Research Coordinating Center to Support Climate Change and Health Community of Practice (U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Agency:
- National Institutes of Health
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications from eligible institutions to develop a Research Coordinating Center (RCC) to support the development of an NIH CCH-COP by managing and supporting current and future CCH research and capacity building efforts. The RCC will create a robust, inclusive CCH-COP that fosters collaboration, capacity building, innovation and research that aligns with the NIH CCH initiative. The RCC will offer opportunities for collaboration between multiple disciplines required to conduct solutions-driven research on the health impacts of climate change. Additionally, the RCC seeks to promote inclusion of scientists from diverse backgrounds, including scientists from nationally underrepresented groups (see, Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity, NOT-OD-20-031), and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and other Minority Serving Institutions in the community of practice. Comprehensive initiative coordination, including supporting services such as data and project management, will be part of the RCC efforts. The RCC will develop and provide access to novel and innovative resources widely throughout the existing CCH-COP research network while promoting its expansion by facilitating transdisciplinary capacity building across the research continuum, including the engagement of a diverse workforce of trainees to promote CCH research. The RCC will collaborate in parallel with the NIH-funded community engagement platform (ACE-CCH), and other community engagement networks, to build trusting relationships between community members and CCH researchers in the U.S. The NIH anticipates a growing CCH research network and a growing COP. The RCC should anticipate this expansion and associated evolution of activities over the lifetime of the grant. The RCC Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) will work closely with NIH program officials and network investigators to support its evolution. The efforts of the RCC will be instrumental in advancing the science of CCH and will contribute towards the development of a self-sustained CCH research network comprised of public and private partners from health and non-health sectors.
Applications are sought from multidisciplinary teams with national and global expertise in climate change and population health research and with strengths in the following areas: (1) leadership, project management, and engagement of multi-site, multi-disciplinary research teams; (2) developing and maintaining cloud-based systems that allow for data management, integration, and sharing; (3) multidisciplinary and community-based partnership and resource development; and (4) supporting research education and capacity building efforts.
Application budgets are limited to $2.250M total costs per year.
August 25, 2022
Abee L. Boyles, PhD , National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Telephone: 984-287-3241 , Email: abee.boyles@nih.gov