NOT-RM-23-002: Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS): Coordination Center (U24

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS): Coordination Center (U24 - Clinical Trial Optional)

Notice Number:

NOT-RM-23-002

Key Dates

Release Date:

August 22, 2022

Estimated Publication Date of Funding Opportunity Announcement:

October 21, 2022

First Estimated Application Due Date:

January 27, 2023

Earliest Estimated Award Date:

September 01, 2023

Earliest Estimated Start Date:

September 01, 2023

Related Announcements

NOT-RM-23-004 - Notice of Information: Announcing NIH Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program: Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative (CHESI) Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) and Technical Assistance Webinar
NOT-RM-23-001 - Notice of Information: Upcoming Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) for Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program: Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative (CHESI) (OT2 Clinical Trial Optional)

Issued by

Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)

Purpose

NIH Office of the Director, Office of Strategic Coordination intends to solicit applications for the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Coordination Center (CC). The CC will provide administration, coordination, data, and research capacity-building and training support to the ComPASS consortium. In addition to the CC, the consortium includes Community-led, Health Equity Structural Intervention (CHESI) projects that intervene on structural factors that create and perpetuate health inequities and Health Equity Research Hubs (Hubs) to provide localized technical assistance to the CHESI projects. A single CC will be funded as an integral part of the ComPASS Program.

This Notice is intended to allow applicants additional time to begin making arrangements to develop responsive applications.

This FOA will utilize the U24 activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.

Research Initiative Details

The ComPASS Program is intended to make greater advances in promoting health and preventing disease among disproportionately impacted populations. ComPASS aims to be catalytic and cross-cutting in its integration of multisectoral partnerships, comprised of community organizations; local, state, Tribal, and federal governments; academic institutions and research organizations; and the private sector to address structural inequities that enable health disparities to persist. The program is transformative in its focus on structural health equity interventions given the evidenced impact of structural inequities on health outcomes.

ComPASS Goals and Objectives

The first overall goal of the ComPASS Program is to catalyze, develop, and rigorously assess CHESI projects that leverage multisectoral partnerships to advance health equity. A second overall goal of ComPASS is to develop a new health equity research model for community-led, multisectoral structural intervention research across the NIH and other federal agencies

The ComPASS Coordination Center (CC) will be responsible for managing cross-consortium functions including effective communication, collaboration, and coordination across the CHESIs and Hubs. The Center will comprise three core functions: 1) administration and coordination; 2) data collection, management, and assessment: and 3) research capacity-building and training.

The expected FOA will run as a companion to solicit applications to initiatives used to achieve the ComPASS Program goals:

The Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Interventions (CHESIs) will develop, implement, assess, and disseminate co-created community-led, health equity structural interventions in partnership with research organizations, by intervening upon structural factors that produce and perpetuate health disparities. (NOT-RM-23-001)
The Health Equity Research Hubs (Hubs) will be funded in FY 2024 and provide localized technical assistance and scientific support, as well as partnership support and research capacity-building.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Funding

The NIH Common Fund (Office of Strategic Coordination) intends to commit total costs up to $3,000,000 in FY 2023 and 2024 and $6,000,000 per year for years FY2025 through FY2027. Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.

Expected Number of Awards

One award in fiscal year 2023

Estimated Award Ceiling

Primary Assistance Listing Number(s)

93.310

Anticipated Eligible Organizations

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)
U.S. Territory or Possession
Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized)

Applications are not being solicited at this time.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Shalanda A. Bynum, Ph.D., M.P.H.

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

301-755-4355

shalanda.bynum@nih.gov

Shalanda A. Bynum, Ph.D., M.P.H.
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Telephone: 301-755-4355
Email: shalanda.bynum@nih.gov