10:40 a.m., Jan. 14, 2009----The University of Delaware Research Office announces the following new limited submission funding opportunity. Detailed information and the four-step procedure for submitting a proposal are available at Limited Submissions on the UD Research Web site.

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RFA-CA-09-001 (March 2009) - NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) (P50). This announcement, sponsored jointly by the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research of the National Institutes of Health, solicits grant applications for the Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) Program.

It is designed to promote transdisciplinary research in the area of health inequities with the purpose of contributing directly to improved health outcomes and quality of life for populations with a higher disease burden. The focus is on both understanding the pathways that result in disparate health outcomes and developing comprehensive models of how various social, economic, cultural, environmental, biological, behavioral, physiological and genetic factors affect individual health outcomes and their distribution in populations.

The National Cancer Institute will support centers focused on health disparities related to the differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of cancer and related adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States.

Centers proposed for funding by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute must target disparities in cardiovascular diseases and have the development of interventions to reduce these health disparities as the primary objective of the proposed research. Applicants proposing centers focused on cancer-related disparities must include intervention development/testing as one of the required projects.

Ultimately, the results of the proposed research should aid the development of effective strategies for multilevel interventions that seek to promote health and/or lessen the burden of disease.

What is a “limited submission”? A variety of agencies offer research, career, scholar or educational funding opportunities that limit the number of applications that can be submitted from a single institution. An internal selection process has been established by the UD Research Office to assist with these funding opportunities.

For more information, contact Carole Blett, UD Research Office, at [cblett@udel.edu] or (302) 831-6925.