Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Strengthening the Impact of Community Health Workers on the HIV Care Continuum in the US (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Key Dates

None National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), with other NIH Institutes and CentersNational Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for research on: The use of community health workers (CHW) to improve the HIV care continuum in the United States (US). The RFA will support research on the effectiveness of scalable tools, trainings, and strategies designed to strengthen the ability of CHW to improve HIV care among people living with HIV (PLH). Research applications must incorporate a patient outcome related to the HIV care continuum, such as care engagement, antiretroviral adherence, or viral suppression. Effectiveness research that identifies the mediators and mechanisms through which CHW make impact is also encouraged, along with cost-effectiveness analyses.

This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.

The FOA is expected to be published in {February 19, 2020} with an expected application due date in {April 23, 2020}.

This FOA will utilize the {R01 Clinical Trial Optional} activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.

NINR intends to publish an FOA to support research on the effectiveness of scalable tools, trainings, and strategies designed to strengthen the ability of CHW to improve HIV care among people living with HIV (PLH). This initiative is part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic Plan for America.

The FOA will call for research applications that will advance prospective, mixed methods, clinical trial and implementation research on CHW workers that support PLH in their communities to engage in HIV care and achieve manageable ARV routines leading to durable viral suppression. Research must include measures of the impact of CHW on a patient outcome related to the HIV care continuum, such as care engagement, antiretroviral adherence, or viral suppression.

Potential topics will include, but not be limited to: community-based participatory research methods, pragmatic trials, implementation research to translate CHW strategies with demonstrated efficacy to new settings, development of interventions that leverage existing CHW systems (e.g. community health workers, peer navigation, peer recovery coaches) testing of existing mHealth approaches, effectiveness research that identifies the mediators and mechanisms through which CHW make an impact, cost-effectiveness analyses, testing of strategies for integration of CHW into comprehensive care teams, and study of factors that influence how CHW draw from and impact social cohesion and program success.

This Notice of Intent to Publish (NOITP) is being provided to allow potential eligible applicants enough time to develop competitive and responsive scientific projects and thus prepare the applicant for the timely submission of an application.

This Notice encourages investigators with appropriate expertise to begin to consider applying for this new FOA. Interdisciplinary teams, that draw on expertise in basic social sciences sociology, anthropology, primary care, nursing science, social work, public health, epidemiology and implementation science, will be strongly encouraged and should begin considering applying for this opportunity.

Public/State Controlled Institution of Higher Education
Private Institution of Higher Education
Nonprofit with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institution of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organization (Other than Small Business)
State Government
Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized)
County governments
Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organization (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
Applications are not being solicited at this time.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Kelli Oster
National Institute of Nursing Research
(301) 594 2177
osterk@mail.nih.gov

Rebecca Henry
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-594-5976
Email: rebecca.henry@nih.gov

Michael Stirratt
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 240-627-3875
Email: stirrattm@nih.gov

Rich Jenkins
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Telephone: 301-443-1923
Email: jenkinsri@nida.nih.gov