This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks applications for the Implementation Science Hub/Resource Center for the Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence initiative.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/05/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $3 million
Grant Duration: 7 years
Details:
This FOA seeks applications from investigators with expertise in implementation science research models, including but not limited to implementation science conceptual frameworks, including those emphasizing health equity, and hybrid-effectiveness implementation design, expertise in disseminating information to diverse audiences/ interested parties, integrating implementation related data elements, including needs assessments, process evaluations, and aiding in the design of implementation-focused sub-studies. The Implementation Science Hub will develop and implement a consultation and technical assistance program tailored to the needs of the Maternal Health Research Centers and facilitate in bridging the evidence-to-practice gap to inform integrated efforts involving policy and practice changes to improve pregnancy, perinatal, and postpartum care and advance maternal health and maternal health equity. Expertise in the promotion and equitable dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions among underrepresented communities is strongly encouraged.
Maternal Health Centers of Excellence Structure
As described above, the Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence structure will consist of one Data Innovation and Coordinating Hub/Resource Center, one Implementation Science Hub/Resource Center, and up to seven Research Centers. The Innovation and Coordinating Hub, The Implementation Science Hub, and the Research Centers are each integral components of the Centers of Excellence. Success will require close, active cooperation and collaboration to assimilate these elements into a highly effective research structure. Annual Centers of Excellence meetings will be held. The annual meeting will foster the initiation and maintenance of collaborative efforts and resource sharing among the Centers. PD/PIs should budget funds for the PD/PI and one to -two designees to attend an annual meeting in the Bethesda, Maryland / Washington DC area or virtually, if necessary.
Specific Objectives and Scope of this FOA
This FOA seeks applications from investigators with demonstrated expertise in maternal health related implementation science, including but not limited to implementation science conceptual frameworks and hybrid-effectiveness implementation design, expertise in disseminating information to diverse audiences/interested parties, serving as an implementation science consultant, integrating data elements, including needs assessments, leading process evaluations, and aiding in the design of implementation-focused sub-studies.
Specific activities of the Implementation Science Hub include, but are not limited to:
- Implementation Research Elements
- Serve as a key resource to awarded Maternal Health Research Centers and other IMPROVE researchers in planning projects focused on delivering, scaling up, or sustaining proven-effective, evidence-based interventions to address preventable maternal mortality, decrease severe maternal morbidity, and promote maternal health equity in partnership with communities that are most affected (i.e., Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations). Persons with disabilities are also a priority population.
- Conduct a needs assessment with awarded Research Centers and other IMPROVE researchers, as needed, to identify potential challenges to implementation, clarify implementation strategies that are still in process, and provide technical assistance that will support implementation planning and execution. Research Centers and other IMPROVE researchers will be required to implement the intervention for which they are funded (under a separate Funding Opportunity Announcement or Research Opportunity Announcement) within the awarded project period.
- Provide expertise to employ validated, theoretical, or conceptual implementation research frameworks, including but not limited to, Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR); Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS); Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator summary (PRECIS); Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM); and PRECEDE-PROCEED
- To include in Research Center projects implementation outcome measures as appropriate (e.g., acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, affordability, costs, feasibility, fidelity, penetrance, scale-up, sustainability, etc.)
- If needed, suggest appropriate implementation research study designs (e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, modeling, cluster randomization, stepped-wedge; Type III hybrid effectiveness, etc.)
- Inform understanding of key mediators and mechanisms of action of the implementation, scale-up, or sustainment effort.
- Research Skills Development
- Develop plans/strategies/models for future skills/career development designed to increase research capacity to conduct implementation research in one or more populations that experience maternal health disparities, including but not limited to, Blacks/African American, Hispanics/Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations (e.g., living in obstetrical deserts), sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. Persons with disabilities are also a priority population.
- Skills development activities may focus on the development of independent researchers by providing mentorship and support to develop research projects for graduate students, advanced post-doctoral candidates, early career faculty, and investigators who may wish to refocus their careers on implementation research.
Funding Information
- NIH intends to fund one award, corresponding to total costs of up to $3 million dollars in Fiscal Year 2023.
- The maximum project period is 7 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Federal Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations.
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