Phased Innovation Award for Mechanistic Studies to Optimize Mind and Body Interventions in NCCIH High Priority Research Topics (R61/R33)

Funding Opportunity RFA-AT-16-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage the use of a phased research approach to strengthen our understanding and utilization of the underlying mechanisms and processes associated with mind and body interventions.This FOA will support two-phased research applications to (1) uncover the underlying biological, neurological, physiological, and/or behavioralmechanisms or processes relevant to mind and body interventions (e.g. meditation, spinal manipulation, massage, yoga, tai chi, hypnosis, acupuncture) and then, (2) to utilize the results from the initial phase to improve, refine, enhance, or strengthen the identified mechanisms or processes through either rigorous validation and refinement of the intervention, or using combined approaches that, together, willmodulate the underlying mechanism or process.This second phase should also be able to provide preliminary evidence that the mechanism or process modulated by the intervention is associated with a functional outcome or clinical benefit for a specific condition or disorder.
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - Category: Research Source Type: funding