The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices are seeking applications for a new collaborative research network to test multi-sectoral preventive interventions for health conditions in populations that experience health disparities. The research network and coordinating center funding opportunities are due August 5, 2024.

The research network funding opportunity (PAR-24-053) encourages UG3/UH3 research project applications that intervene beyond the individual level and collaborate with two or more service sectors (e.g., health, housing, transportation, education).

The research network will also include a coordinating center that will provide technical assistance related to intervention methodology and facilitate collaboration across projects. The coordinating center funding opportunity (RFA-OD-24-006) encourages U24 applications that propose activities in administration, methodology, and community engagement.  

These funding opportunities were developed by the ODP-coordinated Advancing Prevention Research for Health Equity (ADVANCE) initiative, an NIH-wide effort to develop and evaluate referrals to preventive interventions that address health disparities.