NOT-DC-16-002: Notice of NIDCD Participation in PA-16-147 "Population Health Interventions: Integrating Individual and Group Level Evidence (R21)"

Notice of NIDCD Participation in PA-16-147 "Population Health Interventions: Integrating Individual and Group Level Evidence (R21)"

Notice Number: NOT-DC-16-002

Key Dates
Release Date: April 11, 2016

Related Announcements
PA-16-147

Issued by
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) will participate, effective immediately, in PA-16-147 “Population Health Interventions: Integrating individual and group level evidence (R21)".

The following changes and updates are made to PA-16-147 to reflect NIDCD participation in this FOA.

Part 2. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations

Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives,
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)

93.121; 93.399; 93.279; 93.273; 93.173

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Research Scope
NIDCD
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) invites applications that support its mission and advance the science in its 7 extramural programs: hearing, balance/vestibular, taste, smell, voice, speech and language. The NIDCD recently completed its National Strategic Research Plan for 2012-2016 . One of the four overarching goals is improving outcomes for human communication (accelerating translation from research to practice, increasing access to health care, enhancement of delivery, quality and effectiveness of care). The NIDCD is interested in multilevel, transdisciplinary population health interventions that target underlying social, economic, and environmental conditions in an effort to improve communicative function and health outcomes for individuals with reduced hearing or other communicative disorders. The NIDCD is interested in diverse submissions- including but not limited to those that:

Address Hearing Health Care (HHC) and other communicative health care through linking environmental processes at multiple levels (institutions, communities, neighborhoods, families, social networks) and behavioral, psychological, and biological factors.
Develop and test individual behavioral interventions tailored to different environments among racial/ethnic populations and underserved and low resource communities.
Address disparities in hearing and other communicative functions, the rehabilitation of persons living with a communication disorder and the ability of individuals and families to overcome the burden of these disorders in their lives.
Conduct rigorous outcome evaluation of existing programs, policies, or natural history studies that address individual-, community-, organizational-level factors intended to reduce health disparities or inequities in HHC and other communicative health care.
Determine the potential costs and impact of insufficient care (un-treated or under-treated) on real world function and outcomes, on topics such as quality of life, depression, stigma, motivation and community engagements.
Address HHC and other communicative health care using family-centered, school-based and community-based settings, and primary care programs.
Prevent hearing loss and other communication disorders through improved hearing health care and other communicative health care (e.g., reduction of exposure to noise for better hearing health and vocal health).

Note: NIDCD does not support the conduct of clinical trials under this FOA.

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Lana Shekim, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Telephone: 301-496-5061
Email: shekiml@nidcd.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
Christopher Myers
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Telephone: 301-435-0713 Email: myersc@mail.nih.gov

All other sections of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Lana Shekim, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Telephone: 301-496-5061
Email: shekiml@nidcd.nih.gov