HEAL Initiative: Discovery of Biomarkers and Biomarker Signatures to Facilitate Clinical Trials for Pain Therapeutics (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-22-050 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the discovery of strong candidate biomarkers or biomarker signatures for pain that can be used to facilitate the testing of non-opioid pain therapeutics in Phase II clinical trials.The biomarkers or biomarker signature will be developed through clinical research specifically focused on the identification of pain biomarkers or biosignatures that predict and/or monitor response to pain therapeutics. The resulting biomarkers or biomarker signatures may be focused on a singl...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding

TechQuity Project Award
Funding for projects in Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 1 to purchase technology and provide online resource training that will improve health, and digital equity to underserved communities impacted by the digital divide. Geographic coverage: Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia -- National Institutes of Health, Network of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - February 7, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

California Connected Care Accelerator Initiative - Equity Collaborative
Grants for California safety net organizations to participate in a 13-month learning collaborative to rapidly design, test, scale, and share new strategies to improve equity in access to telehealth for populations experiencing disparities. Geographic coverage: California -- California Health Care Foundation, Center for Care Innovations, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - February 3, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-343 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this program is to support collaborative translational research projects aligned with NIH efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health. It encourages high quality science demonstrating the potential to result in understanding an important disease process or lead to new therapeutic interventions, diagnostics, or prevention strategies within the research interests and priorities of the participating NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). Specifically, the program seeks to broa...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 19, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Pre-application: Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center (X02 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-342 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The goal of this program is to support collaborative translational research projects aligned with NIH efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health. It encourages high quality science demonstrating the potential to result in understanding an important disease process or lead to new therapeutic interventions, diagnostics, or prevention strategies within the research interests and priorities of the participating NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). Specifically, the program seeks to broa...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 19, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Common Data Elements: Increasing FAIR Data Sharing
This article was originally published in the National Library of Medicine’s blog, Musings from the Mezzanine. Carolina Mendoza-Puccini, MD, CDE Program Officer, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Kenneth J. Wilkins, PhD, Mathematical Statistician, Biostatistics Program and Office of Clinical Research Support, Office of the Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Previous posts published in Musings from the Mezzanine have explained the importance of health data standards and their role as the backbone of interop...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 24, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Carolina Mendoza-Puccini and Kenneth J. Wilkins Tags: blog Open Mike common data elements Data sharing FAIR Source Type: funding

Public Health Informatics and Technology Workforce Development Program
Funding to increase the number of public health professionals trained in informatics and technology with an emphasis on improving public health reporting through modern standards and computing. Through an interdisciplinary approach to data science and managing public health information, the program is designed to build capacity of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, other minority serving institutions, and other colleges and universities to educate and diversify the future public health workforce. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of the National Coordinator for Health In...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 22, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): New Information Technology-Enabled Care Delivery Models to Improve Depression Care in Cancer
Notice NOT-CA-21-085 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 22, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Enhancing Data Access and Analysis in the Cloud Advances NIH-Supported Discovery
Guest blog post authored by: Andrea Norris, MBA, Director, Center for Information Technology (CIT), and Chief Information Officer (CIO), NIH Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIH Susan Gregurick, PhD, Associate Director for Data Science, NIH; Director of the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy To fully benefit from the exponentially growing body of biomedical data, we need cutting-edge approaches that foster data access, analysis, sharing, and collaboration so novel scientific questions can be pursued. But the sheer volume, sometimes siloed nature, along with the costs and t...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 10, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Andrea Norris, Patti Brennan, Susan Gregurick, and Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Cloud Computing Open Access Resources rigor Source Type: funding

Insuring Rural Communities in Missouri and Illinois Scholarship
Scholarships for students from rural areas of Missouri and Illinois who are pursuing certificates or undergraduate degrees in information technology, healthcare, or risk management. Geographic coverage: Illinois and Missouri -- The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 27, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NEI Notice of Participation in PAR-19-093: "Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-EY-21-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 13, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Expiration of PA-17-247 - Implementation and Evaluation of New Health Information Technology (IT) Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures (U18)
Notice NOT-HS-20-016 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 15, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-283 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and their health care providers. Access to useful, usable, understandable health information is an important factor when making health decisions. Proposed projects should exploit the capabilities of computer and information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their health care providers. Because this FOA focuses on ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 19, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Leveraging Standardized Clinical Data to Advance Discovery
Guest blog post authored by: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIHSusan Gregurick, PhD, Associate Director for Data Science, NIH; Director of the NIH Office of Data Science StrategyTeresa Zayas Cabán, PhD, Chief Scientist, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Coordinator, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Acceleration, National Library of Medicine, NIHSteven Posnack, M.S., M.H.S., Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Opportunit...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 31, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Guest Blog Tags: blog Open Mike 21st century cures Data sharing USCDI Source Type: funding

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-20-243 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and future public health emergencies, including pandemics. While research related to the direct clinical effects of COVID-19 are supported by other funding opportunities, the purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions [e.g., mobile health (mhealth), telemedicine and telehealt...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding