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RFA-RM-21-022: Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)

Closed Closed May 28, 2021 Opportunity RFA-RM-21-022

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2021.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to colleges and universities. Applications closed on May 28, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed March 26, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Projects funded under RFA-RM-21-022 were run by NIH Office of the Director (OD, 5 projects), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD, 1 project), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, 1 project) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 1 project), and 2 more. Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read RFA-RM-21-022 in the NIH Guide.

Key dates

PostedMarch 25, 2021
DeadlineMay 28, 2021
Archived by Grants.govJuly 3, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

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What the grant funds

The Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions initiative is soliciting applications to support collaborative investigative teams or individual scientists who propose unusually innovative research projects, which, if successful, would have a major impact in developing, implementing, or disseminating innovative and effective interventions to prevent, reduce, or eliminate health disparities and advance health equity. No preliminary data are required. Projects must clearly demonstrate, based on the strength of the logic, a compelling potential to produce a major impact in addressing health disparities and advancing health equity.

Category: Health.

Funded under RFA-RM-21-022 so far

NIH funded 10 projects under RFA-RM-21-022 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, at 5 institutions. The median yearly award was $747,445.

Most projects: Tennessee State University (Tennessee), 2, San Francisco State University (California), 2, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (New York), 2, University of Nevada Las Vegas (Nevada), 2, Gallaudet University (District of Columbia), 2.

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Trans-NIH Research Support grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Trans-NIH Research Support (93.310) awarded $5.9 billion across 4,433 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina66$219 million
The Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCalifornia104$176 million
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania82$154 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland95$152 million
Yale UnivConnecticut85$149 million

Top states: California ($992 million), Massachusetts ($571 million), New York ($548 million), Pennsylvania ($445 million), North Carolina ($387 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is RFA-RM-21-022 still open?

No. It closed on May 28, 2021.

Who can apply for Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Transformative Research to Address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity at Minority Serving Institutions (U01 Clinical Trial Allowed)?

Closed May 28, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has been funded under RFA-RM-21-022?

NIH RePORTER lists 10 projects funded under RFA-RM-21-022 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, at 5 institutions. The most were at Tennessee State University, San Francisco State University, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.

Who has won Trans-NIH Research Support grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Duke University, The Leland Stanford Junior University, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. The program made 4,433 awards worth $5.9 billion in that time.

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