Key Dates

Related Announcements

• April 25, 2024 - Understanding the Intersection of Social Inequities to Optimize Health and Reduce Health Disparities: The Axes Initiative (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). See NOFO RFA-NR-24-006

Issued by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is participating, effective immediately, in Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) RFA-NR-24-006, “Understanding the Intersection of Social Inequities to Optimize Health and Reduce Health Disparities: The Axes Initiative (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)”.

The following text (in italics) has been added to reflect NCI's participation in this NOFO:

Part 1. Overview Information, Components of Participating Organizations

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
All applications to this funding opportunity announcement should fall within the mission of the Institutes/Centers. The following NIH Offices may co-fund applications assigned to those Institutes/Centers.
Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO)
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
 

Assistance Listing Number(s)93.866, 93.213; 93.393
 

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement, Section I. Notice of Funding Opportunity Description

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCI invites applications relevant to the priorities described in this NOFO and that support the National Cancer Plan. NCI is interested in observational research applications that will advance scientific understanding about the mechanisms through which conditions of the social and/or built environment influences cancer control inequities among populations that experience health disparities using an intersectionality framework. Of specific interest are intersectional research projects relevant to cancer control and centered on sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or people assigned female at birth. Studies of factors and outcomes at two or more levels (e.g., individual, interpersonal, healthcare teams, healthcare system, community, payer, policy) are encouraged.

Research areas of interest to NCI may include, but are not limited to:

• Multilevel studies that elucidate modifiable factors linking environmental exposures (i.e., chemical, physical, biological, and/or social) to cancer disparities at varying intersections of social status. 
• Research on structural factors (i.e., policies, economic, legal, and/or social systems) that shape the environmental conditions of communities and, in turn, affect underlying biological and/or behavioral processes that contribute to cancer inequities at intersections of social statuses.
• Studies that examine the differential impact of laws, policies, and practices relevant to cancer control across intersectional social statuses.
   

Part 3. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Shalanda A. Bynum, PhD, MPH
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-755-4355
Email: shalanda.bynum@nih.gov

Gregory Greenwood, Ph.D.
Division of AIDS Research
National Institute of Mental Health
Telephone: 240-669-5532
Email: gregory.greenwood@nih.gov

Jennifer Humensky, Ph.D.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
National Institute of Mental Health
Telephone: 301-480-1265
Email: jennifer.humensky@nih.gov

Elizabeth Anne Barr
ORWH - Office of Research on Women's Health
Phone: 301-402-7895
E-mail: elizabeth.barr@nih.gov

Christopher Barnhart, PhD
Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO)
Telephone: 301-594-8983
Email: christopher.barnhart@nih.gov 

For inquiries related to the built environment and cancer, contact:

Behnoosh Momin, DrPH, MS, MPH
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-789-3981
Email: behnoosh.momin@nih.gov 

For inquiries related to the social environment and cancer, contact:

Amanda M. Acevedo, PhD
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-5896
Email: amanda.acevedo@nih.gov 

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
Randi Freundlich
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-594-5974
Email: freundlichr@mail.nih.gov

Rita Sisco
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-2805
Email: rita.sico@mail.gov

Crystal Wolfrey
National Cancer Institute
Telephone: 240-276-6277
Email: wolfreyc@mail.nih.gov 
 

All other aspects of RFA-NR-24-006 remain the same.

 

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Amanda M. Acevedo, PhD
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-5896
Email: amanda.acevedo@nih.gov