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HRSA-23-112: Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions (MH-RC-MSI) Research Centers (RCs)

Closed Closed June 12, 2023 Opportunity HRSA-23-112 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Women's Initiative for Screening and Health (WISH) (HRSA-27-072). Status: Closes January 8, 2027 (62 days left). It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$461,000
• Total funding$7.4 million
• Expected awards16
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

Eligibility is limited to public or non-profit institutions of higher learning and public or private non-profit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs. See 42 CFR 51a.3 (b). Faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply. MSIs are especially encouraged to apply to this opportunity; non-MSI applicants are expected to partner with an MSI. Non-profit applicants are required to submit proof of non-profit status as Attachment 4. A foreign applicant will need to be affiliated with a U.S. entity (i.e., university, institution) with a U.S. EIN established and recognized by HRSA to be considered a public or nonprofit institution of higher learning or a public or private nonprofit agency.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Special Projects of Regional and National Significance awards averaged $1.6 million; this notice allows up to $461,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under HRSA-23-112: Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions (MH-RC-MSI) Research Centers (RCs) and HRSA-23-113: MH-RC-MSI Coordinating Center (CC).The purpose of the Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs)3 [hereafter referred to as the Collaborative] is to establish a multi-institutional research network that is comprised of and supports minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to build their capacity to conduct research addressing disparities in maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health outcomes and to find community-based solutions to address these disparities and advance health equity. The Collaborative consists of two funding announcements. • HRSA-23-112: MH-RC-MSI (RCs) will build the capacity of MSIs to conduct maternal health disparity research. • HRSA-23-113: MH-RC-MSI (CC) will provide technical assistance and other support to the RCs to help them build their institution’s research capacity in maternal health disparity research. HRSA-23-112: MH-RC-MSI (RCs) The goal of the RCs is to build the capacity for MSIs to conduct quantitative and/or qualitative maternal health research to fully understand and address the root causes of disparities in maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health outcomes, and to find community-based solutions to address these disparities and advance health equity. The following objectives should be accomplished by the end of the period of performance: 1. Plan and implement applied maternal health disparity research studies described in the NOFO and develop community-based solutions. 2. Demonstrate increased maternal health disparity research capacity in MSIs. 3. Develop manuscripts to be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. 4. Disseminate and translate research findings into practice. 3 For the purpose of this NOFO, an MSI is defined as an institution that has a demonstrated record of or historical commitment to serving underrepresented or disadvantaged students, including but not limited to, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions, Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institutions and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. 5.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HRSA-27-072, which is open now.

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