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Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (93.307)

Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (Assistance Listing 93.307) is run by the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $2.0 billion in 1,237 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.6 million per award on average. 57 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.

The typical award was $673,650. Half of the 1,237 awards fell between $296,519 and $1.9 million, and they ranged from $14 to $27.7 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To support basic, clinical, social, and behavioral research; promote research infrastructure and training; foster emerging programs; disseminate information; and reach out to minority and other health disparity communities. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has established programs to pursue these goals: (1) The Centers of Excellence Program promotes research to improve minority health and/or reduce and eliminate health disparities; builds research capacity for minority health and health disparities research in academic institutions; encourages participation of health disparity groups and communities in biomedical and behavioral research and prevention and intervention activities; and brings together investigators from relevant disciplines in a manner that will enhance and extend the effectiveness of their research; (2) NIMHD Research Endowment Program builds research capacity and infrastructure at eligible NIMHD Centers of Excellence or eligible Section 736 health professions schools (42 U.S.C. 293) to facilitate minority health and other health disparities research to close the disparity gap in the burden of illness and death experienced by racial and ethnic minority Americans and other health disparity populations; promotes a diverse and strong scientific, technological and engineering workforce; and emphasizes the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities and other socio-economically disadvantaged populations in the fields of biomedical and behavioral research and other areas of the scientific workforce; (3) The Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research to stimulate basic and applied research on environmental health disparities; (4) Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program (MHIRT) awards enable U.S. institutions to tailor short-term basic science, biomedical and behavioral mentored student international research training opportunities to address global issues related to understanding, reducing, and eliminating health disparities; (5) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program increases private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development; encourages small business participation in Federal research and development; and fosters and encourages participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation; (6) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program stimulates and fosters scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research development carried out between small business concerns and research institutions; fosters technology transfer between small business concerns and research institutions; increases private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development; and fosters and encourages participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation; (7) Health Disparities Research Project Grants (RPG) support innovative projects to enhance our understanding of biological mechanisms, social, behavioral, and health services that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the improvement in minority health and the elimination of health disparities which includes the (8) Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) build capacity for basic biomedical and/or behavioral research, clinical and translational research (RCTR) and a network (RCTN) by focusing on institutional resource development, such as supporting core research facilities and staff, purchasing advanced instrumentation, and laboratory renovations/alterations (9) Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) Awards provide didactic training and mentored clinical research experiences to develop independent researchers who can lead clinical research studies, especially those addressing health disparities; (10) Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00) to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported, independent investigators. (11) NIH Research Conference Grant and NIH Research Conference Cooperative Agreement Programs support high-quality conferences that are relevant to the minority health and health disparities; (12) Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research comprise regional coalitions of academic institutions, community organizations, service providers and systems, government agencies and other stakeholders conducting coordinated research, implementation and dissemination activities that transcend customary approaches and “silo” organizational structures to address critical questions at multiple levels in innovative ways focused on priority research areas in minority health and health disparities; (13) Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowshi Types of Assistance (060):

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

32 more opportunities are listed with all open grants from Department of Health and Human Services.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Individuals and public and private institutions, both non-profit and for-profit, who propose to establish, expand, and conduct research, promote or engage in research training, and outreach activities that contribute to improving minority health and/or eliminating health disparities. Endowment grants: Only NIMHD Centers of Excellence or Section 736 health professional schools (see 42 U.S.C. 293) with net endowment assets less than or equal to 50 percent of the national median of endowment funds at institutions that conduct similar biomedical research or training of health professionals are eligible for the research endowment awards. All applicants must have an NIMHD Center of Excellence Award or HRSA Centers of Excellence Award at the time of award of an NIMHD Research Endowment Grant. SBIR grants: Domestic small businesses (entities that are independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in which the research is proposed, and have no more than 500 employees). Primary employment (more than one-half time) of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. Small business concerns must be at least 51 percent US owned by individuals and independently operated and/or at least 51 percent owned and controlled by another (one) for-profit business concern that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals. The research must be performed in the U.S.

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What the money can and cannot pay for

Grants are intended to support the direct costs of a project in accordance with an approved budget, plus appropriate amount for indirect costs. Grantees must agree to administer the grant in accordance with the regulations and policies governing the research grants program of the Public Health Service. Endowment grants: Some qualifying institutions may use income earned from a research endowment corpus to support institutions in their effort to expand and add teaching programs in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and related areas, to improve facilities, to enhance student and faculty recruitment and retention, to develop instructional delivery systems and information technology in areas that will enhance minority health and other health disparities research activities, and to establish endowed chairs and programs. Other qualifying institutions must use income earned from a research endowment corpus to increase the institutions’ investments in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students and students from other health disparity populations that matriculate at such institutions. This includes activities such as increasing student recruitment and retention, creating merit-based and need-based scholarships, establishing or enhancing tutoring, providing counseling, and designing student service programs to improve academic success, and faculty recruitment and retention.

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Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

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Award range and average, in the agency's words

(1) Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research (P50) 3 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $1,359,847 to $1,513,011; average $1,433,333; (2) Endowment grants (S21): 2 total awards made by the NIMHD for $2,000,000 each; (3) Specialized Centers of Excellence (U54): 12 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $970,271 to $1,929,905; average $1,455,792; (4) NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT, T37) grants: 12 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $197,856, to $283,553; average $265,097; (5) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants: 25 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $228,344 to $818,132; average $459,022; (6) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants: 4 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $316,117 to $502,559 average $424,999; (7) Health Disparities Research Project grants and cooperative agreements (RPG): 309 total awards made by the NIMHD ranged from $1 to $1,867,461; average $524,008; (8) Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI, U54/U24): 22 total awards made ranged from $1,306,265 to $6,473,264; average $3,826,584; (9) Research Centers in Minority Institution Clinical and Translational Research (RCTR) (U24): $0; (10) Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network (RCTN) (U24): $1,306,265; (11) Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) Awards (R25): 4 total awards ranged from $526,358 to $540,000; average $534,207; (12)...

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Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (93.307) awarded$2.0 billion across 1,237 grant awards, an average of $1.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland37$69.3 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York25$59.1 million
University of HawaiiHawaii18$52.8 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia24$49.5 million
The Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc.Georgia4$44.1 million
University of Alabama at BirminghamAlabama18$41.5 million
The University of ChicagoIllinois16$38.9 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia22$36.8 million
Regents of the University of MinnesotaMinnesota14$36.3 million
San Diego State University FoundationCalifornia11$35.8 million
New York UniversityNew York24$33.2 million
Florida International UniversityFlorida10$32.7 million
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceCalifornia4$31.7 million
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesArkansas8$31.5 million
Yale UnivConnecticut22$30.9 million
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina29$30.8 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan23$29.7 million
Meharry Medical CollegeTennessee4$29.3 million
Xavier University of LouisianaLouisiana2$28.7 million
Children's Hospital Los AngelesCalifornia4$28.3 million

Top states: California ($301 million), New York ($187 million), Texas ($126 million), Maryland ($106 million), Massachusetts ($97.2 million), North Carolina ($89.2 million), Florida ($88.9 million), Georgia ($85.3 million), Illinois ($78.2 million), Pennsylvania ($73.3 million).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 78% of the money, nonprofits 13% and small businesses 4.1%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Colleges and universities911$1.6 billion78%
Nonprofits167$272 million13%
Other49$85.2 million4.2%
Small businesses105$83.1 million4.1%
Tribal governments and organizations3$1.2 millionless than 0.1%
State and local governments2$321,705less than 0.1%

By state

47 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California161$301 million
New York119$187 million
Texas60$126 million
Maryland57$106 million
Massachusetts83$97.2 million
North Carolina71$89.2 million
Florida50$88.9 million
Georgia32$85.3 million
Illinois51$78.2 million
Pennsylvania69$73.3 million
Michigan33$64.0 million
Tennessee22$62.4 million
Alabama21$55.9 million
Hawaii18$52.8 million
Puerto Rico5$47.9 million
Arizona18$41.6 million
Minnesota25$41.2 million
Arkansas9$33.0 million
Louisiana12$32.9 million
Connecticut25$32.2 million
District of Columbia14$32.1 million
Washington27$31.6 million
Virginia28$29.7 million
New Jersey15$24.2 million
Rhode Island19$20.0 million
Colorado18$18.6 million
Ohio27$18.4 million
Oregon20$18.0 million
Missouri23$16.4 million
South Carolina13$15.4 million
Delaware2$15.1 million
New Mexico8$14.4 million
Oklahoma12$12.7 million
Mississippi3$9.6 million
Kentucky5$8.9 million
Indiana11$8.5 million
Wisconsin11$8.3 million
Montana3$7.0 million
Utah9$5.7 million
Nebraska5$4.8 million
Kansas3$4.0 million
South Dakota2$2.8 million
New Hampshire2$2.7 million
Guam1$2.2 million
Alaska4$1.9 million
Iowa4$1.9 million
Nevada2$1.2 million
West Virginia1$418,000
Maine1$38,020

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.