Key Dates

Related Announcements

• September 26, 2023 - Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional). See NOFO PAR-23-309.

Issued by

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Purpose

This Notice informs potential applicants of the National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) participation, effective immediately, in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) PAR-23-309, “Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)".   

The following text has been added to reflect the NCCIH's participation in this NOFO:

Part 1. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations

National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Assistance Listing Number(s)

93.213  

Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Specific Areas of Research Interest for Participating Organizations:

NCCIH Areas of Interest: 

NCCIH will support research that is well aligned with the NCCIH Strategic Plan. Research areas funded by the institute broadly fall into three therapeutic areas, including nutritional, psychological, and physical approaches. These may include the array of natural products derived from plants, fungi, bacteria, marine organisms, or animals, including pro/prebiotics; as well as mind and body approaches such as yoga, massage therapy, meditation, mindfulness-based stress reduction, guided imagery, clinical hypnosis, spinal/joint manipulation, acupuncture, and art- and music-based interventions. Approaches may also be combined (e.g., meditation and yoga, such as in mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR). NCCIH is interested in research that takes a transdisciplinary approach and integrates natural, social, and health sciences and transcends traditional boundaries to investigate the multifactorial process of whole person health restoration. For the purposes of this NOFO, NCCIH is interested in research on the contributions of disability status and related factors (e.g., emotional well-being, social determinants of health such as access to affordable complementary and integrative health approaches) on the mechanisms of action of interventions that include complementary and integrative therapeutics. Only Basic and Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH) clinical trials will be supported by NCCIH for such mechanistic studies.  NCCIH is also interested in research that investigates the influence of disability status on the utilization and ability of complementary and integrative approaches to improve health outcomes among people from diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic populations. For such studies, NCCIH will only support applications in the area of complementary and integrative health that do not propose clinical trials such as analyses of large, nationally representative datasets or registries, or  epidemiological/observational studies. NCCIH will not support feasibility or efficacy trials through this NOFO (please see NCCIH Clinical Trial Funding Opportunities instead for feasibility and efficacy clinical trials). Investigators are strongly encouraged to discuss their plans with NCCIH Scientific/Research contact prior to submitting their application to identify the most appropriate NOFO for their research.

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Sekai Chideya-Chihota, MD, MPH
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 240-552-2994
Email: sekai.chideya@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s) 

Debbie Chen
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 301-594-3788
Email: debbie.chen@nih.gov  

 All other aspects of the NOFO remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Sekai Chideya-Chihota, MD, MPH
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 240-552-2994
Email: sekai.chideya@nih.gov