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Funding by Topic: Research methods and resources

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

Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) Foundation Pilot Project Grants Inactive
Funding for innovative projects and research designed to increase access to and utilization of oral healthcare.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
Sponsor: Dental Trade Alliance Foundation
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for researchers that are not employed by the NIH. Loan repayment awards are based on an applicant's potential to build and sustain a research career, not to support specific research.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Nov 16, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Central States Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Pilot/Feasibility Program (CS-CASH) Inactive
Funds agricultural safety and health feasibility projects in the central states region that have the potential to lead to the development of new and creative research, prevention, intervention, outreach, education, evaluation, or translation findings and outcomes.
Geographic coverage: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri
Letter of Intent (Required): Nov 10, 2023
Application Deadline: Dec 20, 2023
Sponsor: Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
Firearm Injury Prevention in Community Healthcare Settings (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Grants for research that develops and evaluates firearm injury primary prevention interventions that capitalize on community healthcare settings, to identify risk factors; reduce exposure risk in individuals, families, and populations; prevent injury or reoccurrence of injury; and mitigate disparities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Oct 6, 2023
Application Deadline: Nov 7, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office
Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Widespread Individual Behavior Change (R01 and R34 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Funding for planning activities and research to develop social network interventions to promote health across the lifespan, especially in populations in which they are currently largely underdeveloped and untested. Rural and tribal populations are research interests, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Oct 3, 2023
Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2023
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (N CREW) Program: Addressing Overdose, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Pain Inactive
Funding for community-led research to enhance culturally grounded, strengths-based, effective, and sustainable interventions addressing overdose, substance use, mental health, and pain in Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Sep 1, 2023
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
Sponsors: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Opioid Settlement Fund Community Grant Program Inactive
Grants for organizations working to abate and alleviate the impacts of the opioid crisis and co-occurring substance use challenges in South Dakota communities. Rural behavioral health workforce, MAT training, and telehealth in rural communities are among the approved uses of funds.
Geographic coverage: South Dakota
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
Sponsors: South Dakota Department of Health, South Dakota Department of Social Services
Kentucky Healthy WAY (Wellness in All Youth) Program Inactive
Leadership development and research training program designed to empower rural Kentucky high school students with skills to identify and develop solutions to health and social issues at the school and community level.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Application Deadline: Oct 17, 2023
Sponsor: University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
CDC Fellowship for Evaluation of Rural Funding Impact Inactive
CDC evaluation research fellowship focused on addressing COVID-19 related health disparities among populations at high-risk and underserved, including racial and ethnic minority populations and rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 13, 2023
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs Research Grants Inactive
Grants to support research activities that identify barriers to equitable access in the child nutrition programs, as well as strategies to help overcome these barriers.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Sep 9, 2023
Application Deadline: Oct 3, 2023
Sponsor: Food Research & Action Center