Offer Newsletter: Issue 163

Issue No. 163                                                                             April 4, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

UW Global Engagement Fellows: Applications Due May 5
The Office of Global Affairs has announced the opening of the 2023-2024 Global Engagement Fellows, an award focused on creating inclusive global communities at UW. OGA will award up to $3,000 to convene cross-disciplinary groups of faculty that share common interests.

SSWR Needs Volunteer Abstract Reviewers
The Society for Social Work and Research seeks volunteer abstract reviewers for the 28th Annual conference. If you are interested in applying, click here for additional information.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

New Publications

Hill, L. G., Bumpus, M., Haggerty, K. P., Catalano, R. F., Cooper, B. R., & Skinner, M. L. (2023). “Letting Go and Staying Connected”: Substance use outcomes from a developmentally targeted intervention for parents of college students. Prevention Science. Advance online publication.

Funding Announcements
Notice of Special Interest: Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations
This NOSI calls for multidisciplinary and multilevel research to understand the interplay of multiple factors that cause health disparities or health advantages among underserved immigrant populations and the mechanisms through which they operate.

Notice of Special Interest: Addressing Health Disparities Among Immigrant Populations Through Effective Interventions
This NOSI calls for multidisciplinary and multilevel research focusing on the design and implementation of effective interventions addressing immigrant-specific factors to promote health advantages and reduce health disparities, particularly among migrant workers, recent and 1st generation immigrants.

Notice of Special Interest: Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care
This NOSI encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations, including both prospective studies and analyses of existing datasets, health and medical records, claims data, or other sources. Leveraging ongoing cohorts, intervention studies, networks, data and specimen repositories, and other existing research resources and infrastructure is encouraged. Study designs may include observational approaches, quasi-experimental designs, and interventional studies.

Intent to Publish FOA on Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit R01 and R21 applications for research on bidirectional influences between social media use and adolescent mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and risk or resilience for psychopathology. The FOA is expected to be published in January 2023 with an expected application due date in March 2023.

Notice of Special Interest: Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has announced special interest in grant applications to conduct rigorous research on maximizing the availability and delivery of efficient, effective drug, alcohol, and tobacco treatment and recovery support services. Examples of such research include: clinical quality improvement, implementation science, effectiveness, and development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation.

NIH Notice of Special Interest: Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported Populations
The Office of Research on Women’s Health announces the availability of administrative supplements to support research highlighting health inequities among women in the United States who are understudied, underrepresented and underreported (U3) in biomedical research. This NOSI will support projects highlighting common sources of inequities in women and girls’ health, with a specific emphasis on those that integrate measures beyond the individual level and consider perspectives from multiple disciplines.

NIH Notice of Special Interest: Research on the Health of Bisexual and Bisexual+ People
Although there has been an overall increase in research focused on the health and well-being of sexual and gender minorities, there are fewer projects related to bisexual and bisexual+ (bi/bi+) health despite bi/bi+ people accounting for the largest proportion of the population of LGBTQI+ individuals in the U.S. This NOSI is specifically intended to stimulate investigation into the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social processes that affect the health and welfare of bi/bi+ individuals, and the development of acceptable, appropriate, and relevant interventions, preventive strategies, and service delivery methods.

Notice of Special Interest: Epidemiologic studies in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to stimulate novel epidemiological research to address key knowledge gaps within and between subpopulations of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. These populations are frequently aggregated in research, potentially masking important social and health differences.

NIH Notice of Special Interest: Research on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations
Although there has been an increase in SGM-focused health research in recent years, there remains a need for further research on the health of these populations. This Notice encourages research that describes the biological, clinical, behavioral, and social processes that affect the health and development of SGM populations and individuals and their families, and that leads to the development of acceptable and appropriate health interventions and health service delivery methods that will enhance health and development of these populations.

Notice of Special Interest: Research to Improve the Interpretation of Patient-Reported Outcomes at the Individual Patient Level for Use in Clinical Practice
The focus of this NOSI is on self-report (PRO) measures that: a) have already been developed and validated for use in clinical research and have strong, demonstrated psychometric properties, and b) are currently being used, or could have utility, in clinical practice. Specifically, this Notice calls for methodological studies that provide meaningful interpretation of PRO scores collected and acted upon at the individual patient level for use in clinical decision-making.

Notice of Special Interest: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations
The purpose of this Notice is to highlight interest in research regarding the impact of COVID-19 on populations that experience health disparities (racial and ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

NIH Notice of Special Interest: Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food and Nutrition Insecurity
The Office of Nutrition Research and participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices are issuing this NOSI to encourage research on the efficacy of interventions that address nutrition security and the mechanisms of food insecurity on a variety of health outcomes. It also calls for the development of new measures for nutrition security and assessment of food insecurity that are broadly applicable.

Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities

Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
Deadline: Rolling
Evidence for Action prioritizes research to evaluate interventions that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. This funding is geared toward studies about “upstream” causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities.

William T. Grant Scholars Program
LOI Deadline to UW: April 5, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: July 5, 2023
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Researchers interested in applying must select one of the following focus areas: Reducing Inequality in Youth Outcomes or Improving the Use of Research Evidence in Decisions that Affect Young People. To apply, submit a 1-page LOI with description of proposed aims and approach, a diversity statement (if required by application), and PI CV (not biosketch) to limitedsubs@uwedu by 5pm on April 5, 2023.

W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
Deadline: April 10, 2023
The National Institute of Justice seeks applications for funding for investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions at any point during the administration of justice. Awards will be made to Scholars (researchers advanced in their careers) and Fellows (early career researchers).

Public Interest Technology University Network Challenge
LOI Deadline: April 10, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: May 15, 2023
UW faculty and researchers are eligible for the Year 5 Public Interest Technology Challenge, which seeks to encourage new ideas, foster collaborations, and incentivize resource- and information-sharing among network members. Projects are encouraged in the following areas: 1. Educational Offerings; and 2. Career Pipeline/Placement. To apply, submit a 1-page LOI with description of proposed objectives, work plan, timeline, list of collaborators, amount requested, and matching fund sources with a CV of the PI to anind@uw.edu by April 10.

Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
Deadline: April 13, 2023
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects in four topical areas: 1) evaluation of programs that seek to prevent, intervene in, or respond to the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of older adults (age 60 years or above); 2) research on individuals who abuse older adults; 3) research on polyvictimization in older adults; and 4) research on fraud and financial exploitation of older adults.

Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime
Deadline: April 13, 2023
NIJ seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects in three topical areas: 1) evaluation of programs that provide services for victims of crime; 2) research on supporting victims of community violence; and 3) financial costs of crime victimization.

Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: April 17, 2023
This RFA is to support courses for skills development in cross-cutting methodologies and analytics that are needed to advance behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) but are not well-addressed by existing educational programs widely available to the BSSR community. Methodological domains of focus include but are not limited to innovative data collection methodologies and analytic techniques, analysis and linking of big data, or needed but underutilized designs to advance research across the translational spectrum.

National Study Examining Interpersonal Violence Experienced by Young Adults
Deadline: April 28, 2023
the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for a nationally representative, longitudinal study examining long-term trajectories of risk for, experiences with, and recovery after experiencing interpersonal violence (committed by partners, family members, acquaintances, and strangers, including nonconsensual sexual contact, intimate partner violence, and stalking) among young adults who do and do not attend college.

Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Deadline: May 3, 2023
The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration supports innovative investigator-initiated research that examines the roles of race, ethnicity, nativity, legal status —and their interactions with each other and other social categories—in the social, economic, and political outcomes for immigrants, U.S.-born racial and ethnic minorities, and native-born whites.

William T. Grant Foundation: Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Deadlines: May 3, 2023, August 2, 2023
Research evidence can be a powerful resource for policymakers, agency leaders, organizational managers, and others who make high-stakes decisions that shape youth-serving systems. The Foundation is particularly interested in research on ways to improve the use of research evidence by state and local policymakers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. Investigations into various youth-serving systems, including justice, housing, child welfare, mental health, and education are encouraged.

William T. Grant Foundation: Reducing Inequality
Deadlines: May 3, 2023, August 2, 2023
This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. The Foundation welcomes descriptive studies (i.e., clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality; elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce inequality), intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce inequality, and measurement of inequality in ways that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers.

Research Opportunities for New and “At-Risk” Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01)
Deadline: May 5, 2023 (expires September 8, 2025)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R01 grant applications that propose independent research projects that are within the scientific mission areas of the participating NIH Institutes or Centers. This program is intended to support New Investigators and At-Risk Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the health-related sciences.

Formative and Pilot Intervention Research to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R34)
Deadline: May 9, 2023 (expires January 10, 2026)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for Research Project Grants (R34) that propose formative research, intervention development, and pilot-testing of interventions; formative implementation research to inform adaptation of evidence-based interventions; or development or selection of implementation strategies. Primary scientific areas of focus include the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of novel or adapted interventions that target HIV prevention or treatment, or implementation outcomes using implementation science approaches.

Innovations to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R21)
Innovations to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum (R01)
Deadline: May 9, 2023 (expires January 10, 2026)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for Research Project Grants (R21) that advance innovative research to optimize HIV prevention and care. Applications may include novel basic or applied behavioral and social science to better understand a step or steps in the HIV prevention or care continuum, and/or preliminary research to identify and advance innovative intervention approaches.

Investigator Initiated Extended Clinical Trial (R01)
Deadline: May 15, 2023 (expires January 14, 2023)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for implementation of investigator-initiated clinical trials requiring an extended project period of 6 or 7 years. The trials can be any phase, must be hypothesis-driven, and related to the research mission of the participating IC.

Behavioral Interventions Scholars
Deadline: May 19, 2023
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies.

Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education (R25)
Deadline: May 25, 2023 (expires May 25, 2025)
The overarching goal of this NIH R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish this goal, this funding will support innovative educational activities with a primary focus on mentoring, and in particular mentoring networks.

Short Courses for Mental Health Related Research (R25)
Deadline: May 25, 2023 (expires May 25, 2025)
The overarching goal of this NIH R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish this goal, this funding will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on courses for skills development.

*Newly Added*
PCORI Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research
LOI Deadline: May 31, 2023
Application Deadline: August 29, 2023
This PFA is seeking applications for high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research studies that will address critical decisions faced by patients, caregivers, clinicians, and stakeholders across the health and healthcare community and for which there is insufficient evidence.

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PCORI Broad Pragmatic Studies
LOI Deadline: May 31, 2023
Application Deadline: August 29, 2023
This PFA is soliciting applications for comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies that align with at least one of PCORI’s National Priorities for Health. For this 2023 standing PFA, new topic themes have also been introduced and applicants have the option to choose up to three topic themes, based on how their proposed research aligns with the themes.

*Newly Added*
PCORI Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
LOI Deadline: May 31, 2023
Application Deadline: August 29, 2023
Through this PFA, PCORI is seeking to fund studies that address high-priority methodological gaps in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and CER, as well as projects that address important methodological gaps and lead to improvements in the strength and quality of evidence generated by PCOR/CER studies.

*Newly Added*
PCORI Advancing the Science of Engagement
LOI Deadline: May 31, 2023
Application Deadline: August 29, 2023
The PFA is seeking to fund studies that build an evidence base on engagement in research, including measures to capture structure/context, process, and outcomes of engagement in research, techniques that lead to effective engagement in research, and how effective engagement techniques should be modified and resourced for different contexts, settings, and communities to ensure equity in engagement and research.

Research with Activities Related to Diversity (REWARD) (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires May 8, 2026)
The ReWARD program  provides support for the health-related research of scientists who are making a significant contribution to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and who have no current NIH research project grant funding. The ReWARD program provides funding for both the scientific research and the DEIA activities of investigators.

Leveraging Health Information Technology to Address and Reduce Health Care Disparities (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires May 5, 2025)
This funding opportunity announcement seeks to support research that examines the impact of leveraging health information technology (health IT) to reduce disparities in access to and utilization of health care services, quality of care, patient-clinician communication, and health outcomes for populations that experience health disparities in the U.S.

Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires February 5, 2025)
The goal of this initiative is to support family level health observational and intervention studies in the biomedical, clinical, population, behavioral or social sciences. Projects must include a focus on families from one or more populations that NIH designates as experiencing health disparities in the US and territories, which include Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities (SGM).

Patient-Clinician Relationship: Improving Health Outcomes in Populations that Experience Health Care Disparities (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires October 5, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports innovative multi-disciplinary and multi-level (e.g., patient, clinician, interpersonal, health care system, community) research designed to understand how optimizing patient-clinician communication and relationship affects health care outcomes in patients from populations with health care disparities.

Effectiveness Trials for Post-Acute Interventions and Services to Optimize Longer Term Outcomes
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires February 5, 2024)
The National Institute of Mental Health seeks applications for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic and service delivery interventions for the post-acute management of mental health conditions affecting youth, adults, and older adults.

Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires June 5, 2024)
This award will support innovative multidisciplinary and multi-level research designed to develop and/or test interventions to optimize care of persons with Type 2 diabetes from populations with health/health care disparities, including racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations.

The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. 
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires June 5, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports innovative population-based research that can contribute to identifying and characterizing pathways and mechanisms through which work or occupation influences health outcomes and health status among populations with health and/or health care disparities, and how work functions as a social determinant of health.

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires February 5, 2025)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. Studies that promote equitable dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions among underrepresented communities are encouraged.

Early and Late Stage Clinical Trials for the Spectrum of Alzheimer’s Disease/Alzheimer’s Related Dementias and Age-Related Cognitive Decline (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires October 5, 2024)
NIH invites applications that propose to develop and implement early to late-stage clinical trials of promising pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes associated with age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related Dementias across the spectrum from pre-symptomatic to more severe stages of disease, and 2) stimulate studies to enhance trial design and methods.

Health Care Models for Individuals with Multiple Chronic Conditions From Populations Experiencing Health Disparities (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires June 5, 2024)
This funding opportunity solicits applications to support innovative, multidisciplinary, and multi-level and/or multi-component research to study existing or newly proposed health care models designed to optimize the care of persons with multiple chronic conditions from U.S. populations that experience health disparities.

Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires June 5, 2024)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages studies that develop and test the effectiveness of strategies for implementation and sustainable delivery of evidence-based mental health treatments and services to improve mental health outcomes for underserved populations in low-resourced settings in the United States.

Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023 (expires June 5, 2024)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage innovative, non-clinical trials research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health services to benefit the greatest number of individuals with, or at risk for developing, a mental illness. Applicants can submit quasi-experimental studies, survey or qualitative research methods, clinical epidemiology, and development and evaluation of new research methods, measures, financing approaches, or statistical approaches related to mental health services research.

Multisite Clinical Research: Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Advance Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Individuals, and Persons with Disabilities (U01)
Deadline: June 5, 2023
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for multisite clinical trials and observational studies developed in conjunction with NICHD Networks that will be conducted using NICHD-supported Network infrastructure. The goal is to operationalize previously reported NICHD guiding principles for multisite clinical trials.

Prevention Services Evaluation Partnership Grants: Building Evidence for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, In-home Parent Skill-based, and Kinship Navigator Programs and Services
Deadline: June 11, 2023
ACF plans to solicit applications for grants intended to build evidence of effectiveness of a mental health, substance use, in-home parent skill-based, or kinship navigator program or service. The grants will support collaborations among evaluators and partnering Title IV-E agencies, community entities, and/or other researchers to conduct well-designed and rigorous evaluations of programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families as well as prevent child abuse and neglect and foster care placements.

AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01)
Deadline: June 12, 2023 (every February 12, June 12, October 12, annually)
This AHRQ program provides support and “protected time” to individuals with a research doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in health services research. The K01 award can be used both by individuals who propose to newly embark in health services research training and those who had a hiatus in their research careers because of illness or family circumstances.

Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Equity in Outcomes (R34)
Deadline: June 16, 2023 (expires June 16, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports pilot work for subsequent studies testing the effectiveness of strategies to deliver evidence-based mental health services, treatment interventions, and/or preventive interventions (EBPs) in low-resourced mental health specialty and non-specialty settings within the United States, particularly settings where EBPs are not currently delivered or delivered with fidelity.

Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34)
Deadline: June 16, 2023 (expires March 16, 2025)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage innovative pilot research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health services to benefit the greatest number of individuals with, or at risk for developing, a mental illness.

NIMH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21)
Deadline: June 16, 2023 (expires May 8, 2024)
The National Institute of Mental Health Exploratory/Developmental Grant program supports exploratory and high-risk research projects that fall within the NIMH mission by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methods, measures, models, or strategies, or to the generation of pilot or feasibility data.

Pilot Studies for the Spectrum of Alzheimer’s Disease/Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias and Age-Related Cognitive Decline (R61)
Deadline: June 19, 2023 (expires October 18, 2024)
NIH invites applications that enable the collection of pilot data to support early stage testing of promising pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for cognitive and neuropsychiatric changes associated with age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related Dementias across the spectrum from pre-symptomatic to more severe stages of disease, and 2) stimulate studies to enhance trial design and methods.

Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R21)
Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women (R01)
Deadline: June 20, 2023 (expires June 21, 2024)
This FOA invites applications on chronic conditions understudied among women and/or that disproportionately affect populations of women who are understudied, underrepresented, and underreported in biomedical research. ORWH is interested in approaches to understanding chronic conditions and multimorbidity in women: understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease (including sex and gender differences); identifying environmental factors (including psychosocial, socioeconomic, and sociocultural determinants of health) that influence risk; improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions; and improving quality of life following diagnosis.

Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis Grants
Deadline: June 22, 2023
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to fund Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis Grants to support secondary analysis of data collected to rigorously evaluate a collection of career pathways programs.

Galvanizing Health Equity through Novel and Diverse Educational Resources (GENDER) Research Education (R25)
Deadline: June 27, 2023
This funding opportunity aims to support creative educational activities with a primary focus on courses for skills development (particularly courses that develop skills in multidimensional and intersectional health-related research and healthcare delivery) and curriculum/methods development (specifically, innovative curricula or methods at the undergraduate level or higher that integrate knowledge of sex and gender influences into health-related training or enhance understanding of sex and gender influences on health).

Estimating the Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (U01)
Deadline: July 3, 2023
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the development of a national estimate of the costs of AD/ADRD. The recipient must establish access to appropriate dataset(s), analyze the data to develop estimates of costs, and lead development of products to disseminate the methods and findings of the project (i.e., manuscripts, data briefs, presentations).

Community Level Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities
Deadline: July 7, 2023
The purpose of this initiative is to support research to develop and test community-level interventions to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Real-World Data Platform (U54)
Deadline: July 31, 2023
This funding opportunity invites applications for the AD and ADRD Real-World Data Platform initiative, which aims to serve as a central research hub to improve applicability and generalizability of findings through larger, more diverse datasets; capture more complete information through linking a variety of data sources; and improve researchers’ ability to answer questions that cannot be feasibly or readily answered via clinical trial.

*Newly Added*
National Science Foundation Developmental Sciences
Deadline: July 31, 2023 (expires July 30, 2024)
This funding opportunity supports basic research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Research supported by this program will add to our knowledge of the underlying developmental processes that support social, cognitive and behavioral functioning, thereby illuminating ways for individuals to live productive lives as members of society.

NIDA Avant-Garde Program for HIV and Substance Abuse Disorder Research (DP1)
Deadline: August 15, 2023 (expires August 15, 2025)
This FOA supports exceptionally creative scientists who propose high-impact studies that open new areas of HIV research in the context of substance use and Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV in people with SUD. Applications must propose pioneering research that aligns with the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Priorities and is substantially different from what is currently being pursued by the principal investigator or others in the field.

Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (R21)
Deadline: August 9, 2023 (expires November 16, 2024)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications proposing innovative analysis of existing social science, behavioral, administrative, and neuroimaging data to study the etiology and epidemiology of substance using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, prescription, and other substances) and related disorders, prevention of substance use and HIV, and health service utilization.

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1)
Deadline: September 8, 2023
This funding opportunity supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigator’s research program or elsewhere.

Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)
Deadline: October 10, 2023 (expires January 8, 2026)
This initiative will support intervention research to address the impact of structural racism and discrimination on minority health and health disparities. Research projects may focus on health promotion, prevention services, and/or treatment of chronic condition. Interventions may focus primarily on addressing SRD to improve health outcomes, or SRD may be included as one of several determinants of health addressed to improve health outcomes.

The Intersection of Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Disease (R01)
November 22, 2023 (expires November 23, 2024)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite R01 applications on the influence and intersection of sex and gender in health and disease, including: (1) research applications that examine sex and gender factors and their intersection in understanding health and disease; and (2) research that addresses one of the five objectives from Strategic Goal 1 of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research “Advancing Science for the Health of Women.”

*Newly Added*
National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement
Deadline: February 1-March 1, 2024
The MCA program offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the mid-career stage to substantively enhance and advance their research program and career trajectory.The MCA program provides protected time, resources, and the means to gain new skills through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than the candidate’s home institution. Research projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new problems made accessible with cutting-edge methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.

Measures and Methods to Advance Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities-Related Constructs (R01)
Deadline: February 5, 2024 
This initiative will support research to improve the measures and methods for complex social constructs that capture the lived experience of populations that experience health disparities.  Projects are expected to examine the performance and utility of specific measurement and/or methodological approaches.
Events and Lectures

NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee 
April 7, 2023, 6:00am-7:30am
The NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee was established to enhance information exchange, communication, integration, and coordination of behavioral and social sciences research/training activities at the NIH. In this open session, the public is welcome to attend.

Allen L. Edwards Public Lecture Series
April 19 and 26, 2023, 7:00-9:00pm
The Department of Psychology at UW invites you to the annual Allen L. Edwards public lecture series. The theme of this year’s talks is “The Transactional Relationship between Mental Health Research and Care”. For more information and to register, click here.

Organizational Elements of Effective Coalitions
April 19-May 31, 2023, 1:00-2:30pm
This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

*Newly Added*
Multiple-PI Collaborative Grant Applications
April 20, 2023, 12:00-1:00pm
As part of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences monthly Team Science seminar series, this session will focus on collaborative research projects between academic investigators and community organizations. Registration required.

*Newly Added*
What Does & Does Not Work in Prevention
May 17, 2023, 1:00-2:30pm
Many trainings and resources focus on what research has shown to be effective to prevent substance use. Yet communities across the nation continue to implement these ineffective and sometimes counterproductive strategies. The focus of this webinar will be on identifying these ineffective approaches and alternative evidence-based strategies to replace these ineffective strategies.

Conferences, Workshops, and Training Opportunities

ResilienceCon 2023
April 16-18, 2023
ResilienceCon™ is a new approach to conferences that offers a variety of traditional and innovative formats. It is an international conference that offers opportunities to interact with colleagues who are interested in strengths-based approaches to understanding, preventing, and responding to violence and other adversities.

Research Data Management Planning Workshop
April 24-27, 2023
The UW Libraries is offering an online workshop for UW community members engaged in research with data. Topics will include getting started with data management planning, funder requirements for data sharing, metadata, tips to help keep you organized, sharing, archiving and preservation, and an introduction to tools and on-campus support to aid researchers. Registration required.

National Organization of Forensic Social Work Virtual Conference
June 6-8, 2023
NOFSW’s 39th Annual Conference “Forensic Social Work: Leadership in the Age of Conflict” will bring together social workers, attorneys, judges, law enforcement officers, healthcare workers, child welfare professionals, and more. Plenaries, workshops and research sessions will explore how to promote client and community well-being, develop and disseminate effective programs and interventions, advocate for laws and policies that challenge social injustice, and address the needs of vulnerable, marginalized, and court-involved populations.

NIMH Intramural Research Program Training Opportunities
June 8, 2023, 12:00-2:00pm
August 30, 2023, 9:00-11:00am
December 5, 2023, 11:00am -1:00pm
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting virtual information sessions about their Intramural Research Program. These sessions are open to undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and anyone else interested in learning more. The sessions will provide information about a variety of National Institutes of Health (NIH) training programs, exciting research being done in NIMH IRP laboratories, and give attendees a chance to chat with current NIMH staff and trainees.

American Public Health Association Annual Conference
November 12-15, 2023
APHA’s annual conference “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges” will bring together more than 12,000 public health professionals from across the world to engage, collaborate and grow through educational and networking opportunities.

Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference
January 10-14, 2024
SSWR’s conference, “Recentering & Democratizing Knowledge: The Next 30 Years of Social Work Science will be held in Washington, D.C. The conference will include workshops on the latest quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and grant writing skills, symposia featuring studies in child welfare, aging, mental health, welfare reform, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS, roundtables, and paper and poster presentations.

Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Aging & Disability Research & Education (CADER)
Ongoing
Prepare for the challenges of a rapidly changing society with CADER state-of-the-art online training programs. All CADER courses cover content areas related to legal and ethical considerations, cultural competence, person-centered approaches, health literacy, and strategies for communicating effectively in difficult situations. These online courses are available separately or as part of a certificate program, are self-paced, and can be taken anytime, and provide continuing education credits.
Postdoctoral Fellowships, Internships, and Research Job Opportunities

AHRQ Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadlines: April 8, August 8, December 8, 2023
The overall goal of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation’s health services research and behavioral research needs.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Maryland
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Lavender Lab, located in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, is seeking a full-time Post-Doctoral Associate. The Lavender Lab conducts NIH-funded research on the psychological, social, and cultural determinants of health for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals and Black, Indigenous, and People of color (BIPOC).

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Community Living and Participation for Individuals with Disabilities
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) is seeking social work scholars for a new postdoctoral fellowship funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). These 2-year fellowships provide an opportunity to gain expertise and experience in disability- or rehabilitation-focused health services research.

Fellowship in Community Living and Participation for Individuals with Disabilities
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) is seeking social work scholars for a new postdoctoral fellowship funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).  Increasingly, schools and programs of social work are including curriculum on disability and focusing on individuals with disability as an unserved/underserved population.

Mental Health Services & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. We invite applications from individuals who will have earned a Ph.D. or M.D. by July, 2023. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Northwest PTTC Prevention Fellowship Opportunity: Now Recruiting!
Deadline: ASAP/ Open Until Filled
The Northwest PTTC Fellowship program is a 10-month paid fellowship program, designed to expand the field of substance use disorder prevention and build capacity within prevention coalitions in communities in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington). The fellowship occurs in four phases: Phase 1 (1 month) with NW PTTC team; Phase 2 (3 months) in Region 10 state at a state agency; Phase 3 (3 months) in an existing substance misuse prevention coalition community, serving as a mentee under a current Prevention Coordinator; and Phase 4 (3 months) in a high-need community in a Region 10 state working with the community to begin building a prevention coalition.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Research on Social Determinants of Health
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work announces a postdoctoral fellowship in the areas of research on social determinants of health and prevention sciences. This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in behavioral interventions to promote child and family well-being. For questions, ask Dr. Sunny Shin (sshin@vcu.edu), Director of the Innovation in Child and Family Wellness(Innovative Wellness) Research Group.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community-engaged Behavioral Intervention Research
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Innovation in Child and Family Wellness Research Group of Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join a research team in exploring the roles of behavioral interventions to enhance child well-being, maternal health and family wellness. This fellowship is designed to prepare a postdoctoral fellow for excellence in community-engaged behavioral research as well as a leadership position in academic and research institutions.

Postdoctoral Position at John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Work with Dr Kelly Dunn, Ph.D., MBA on randomized trials related to opioid use disorder. Postdoctoral fellows are financially supported for 2-3 years by a prestigious T32 training award. Job responsibilities include training in the management and supervision of trial conduct, data analyses, manuscript preparation and submission, and presenting at national conferences.

Postdoctoral Scholar: Body Image, Sexuality, and Health
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Body Image, Sexuality, & Health (BISH) Lab in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University will be hiring 1 full-time Postdoctoral Research Scholar (remote work possible; in-person preferred). The postdoc will primarily be working on the Pride Body Project (under the direction of PI: Aaron J. Blashill, PhD, and Project Director: Jaclyn Siegel, PhD). This research project focuses on testing the efficacy of a group-based, peer co-led, eating disorder prevention program for young sexual minority men (e.g., men who are gay, bisexual, or sexually attracted to men).

Postdoctoral Researcher Needed at Vanderbilt University
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Research on Families and Communities Engagement to Address Health and Educational Equities (Center for RFACE-HEE) at Vanderbilt seeks a postdoctoral researcher with interest in research, preventive interventions and policies targeting African American parents/caregivers and youth for a 2-year appointment.

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Implementation Research in Suicide Prevention
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to begin in Summer or Fall 2022. This interdisciplinary training program provides an opportunity for social scientists to improve their knowledge of implementation science, health information technology, participatory design, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and how to conduct research that can improve outcomes for our most vulnerable citizens.

Call for Papers and Abstracts

Society for Social Work and Research Abstract Submissions
Deadline: April 15, 2023
SSWR is inviting abstract submissions for their 2024 annual conference. The conference theme is “Recentering & Democratizing Knowledge: The Next 30 Years of Social Work Science”. Submissions are encouraged in the following areas: research contributions to changes in individuals, organizations, communities and policies; achieving social change through research; and implicit and explicit bias in social work research.

Effects of Race, Racism, Social Justice, and Health Equity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Deadline: June 1, 2023
The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry will publish a series of papers on the effects of race, racism, social justice, and health equity in child and adolescent psychiatry. Authors are invited to submit proposals for consideration in this special review series.

Special Issue: Equitable Access to Early Care and Education in the U.S.
Deadline: June 1, 2023
Many families with young children in the United States do not have access to early care and education (ECE) that is affordable, convenient, and matches their preferences and needs. This special issue in Early Childhood Research Quarterly aims to advance the knowledge base on policy solutions and practices that improve equitable access to affordable and high quality ECE from both the family and provider perspectives.

Equitable Access to Early Care and Education in the U.S.
Deadline: June 1, 2023
This special issue of Early Childhood Research Quarterly aims to advance the knowledge base on policy solutions and practices that improve equitable access to affordable and high quality ECE from both the family and provider perspectives.

Special Issue in Youth
Deadline: August 25, 2023
Submissions are invited for a Special Issue in ‘Youth’ titled “Promoting Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Minoritized Youth”. This Special Issue aims to highlight the groundbreaking scholarship focused on the inclusion of diverse and minoritized youth to achieve various types of health equity. Research is encouraged from fields, including, but not limited to, social work, public health, education, psychology, sociology, and medicine.

Health Equity Open Access Journal Call for Papers
Deadline: Rolling
Health Equity publishes fully open access peer-reviewed articles meeting the urgent need for authoritative information about health disparities and health equity among underserved and vulnerable populations with the goal of providing optimal outcomes and ultimately health equity for all.

Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy Practice Special Call for COVID Research
Deadline: Ongoing
Global Social Welfare is inviting authors to contribute research articles sharing experiences and results (both positive and negative) with our readers who can use this information to inform the development and implementation of future social work, social policy and public health programs.

Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.

Data Resources

AHRQ Healthcare database
A new AHRQ-funded database, the National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems, 2017-2018, provides public access to a subset of survey items that cover mental and behavioral health, information collection for quality improvement, Accountable Care Organization participation and other topics.

National Inpatient Sample database
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) announces the release of the National Inpatient Sample, the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient healthcare database in the U.S. It includes around 7 million hospital inpatient records from 48 States and the District of Columbia, covering 98 percent of the U.S. population.

The database for BIPOC-Authored Social Work Papers
The BIPOC-Authored Papers for Social Work database was created in an effort to amplify BIPOC voices and perspectives, and to increase the representation of BIPOC authors across social work curriculum. As faculty engage in critical analysis of their syllabi and curricula, the availability of BIPOC-authored materials is an essential element of dismantling the white supremacy embedded in social work and transforming social work education and practice.

Research Resources

NIH Resources on Protecting Participant Privacy when Sharing Scientific Data 
NIH’s scientific data sharing site now offers information and resources on protecting participant privacy when sharing scientific data.

NIH Grants YouTube Channel
The NIH hosts a YouTube channel where you can learn about NIH fundamentals, peer review, NIH policy, compliance, special funding programs, and more!

NIH Webinar on Human Subjects Research Policies, Clinical Trials, and Inclusion
NIH experts address questions about how to prepare proposals and inclusion plans and provide resources and guidance on human subjects in this 2-part webinar series.

NIH All About Grants Podcasts
NIH staff members present topics about the ins and outs of NIH funding. Topics include grant preparation, grant submission, advice for new and early career scientists, post award activities and requirements, and more.

Research Resources for Investigators studying American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections has made available several materials from a recent workshop for those interested in conducting research involving AI/AN populations.

UW/Fred Hutch Behavioral Science Core
The UW/Fred Hutch CFAR’s Behavioral Science Core provides resources to catalyze behavioral science research related to HIV prevention and care. they offer research consultation services and research methods workshops, provide ongoing “Junior Investigator Group” sessions and quantitative stigma working group meetings, and host an annual behavioral science symposium.

ITHS Scientific Success Committee
ITHS has created a Scientific Success Committee, a group of experienced investigators, statisticians and bioethicists who provide feedback on study design, strategy or feasibility from early stages of development until implementation of a study. The committee meets monthly, and requires a brief application for consideration.

Video Guide: Overview of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards, especially the Individual Fellowships (F awards) and Institutional Training Grants (T awards)
In this video, NIH’s Dennis Twombly and Lisa Moeller will take you through an overview of these two types of awards, providing some tips along the way.

All About Grants Podcasts
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) at NIH hosts a series of podcasts relating to NIH grants that is designed for investigators, fellows, students, and research administrators. Episodes cover topics such as grant preparation, developing successful grant applications, advice for new and early career scientists, submitting your application, the peer-review process, and post-award activities and requirements. The latest episode focuses on the newly required Diversity Plans for conference applications. Episodes are available as mp3s for download, and via iTunes. To access mp3s and transcripts of each podcast, click here.

Contact the Editor
The mission of the OFFER newsletter is to inform members of our social work community about a broad range of research-related events and opportunities with the goals of both encouraging and informing social work research activities. To assist us in providing this information, email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu (please put “OFFER eNews” in the subject line) with details about your publications or awarded grants, research funding opportunities, and upcoming research events. Thank you!

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