Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Short Courses in Social Determinants of Health for Research Education in Nursing Research (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications to establish a Short Course in Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) to provide research education in nursing research.

This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The NOFO is expected to be published in early fall 2023 with an expected application due date in early winter 2023. This NOFO will utilize the Research Education Program (R25) activity code with a focus on Courses for Skills Development. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.
 

This program will support the creation and implementation of short courses of up to one-year in duration to develop a cohort of nurse scientists, and scientists in aligned fields, equipped to understand, conduct, and evaluate research on SDOH to support the NINR Strategic Plan. Nursing has long appreciated that health must be understood in the context of people’s lives and living conditions. SDOH provides a lens to understand and intervene upon midstream and upstream factors that shape individual and population health, with a critical emphasis on health equity. By increasing nurse scientists’ access to rigorous multi-disciplinary education and training in SDOH research, this initiative will support the power and potential of nursing to advance health and health equity for all. Therefore, proposals that carefully consider program accessibility to nurse scientists and how recruitment and enrollment opportunities for nurse scientists may be optimized are encouraged.

The program should initiate with fundamentals of SDOH research including, but not limited to, conceptual models; state of the current evidence, including contributions from all disciplines, impacts on populations that experience health disparities and implications for health equity, and knowledge gaps; research methods critical to addressing knowledge gaps; and guidance on research involving diverse populations. Building on the fundamentals, hands-on research experience should be included during the program. Program participants should be made aware of ongoing research directions and opportunities in the SDOH field. Collaboration and partnership opportunities with researchers from related NIH programs, and related societies, are encouraged.

This initiative will support participation of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and/or early- and mid-career scientists. Participants may include both nurse scientists and scientists from other disciplines whose research goals align with the NINR mission. Applications should describe program accessibility to nurse scientists and carefully consider how recruitment and enrollment opportunities for nurse scientists may be optimized.

Both lecture and research experience are expected in this Course for Skills Development Program.

Critical outcomes expected from this program include:

• Ensuring participants have strong foundational knowledge about the core concepts and theories that drive our current understanding about SDOH and the research needs with a solid understanding of the science on which to build new knowledge; 
• Incorporating multiple research disciplines and a variety of settings into the skills development, learning, and research experiences;
• Publishing course materials for the community to use.

Education projects are expected to be in alignment with the mission of the NINR and its focus on a holistic, contextualized approach to optimizing health for all people.
 

Funding Information

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)
Small Business
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)
Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized)
Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government

Applications are not being solicited at this time. 

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NINRProgram@mail.nih.gov