9, 2024
Application Deadline: Feb 14, 2025
Sponsor: Maine Health Access Foundation
Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44)
Funding for small business concerns to develop a product, process, or service with the aim of improving minority health and/or reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in one or more NIH-defined population groups.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 10, 2024
Application Deadline: Dec 10, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42- Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding for small businesses to develop products, processes, and services that can be used to improve minority health and/or reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in one or more NIH-defined health disparity population groups. Technologies should be effective, affordable, and culturally acceptable.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 10, 2024
Application Deadline: Dec 10, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Community Care Corps Local Models Program
Funding for innovative local models in which volunteers assist family caregivers, older adults, and adults with disabilities to help individuals maintain their independence and age in place. The program intends to fund local models that represent a diverse cross section of the United States in terms of geography; urban, rural, frontier, and tribal communities; and underserved and limited English-speaking populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 11, 2024
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, Altarum Institute, Caregiver Action Network, The Oasis Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USAging
EPA Region 8 Environmental Justice Sub-Grants
Funding and technical assistance for environmental justice projects in disadvantaged communities in EPA Region 8.
Geographic coverage: EPA Region 8, which includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, and the 28 federally recognized Tribes that share the same geography
Application Deadline: Dec 12, 2024
Sponsors: JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc, Mountains and Plains Environmental Justice Grants Hub, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency