Key Dates

Related Announcements

RFA-HL-23-015 - New Epidemiological Cohort Study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI): Clinical/Community Field Centers (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial

RFA-HL-23-016 - New Epidemiological Cohort Study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI): Coordinating Center (U24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Issued by

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of NIMH's participation, effective immediately, in RFA-HL-23-015, "New Epidemiological Cohort Study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI): Clinical/Community Field Centers (UG3/UH3)" and RFA-HL-23-016, "New Epidemiological Cohort Study among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI): Coordinating Center (U24)" and outline NIMH's areas of interest.

The following text has been added to reflect NIMH's participation in this FOA:

Part 1. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

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

93.242

Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

NIMH Area of Interest: NIMH is interested in research that can quantify the prevalence and characterize the clinical trajectories and outcomes of mental health disorders in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subpopulations. Areas of high interest include, but are not limited to:

• Research characterizing risk and trajectories of mood and anxiety disorders, disaggregated by sex, AsA-NHPI subgroup, and other social or structural factors potentially related to mental health.
• Investigations that use rigorous measures of environmental and sociocultural factors like neighborhood effects, access to and quality of healthcare, food and resource security, intersectionality, and cultural beliefs to elucidate risk and course of mental health disorders.
• Research examining the contribution of genetic and genomic factors to risk and resilience in mental health outcomes in AsA-NHPI cohorts, as well as interaction of genetic and familial risk with environmental factors in the development of mental illness.
• Studies which identify how structural racism and discrimination impact trajectories of mental health disorders across the lifespan, particularly focusing on sequential and integrative relationships across neural, behavioral, and environmental factors that lead to disparities in mental health outcomes.

For more information, review the NIMH Strategic Plan.

Per NOT-MH-20-067, NIMH expects that grant applications involving human research participants will collect a minimum set of Common Data Elements. For research involving adults, the expected data collection instruments include demographic measures (age, sex at birth), the Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure-Adult (DSM-5-TR), a measure of impairment (WHODAS), and measures related to anxiety and depression (PHQ-9, GAD-7).

Part 2. Section II. Award Information

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards:

NIMH intends to commit up to $500,000 per year for FY 2023-2029 to co-fund applications in response to RFA-HL-23-015 and RFA-HL-23-016.

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Lauren Hill, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-2638
Email: hillla@mail.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Tamara Kees
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-8811
Email: tkees@mail.nih.gov

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Lauren Hill, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-8811
Email: hillla@mail.nih.gov