Funding Opportunities

Each week, the AAMC Center for Health Justice updates a list of funding opportunities that will support health equity research and interventions. If you would like to add additional opportunities, please contact us with links to funding information.

November 2023

Understanding and Mitigating Health Disparities experienced by People with Disabilities caused by Ableism
Application Deadline: Nov. 29

Cornell Douglas Foundation Grants
Application Deadline: Nov. 30

December 2023

HRSA Quality Improvement Fund
Estimated Application Deadline: Dec. 4

Department of Energy Communities Local Energy Action Program
Application Deadline: Dec. 14

HRSA Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health
Application Deadline: Dec. 15

Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (U54)
Application Deadline: Dec. 16

January 2024

Improving Care and Outcomes for Cancer Survivors from Sexual and Gender Minority Populations (R01)
Letter of Intent Deadline: Jan. 5, 2024

Mechanistic Studies of the Effects of Psychosocial Stress on Complex Morbidity Involving SUD, Psychiatric Disorders, and HIV (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) / (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
Letter of Intent Deadline: Jan. 15, 2024

Systems-Level Risk Detection and Interventions to Reduce Suicide, Ideation, and Behaviors in Youth from Underserved Populations (R34) / (R01)
Letter of Intent Deadline: Jan. 20, 2024

HRSA Maternal and Child Health - Improving Oral Health Integration Demonstration Projects
Estimated Application Deadline: Jan. 23, 2024

HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge 
Application Deadline: Jan. 30, 2024

HRSA Expanded Hours
(Estimated Application Deadline: Jan. 30, 2024) 

February 2024

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01)
Application Deadline: Feb. 5, 2024

Understanding the Impact of Healthcare System and Clinician Factors on Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (R01)
Application Deadline: Feb. 5, 2024

OMH Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicators Initiative
Estimated Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2024

HRSA Accelerating Cancer Screening
Estimated Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2024

HRSA New Access Points
Estimated Application Deadline: Feb. 12, 2024

March 2024

Indigenous-Led Solutions to Advance Health Equity and Wellbeing
Brief Proposal Deadline: March 1, 2024

Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants
Application Deadlines: March 4, 2024

Department of Energy Climate Resilience Centers
Application Deadline: March 7, 2024

HHS Supporting Vaccine Confidence
Estimated Application Deadline: March 28, 2024

April 2024 and Later

Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities (R01)
Application Deadline: May 2, 2024

Coordinating Center to Support Multi-Sectoral Preventive Interventions that Address Social Determinants of Health in Populations that Experience Health Disparities (U24)
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 5, 2024

Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01)
Application Deadline: July 5, 2024

Addressing HIV in Highest Risk Sexual and Gender Minorities (R01)/(R34)
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 14, 2024

Health Care Models for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions from Populations that Experience Health Disparities: Advancing Health Care towards Health Equity (R01)
Application Deadline: Sept. 7, 2024

Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34) / (R01) / (R21)
Application Deadline: Oct. 21, 2024

Patient-Clinician Relationship: Improving Health Outcomes in Populations that Experience Health Care Disparities (R01)
Application Deadline: Jan. 8, 2025

Tribal Behavioral Health
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025

Research With Activities Related to Diversity (R01)
Application Deadline: May 7, 2026

Notices of Special Interest

Expiring 2024

Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Expiration Date: Feb. 1, 2024

Addressing Accessibility Inequities with COVID Home-Based Testing for Individuals with Visual Impairment
Expiration Date: March 9, 2024

Research to Improve Pre-Pregnancy Care and Enhance Healthy Birth Intervals
Expiration Date: Sept. 8, 2024

Mortality of Adolescents, Young Adults, and Other Priority Populations in the United States
Expiration Date: Sept. 8, 2024

Behavioral and Social Science Priority Areas in Dementia Care Partner/Caregiver Research
Expiration Date: Nov. 13, 2024

Health Disparities and Alzheimer's Disease
Expiration Date: Nov. 13, 2024

Epidemiologic Studies in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Parent R01)
Expiration Date: Nov. 19, 2024

Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food and Nutrition Insecurity
Expiration Date: Nov. 29, 2024

Expiring 2025

COVID-19 Pandemic Mental Health Research
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2025

Biologic Factors Underlying Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Health Disparities
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2025

Research Addressing Eye and Vision Health Equity/Health Disparities
Expiration Date: Jan. 25, 2025

Research on the Health of Bisexual and Bisexual+ People
Expiration Date: May 8, 2025

Research on Barriers to Care and Risk of HIV-associated Comorbidities among Vulnerable Population Groups
Expiration Date: May 8, 2025

Administrative Supplements for Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Populations to Cancer Screening, Cancer Prevention and Symptom Management Clinical Trials
Expiration Date: July 1, 2025

Research on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Expiration Date: Aug. 8, 2025

Preventive Interventions to Address Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Expiration Date: Sept. 8, 2025

Research on Addressing Violence to Improve Health Outcomes
Expiration Date: Oct. 5, 2025

AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Improve Healthcare for Persons Living with Disabilities
Expiration Date: Nov. 20, 2025

Expiring 2026 and Later

Computational and Statistical Methods to Enhance Discovery from Health Data
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2026

Administrative Supplements to Leverage Network Infrastructure to Advance Multisite Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Individuals and/or Persons with Disabilities
Expiration Date: April 1, 2026

Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations
Expiration Date: June 6, 2026

Addressing Health Disparities Among Immigrant Populations Through Effective Interventions
Expiration Date: June 6, 2026

Diagnostics and Disease Management Tools for Use in Underserved Populations
Expiration Date: July 6, 2026

Intersectional Stigma and Discrimination, or Other Social and Structural Determinants of Health in HIV Prevention and Treatment
Expiration Date: Sept. 8, 2026

Assessing Real-World Effectiveness and Implementation of Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication among Rural Communities
Expiration Date: Oct. 10, 2026

Leveraging Existing and Accessible Datasets for Implementation Research Strategies and Testing
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2027

Rolling Deadlines

NHLBI Program Project Applications (P01) 
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

Norman Foundation Grants: Environmental and Economic Justice
Application Deadline: Rolling

Story of Stuff Grassroots Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: Civil Society, Education, and Environment Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling

Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10)
Application Deadline: Rolling

Interventions to Expand Cancer Screening and Preventive Services to ADVANCE Health in Populations That Experience Health Disparities (R01)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

NIMHD Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

NINR Areas of Emphasis for Research to Optimize Health and Advance Health Equity (R01) and (R21)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

IMPROVE Community Implementation Program Solicitation for Research Coalitions
Application Deadline: Rolling

The CDCC Rapid Research Pilot Program
Application Deadline: Rolling

Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (R01)
Application Deadline: NIH Standard Dates

Anthem Foundation Program Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling

The Commonwealth Fund
Application Deadline: Rolling

Fund for Trans Generations: COVID-19 Rapid Response
Application Deadline: Rolling

Hearst Foundation Awards
Application Deadline: Rolling

NSF Smart and Connected Communities
Application Deadline: Rolling

RWJF Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
Application Deadline: Rolling

RWJF Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
Application Deadline: Rolling

Loan Repayment

National Health Service Corps Students to Service Loan Repayment Program
Application Deadline: Dec. 7

HRSA Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)
Estimated Application Deadline: Jan. 17, 2024