Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R21) | PA 17 044

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunity titled "Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R21)" (Funding Opportunity Number: PA-17-044) is a discretionary grant program designed to speed up early-stage, innovative research focused on reducing health disparities affecting immigrant populations in the United States. Using the NIH R21 mechanism, the program emphasizes exploratory and developmental work, meaning it is geared toward new ideas and promising approaches that may not yet have extensive preliminary data, but have strong potential to lead to effective interventions. The central goal is to develop interventions and, importantly, to test their feasibility, which typically includes early evidence that an intervention can be implemented, accepted by the target community, and evaluated in real-world or community-relevant settings.

This opportunity sits within NIH's broader health-related funding categories and is associated with multiple CFDA numbers (93.113, 93.273, 93.279, 93.307, 93.399), reflecting that multiple NIH institutes or programs may have interests aligned with the topic area. While the FOA is framed around immigrant health disparities, the practical focus is on intervention development and feasibility testing rather than purely descriptive studies. In other words, the intent is to move beyond documenting disparities and toward piloting solutions that can later be scaled, adapted, or tested in larger, more definitive trials.

The applicant pool is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education under those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other qualifying entities. The FOA also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicants such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal government agencies, regional organizations, Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized entities, and U.S. territories or possessions. This wide eligibility structure is consistent with the reality that meaningful intervention work for immigrant communities often depends on partnerships among universities, healthcare organizations, community groups, schools, and local governments.

At the same time, the FOA draws clear boundaries around foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, including foreign institutions, are not eligible to apply as the primary applicant organization. Non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply. However, foreign components are allowed as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, which generally means a U.S. applicant may include certain foreign activities or collaborations when they are justified and compliant with NIH policy. Practically, this enables some international collaboration or expertise, while keeping the applicant organization and primary award management within an eligible U.S.-based entity.

The award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $200,000, reflecting the smaller, early-stage nature typical of R21 projects. The original closing date provided is January 24, 2018, and the FOA was created on November 1, 2016, indicating this is an archived or historically posted opportunity rather than a newly opened competition. Even so, the structure and intent are useful as a guide for similarly framed NIH announcements: the program seeks creative intervention concepts, encourages development of new approaches tailored to immigrant communities, and prioritizes practical feasibility outcomes that can justify larger follow-on studies.

Overall, this FOA is best understood as support for pilot-stage intervention research aimed at immigrant health equity in the U.S., with flexibility in who can apply and a strong expectation that proposed work will produce actionable evidence about whether an intervention can work in the intended setting and population.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R21)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.113, 93.273, 93.279, 93.307, 93.399.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-11-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-01-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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