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Funding by Topic: Stigma

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

Community Level Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding for research to develop and test community-level interventions to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. Populations of focus include American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 8, 2027
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Technical Assistance - University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
Technical assistance for rural communities to help with initiatives that address substance use disorder.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: University of Rochester Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence
The Addict's Wake Community Screening Award Inactive
Programming funds to host a film screening of "The Addict's Wake," a film on substance use disorder.
Geographic coverage: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
Sponsor: Network of the National Library of Medicine
Funding for Recovery Equity and Expansion (FREE) Inactive
Funding to continue expanding services and programing for substance use recovery and mental health support to Kentucky's BIPOC and minoritized communities and/or to reduce the stigma around accessing such interventions.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Application Deadline: Sep 13, 2024
Sponsors: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Building Socially Connected Communities in Indiana Grants Inactive
Grants to address loneliness in Indiana by increasing and enhancing opportunities for social connection.
Geographic coverage: Indiana
Application Deadline: Sep 12, 2024
Sponsor: Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Public Health Vending Machines (PHVMs) in Wisconsin Inactive
Funding to purchase, install, and operate public health vending machines in Wisconsin.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: May 10, 2024
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
OneOhio Recovery Foundation Regional Grants Inactive
Grants to distribute a share of Ohio's opioid settlement funds to communities to support programs and services that prevent, treat or support recovery from addiction, including opioids and/or other co-occurring substance use and/or mental health conditions.
Geographic coverage: Ohio
Application Deadline: May 3, 2024
Sponsor: OneOhio Recovery Foundation
COMPASS Initiative SPARK! Grants Inactive
Grants for community-led campaigns and education initiatives across the southern U.S. that work to reduce stigma and change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors around HIV and AIDS. Priority is given to rural applicants.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas
Application Deadline: Mar 12, 2024
Sponsor: Gilead COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States) Initiative, Southern AIDS Coalition
Implementation of Community Health Worker-Mediated Services for Re-Engagement to Care and Outreach for Persons with HIV in Rural Communities Inactive
Grants to state and local health departments to partner with HIV clinical providers to develop strategies that use community health workers to re-engage people with HIV in care and conduct outreach among individuals who are not virally suppressed in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 13, 2023
Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2024
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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