The goal of this notice of funding opportunity announcement (NOFO) is to advance the field of population dynamics research by providing infrastructure that will increase research impact, innovation, and productivity; support the career development of junior scientists; and maximize the efficiency of research support.
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health
States: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,100,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Objectives
The objectives of this initiative are to:
- Increase the scientific impact, innovation, and productivity of population dynamics research;
- Increase competitiveness for peer-reviewed external funding in population dynamics research;
- Support experiences for junior population dynamics scientists that will contribute to their research independence; and
- Maximize the efficiency of funding for population dynamics research by minimizing the financial and time burdens of providing administrative and other research support services associated with research projects.
Scope
This initiative will provide funding for infrastructure cores to support population dynamics research at already productive population dynamics research centers. Applicant centers are expected to have a recent record of high impact, innovative scientific publications and competitiveness for peer-reviewed external funding for research within the scientific mission of the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch (PDB)
Specific Areas of Research Interest
To be responsive to this initiative, the Primary Research Areas (PRAs) identified must be within the scientific scope of the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch (PDB). The PDB scientific mission is to support research, research training, and data collection in three areas:
- Demography: The scientific study of human populations, including fertility, pregnancy outcomes, mortality and morbidity (especially maternal, infant, child, adolescent, and young adult mortality and morbidity), migration, population distribution, population stratification (including disparities based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, and age), nuptiality, family demography, population growth and decline, and the causes and consequences of demographic change;
- Population health: Research on how demographic, social, economic, institutional, geographic, and other factors influence human health, productivity, behavior, and development, with an emphasis on research using population-representative data and natural and policy experiments using methods addressing selection and other sources of bias. Research at multiple levels of analysis, involving interdisciplinary perspectives, incorporating social determinants of health, and elucidating mechanisms leading to health disparities are encouraged.
- Reproductive health: Behavioral and social science research on family planning, infertility, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.
The Population Dynamics Branch is a unit within the NICHD and thus encompassed within the NICHD mission. Thus, research on these topics is not responsive to this initiative:
- Research primarily focused on aging and the health and well-being of older people;
- Alzheimer’s disease and AD-related dementias (AD/ADRD);
- Long-term supports and services (LTSS) and Medicare in populations outside the mission of the NICHD;
- Specific organ systems or disease conditions outside the mission of the NICHD; and
- Social and behavioral processes without application to enhancing human health and development or elucidating demographic processes
Funding Information
- NICHD intends to commit approximately $2,100,000 in FY 2024 to fund up to five awards.
- The maximum project period is 5 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:
- 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 Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
