Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (MatCare) Program
Grants to provide support to accredited nurse midwifery programs to train nurse midwives through trainee scholarships, stipends, curriculum enhancement, and community-based training. The program is designed to grow and diversify the maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce that are prepared to address and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in rural, tribal, and underserved urban communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (BHWET-CAY) Program for Professionals
Grants to increase the supply and distribution of behavioral health professionals providing services for children, adolescents, and young adults (CAY), and thereby increase access to behavioral health providers and services in rural and underserved communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-178 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25) is a flexible and specialized program designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers from diverse backgrounds, including from underrepresented groups across career stages. Thus, it encourages applications from applicant organizations that propose innovative mentoring and professional development activities in the mission area(s) of the NINDS and/or NIMH. This Neuroscience Diversity R25 initiative will focus on factors that have been ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 12, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Widespread Individual Behavior Change (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-24-026 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites R34 applications to support the planning activities necessary to develop social network interventions to promote health across the lifespan, especially in populations in which they are currently largely underdeveloped and untested (such as populations in mid- and late-life). Applications suited to this R34 will focus on planning activities for social network interventions for which a target interpersonal process of behavior change or social network characteristic has already been identified. P...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Region 6 Public Health Leadership Institute (R6-PHLI)
A virtual leadership program designed for mid-career practitioners and emerging leaders in Public Health Region 6. Geographic coverage: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas -- Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 7, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program
Grants to freestanding children's hospitals to support the training of pediatric and other residents in graduate medical education (GME) programs. Hospitals that serve a rural area or provide a rural training track will receive adjustments to resident FTE limits. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 2, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Michigan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Workforce Grants
Grants for training Michigan EMS workforce personnel. The goal is to address the shortage of paramedics and reduce barriers to enrollment in EMS education programming, specifically paramedic programs, in the state. Geographic coverage: Michigan -- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - May 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: funding

Notice of Informational Webinar for NIDCR Research Training and Career Development Funding Opportunities
Notice NOT-DE-23-012 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 31, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Language and Disability Access (PCTE-LDA)
Grants to develop curricula and train medical students, physician assistant students, and primary care medical residents to provide high quality primary care services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and/or individuals with physical disabilities, and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with goals of improving health outcomes for these populations. Priority will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they train residents in rural areas and tribal communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Depart...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Accelerating Behavioral and Social Science through Ontology Development and Use: Dissemination and Coordination Center (U24) Clinical Trial Not Allowed
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-181 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from multi-disciplinary teams to establish a Dissemination and Coordination Center (DCC) for the Behavioral and Social Science Ontology Development U01 Research Network Projects (PAR-23-182). Teams must include subject matter experts in 1) one or more fields of behavioral or social science, 2) ontology-related informatics and computational approaches, and 3) Team Science or the Science of Science. The primary responsibilities of the DCC are to: 1) Coordinate and provide logistical s...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 24, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIMHD Centers of Excellence in Investigator Development and Community Engagement (P50 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-23-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this NOFO is to further advance NIMHDs mission by supporting Centers of Excellence to enhance research training and education of academic faculty (including post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty, and other early-stage investigators) in the conduct of minority health and health disparities research. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 23, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

John and Polly Sparks First Responder Grant for Rural First Responders Mental Health Interventions
Grants for evidence-based research and intervention in providing mental health training dissemination to first responders in rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- American Psychological Foundation (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 19, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Michigan Community Health Worker (CHW) Workforce Expansion Program
Support for nonprofit employers in Michigan by providing training for eligible employees as community health workers. Geographic coverage: Michigan -- Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Housing Assistance Council OneRural Capacity Building Program
Individualized technical assistance, training, and access to resources designed to build the capacity of housing/community development organizations working in rural communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Housing Assistance Council (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Update on Simplifying Review Criteria: Analysis of Comments from the Request for Information
This blog has been co-authored with Noni Byrnes, Director, Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Originally posted on the Review Matters blog. Mike Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review As discussed in the blog, “Update on Simplifying Review Criteria: A Request for Information (RFI),” NIH issued an RFI—from December 8, 2022, through March 10, 2023—seeking feedback on its proposed plan to revise and simplify the framework for the first level of the peer review of research project grant (RPG) applications. NIH received more than 800...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Center for Scientific Review CSR Request For Information (RFI) RPG Source Type: funding