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

Scientific/research contact:
Meryl Sufian, PhD
301.496.4671
sufianm@mail.nih.gov

Elizabeth Ann Barr, Ph.D.
301.402.7895
elizabeth.barr@nih.gov

Peer review contact:
Zoe Huang, MD
301.496.4253
huangz@mail.nih.gov

Financial and grants management contact:
Andrea Culhane
301.496.4221
andrea.culhane@nih.gov

The NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Program supports resource projects that use information technology to improve the organization and management of health-related information, with a broad range of usability, user and personal access factors considered. Strategies proposed should have the potential to provide useful information to communities that experience health disparities and those who provide health care for these communities.

This program defines health disparity populations to include:

• Racial and ethnic minorities
• Low socioeconomic status
• Rural people
• Sexual and gender minority groups
• People with 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
• Facilitating the use of library resources to identify population health information needs

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

Award ceiling: $200,000 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.