Health Resources and Services Administration

Research Funding Opportunities

Michael J. NelsonAssociate Administrator,

Office of Federal Assistance ManagementHealth Resources and Services

AdministrationDepartment of Health and Human Services

About HRSA• Mission – To improve health and

achieve health equity through access to quality services, a skilled workforce, and innovative programs.

About HRSA

An agency overview provided by HRSA Administrator, Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roruyg-1gYU

About HRSA

HRSA Research Opportunities

• Maternal and Child Health

• Bureau of Health Professions

• Office of Rural Health Policy

• Healthcare Systems Bureau

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/research

• The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Extramural Research Program supports applied and translational research that has the potential to improve health services and care delivery, and to promote health and wellbeing among MCH populations.

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

Current areas of interest for funding are

•eliminating health disparities within MCH populations, •increasing quality of care, •promoting healthy development, and •improving the effectiveness of service systems.

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

• R40 MCH Research Multiyear GrantsSupport investigator-initiated applied MCH research that has the potential to improve health care services and delivery, and to promote the health and wellbeing of maternal and child populations. These grants typically:•Involve the collection of original data •Have a project period of up to 3 years •Provide awards of up to $300,000 per year total costs (direct + indirect) and $900,000 total costs across all 3 years (direct + indirect)

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

• R40 MCH Research Secondary Data Analysis Studies (SDAS) GrantsSupports investigator-initiated applied MCH research that has the potential to improve health care services and delivery, and to promote the health and wellbeing of maternal and child populations. These grants typically:•Focus exclusively on secondary analyses of existing national or other large-scale datasets •Provide support for 1 year •Provide awards of up to $100,000 total costs (direct + indirect)

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

Who applies to the MCH Research Program?

•Pediatric and other medical departments •Schools of public health and other health fields •Psychology and other social science and academic departments at universities •Nonprofit research institutions

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

What age groups are targeted in the MCH Research Program?

•Pregnancy and the prenatal period •Children from birth to age 18 •The transition to young adulthood •Women throughout their reproductive years

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

Does the MCH Research Program focus on underserved populations?

•Most funded research targets diverse groups of underserved populations. Some of these are underserved by virtue of ethnic minority status, others because they are immigrant populations or live in rural areas. The majority of the targeted populations, but not all, are low-income.

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

Does the MCH Research Program fund studies on special needs populations?

•Autism Spectrum Disorders •Developmental Disabilities •ADHD/ADD •Asthma •Chronic conditions associated with preterm birth or low birthweight

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

What topics are funded in the MCH Research Program?

•Health Care Systems & Delivery •Medical Home •Prenatal health & Pregnancy Outcomes •Nutrition & Obesity •Parenting & Child Development •School Outcomes & Services

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

•Health Promotion •Illness & Injury •Mental Health & Wellbeing •Behavioral Health •Developmental Disabilities & Special Health Care Needs •Culture & Context

Maternal and Child Health Research Program

• The Combating Autism initiative funds research on evidence-based interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P)The purpose of AIR-P is to establish and maintain a network infrastructure from which to conduct research on evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the physical health and wellbeing of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• The Autism Intervention Research Network on Behavioral Health (AIR-B)The purpose of AIR-B is to establish and maintain a network infrastructure from which to conduct research on evidence-based interventions to improve the behavioral, mental, social, and/or cognitive health and well-being of children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS and ePROS) Networks

The PROS Network is the national practice-based research network of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The mission of PROS is to improve the health of children and enhance primary care practice by conducting national collaborative practice-based research.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS and ePROS) Networks

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Pediatric Research Network (ePROS) is a multi-million dollar subnetwork of PROS that will conduct comparative effectiveness research in pediatric primary care sites around the United States through the use of certified Electronic Health Records to address critical child health issues and generate new knowledge to improve pediatric practice.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Life Course Research Network (LCRN)

The Life Course Research Network advances public health research on the epidemiology, social determinants, origins, and impacts of health disparities from a life course perspective.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Pregnancy-related Care Research Network

The Pregnancy-related Care Research Network of the American College of Obstetricians and gynecologists (ACOG) conducts research to improve the health and health care of women across the life-span, with a focus on reproductive health care.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)

PECARN is the first federally-funded multi-institutional network for research in pediatric emergency medicine in the United States. The goal of this network is to conduct meaningful and rigorous multi-institutional research into the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children and youth across the continuum of emergency medicine health care.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet)

The purpose of DBPNet is to establish a multi-center scientific and clinical research network that will address health issues for children with the most significant developmental disorders, including children with autism spectrum disorder and other related developmental disabilities.

Maternal and Child Health Research Networks

• Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet) continued

Goals: (1) provide an infrastructure to support rapid scientific discovery; (2) conduct ongoing, interactive, and collaborative activities among network members; (3) identify cutting edge research projects and leverage network capacity to compete for grant opportunities from other federal agencies or private foundations; (4) foster research and mentorship opportunities for new investigators; and (5) enrich the field with peer reviewed publications.

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting

(MIECHV) Research Initiatives

•MIECHV Research Program supports applied research relating to evidence-based home visiting programs.

•Home Visiting Research Network grant supports the creation of an interdisciplinary, multicenter research forum for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building related to home visiting research

Health Professions Workforce Training

Programs• HRSA/BHPR’s primary purpose is to

support training for health professionals • Research-related activities are often

integral components of health professions training

• HRSA/BHPr supports training in several fields, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, behavioral health, geriatrics, and allied health

Health Professions Training

• Center of Excellence Program supports activities to enhance the academic performance of underrepresented minority (URM) students, support URM faculty development, and facilitate research on minority health issues.

Health Professions TrainingRuth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants•develop or enhance postdoctoral research training opportunities for individuals who are planning to pursue careers in primary care research. NRSA postdoctoral fellows are students as they participate in training programs with curriculum, requirements, and evaluation criteria. Research opportunities for fellows typically span 2 – 3 years.

Office of Rural Health Policy

Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) Cooperative Agreement Program

•Recipients establish RHRCs which conduct and disseminate policy-relevant, rural health services research on issues of national significance with a specific topic of concentration.

Healthcare Systems Bureau

Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation

•Support sound applied research efforts to test the effectiveness of strategies that increase deceased organ donation and increase the knowledge of the process, risks, advantages and disadvantages of deceased and living donations among patients and potential donors.

Finding HRSA Opportunities

HHS Grants ForecastThe Department of Health and Human Services’ Grants Forecast is a database of planned grant opportunities proposed by its agencies. Each Forecast record contains actual or estimated dates and funding levels for grants that the agency intends to award during the fiscal year. Forecast opportunities are subject to change based on enactment of congressional appropriations.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/

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Finding HRSA Opportunities

HRSA Web site - www.hrsa.gov

HRSA posts all open funding opportunities online athttp://www.hrsa.gov/grants/index.html

Technical assistance resources for applicants are available under “How to Apply” at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/apply/index.html

Protecting Human Subjects Training

is available online at: http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/guidelines/humansubjects/

Financial Conflict of Interest

HHS requires awardees and investigators to comply with the requirements of 42 CFR part 50, Subpart F, "Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which PHS Funding is Sought." A Final Rule amending this PHS regulation (and the companion regulation at 45 CFR part 94, "Responsible Prospective Contractors," imposing similar requirements for research contracts) was published on August 25, 2011 in the Federal Register (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-25/pdf/2011-21633.pdf).

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Contact Information

Michael J. NelsonAssociate Administrator

Office of Federal Assistance ManagementHealth Resources and Services

Administration301/443-6808 301/443-6686 (FAX)

mnelson@hrsa.govwww.hrsa.gov