Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | PA 18 144

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunity titled "Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" (Funding Opportunity Number: PA-18-144) supports research projects aimed at improving the health of racial and ethnic minority men and reducing persistent health disparities. Using the R01 grant mechanism, this initiative is designed to stimulate and broaden the evidence base on what drives health-related behaviors among minority males and to promote the creation and testing of interventions that are intentionally tailored to the cultural and language needs of the communities being served. While clinical trials are allowed under this announcement, they are not required, which leaves room for a wide range of study designs, from observational and explanatory research to intervention development and evaluation.

A major focus of the opportunity is building a stronger understanding of the multiple, interconnected factors that shape health-promoting behaviors among racial and ethnic minority males across the life course. The announcement highlights that influences can occur at many levels, including sociodemographic conditions, community environments, broader societal forces, and personal or interpersonal factors. In practice, this means NIH is looking for projects that do more than isolate individual choice or knowledge and instead examine how real-world contexts such as neighborhood resources, employment conditions, discrimination, social norms, access to quality care, stress exposures, family structures, and other structural or cultural realities affect health behaviors and outcomes over time. The "across the life cycle" framing signals interest in how these influences may differ by age and developmental stage, even though the intervention emphasis is specifically on adult males.

The second major emphasis is on encouraging applications that develop and test culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions for racially and ethnically diverse men ages 18 and older. The goal here is not only to design programs that are acceptable to the target population, but also to evaluate whether those programs actually improve health behaviors and reduce disparities in measurable ways. "Health-promoting" can reasonably encompass a broad spectrum of topics in public health and prevention, including but not limited to nutrition, physical activity, preventive screening, chronic disease self-management, mental health promotion, substance use prevention, sexual health, engagement with primary care, stress reduction, or other behaviors tied to morbidity and mortality gaps. The explicit emphasis on cultural and linguistic fit suggests NIH expects applicants to thoughtfully address communication style, cultural values, trust, and community relevance, rather than simply translating materials or making superficial adaptations.

Eligibility is broad and includes a wide mix of public, private, academic, community, and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments, as well as Native American tribal organizations and tribal governments that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding those that are institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other organizations. The announcement also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicants such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), along with faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non-U.S. (foreign) entities. This wide eligibility is consistent with the topic area, since effective health promotion work with minority men often requires strong community partnerships and the ability to operate in real-world settings.

In terms of administrative details provided in the source, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant under the NIH umbrella, with activity areas spanning education, food and nutrition, and health. The CFDA numbers listed are 93.361 and 93.847. The posting indicates a creation date of November 7, 2017, and lists an original closing date of January 7, 2020. An award ceiling and the expected number of awards are not specified in the provided text, which typically means applicants should consult the full funding announcement and NIH budget guidance for allowable costs, project period expectations, and any institute- or center-specific considerations.

Overall, the opportunity is aimed at generating practical and actionable science that explains why health disparities persist for racial and ethnic minority men and tests strategies that can realistically improve health behaviors and outcomes in culturally grounded ways. Competitive projects under this announcement would be expected to clearly define the population of interest, specify the multilevel factors being studied or targeted, justify cultural and linguistic adaptations based on evidence and community input, and propose rigorous methods to evaluate impact, whether through clinical trial designs or other well-justified research approaches.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, food and nutrition, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.361, 93.847.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-11-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-01-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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