This FOA seeks to advance research in high-priority mission areas of the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) by supporting development of new analytical methods, models, and tools and using them to analyze data in the All of Us Researcher Workbench.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S.Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $275,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The All of Us Research Program (All of Us) within the Office of the Director (OD) encourages investigators to apply for grant applications that will advance research in high-priority mission areas of the Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) through two companion FOAs one to use standard methods and approaches to analyze currently available data within the All of Us Research Programs Researcher Workbench and one to develop new methods, models, and tools and use them to analyze data in the Researcher Workbench. The new tools will be made broadly available to the scientific community. This FOA uses the R21 grant mechanism for new tool development and application, while the companion FOA uses the R03 grant mechanism to support data analysis using standard methods.
The All of Us Research Program is building a database to help transform the future of health research by equipping researchers nationwide with expansive health data from various populations, including those populations understudied in biomedical research . The All of Us Research Program characterizes populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research (UBR) as groups that historically have low participation rates in biomedical research studies (including clinical trials). These groups include racial and ethnic minority groups and/or sexual and gender minority groups; children and older adults; and people with disabilities, barriers to accessing health care, lower incomes, or limited educational attainment; and/or residents of rural areas.
Research Objectives and Scope
- Studies are encouraged that can help advance research in high priority areas of the NIH ICOs.
- Applications should be exploratory, novel studies that develop new analytical tools and methods and apply them to investigations using the data in the All of Us Researcher Workbench.
- Projects that use widely accepted approaches and methods should be directed toward the companion R03 FOA.
- Applications must make direct use of All of Us data that are available through the Researcher Workbench. Applicants may analyze the All of Us data in combination with other existing datasets, but for the purpose of this administrative supplement program, they should not propose ancillary studies that would require the collection of additional data beyond what is already available in the Researcher Workbench or studies that would require a linkage of All of Us data to other datasets at the level of the individual.
- Because information regarding the user experience could help NIH improve its data resources, it is expected that NIH will receive feedback from awardees on usability and utility of datasets and public data portals, which the awardees can provide in their progress reports to ICO Program Officers.
- Applicants will be expected to make their workspace, and any tools they develop, available to other registered users of the All of Us Researcher Workbench.
- Applicants may request funds, in addition to research costs, to present their work using All of Us data at a national meeting and/or All of Us Researchers Convention.
- ICO-Specific Considerations
Funding Information
The combined budget for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000 in direct costs. No more than $200,000 in direct costs may be requested in any single year.
Project Period
Up to two 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
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)
Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)are not eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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