Other Funding & Training Opportunities

Application Due Date: January 21, 2019

Letter of Intent Due Date:
November 5, 2018

National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC): 

Pilot/Exploratory Project Grants (PEP) & Junior Faculty Career Development Awards (CDA)

These RFAs are limited to applications that focus on palliative care research projects for seriously ill patients and their families in one or more of the three specific areas:

1. Exploring the relationship of pain and other distressing symptoms to quality and quantity of life, independence, function, and disability and developing interventions directed at their treatment in patients with serious and chronic illnesses.

2. Studying methods of improving communication between patients living with serious illness, their families and their health care providers;

3. Evaluating models and systems of care for patients living with serious illness and their families.

Of note, research focused on advanced care planning will not be considered this year due to NPCRC current funding priorities.

For more information about the RFA and application process, please visit the NPCRC’s web site at: www.npcrc.org.

Application Due Date: September 19, 2018, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization

Letter of Intent Due Date:
30 days prior to the application due date

Improving the Reach and Quality of Cancer Care in Rural Populations (RFA-CA-18-026)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to reduce the burden of cancer and improve the quality of cancer care in rural areas among low-income and/or underserved populations. The FOA encourages two types of applications: 1) observational research that includes pilot testing of intervention to understand and address predictors of cancer care/treatment and outcomes in rural low-income and/or underserved populations; or 2) intervention research to address known predictors of cancer care/treatment and outcomes in rural low-income and/or underserved populations. Specifically, the focus for observational studies (with pilot testing) is understanding and addressing the predictive and/or mediating role of social determinants of health, barriers to care, and treatment; and the focus for interventional research is on addressing quality of care related to cancer diagnosis, treatment and/or survivorship. Most existing cancer control interventions are not ready for direct implementation and dissemination in low-income rural areas, so proposals should seek to develop, adapt, and/or implement, and test interventions. 

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-18-026.html

March 27, 2018; February 20, 2019; and February 20, 2020, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

This FOA will expire on February 21, 2020.

Pragmatic Trials for Dementia Care in Long-term Services and Support Settings  (PAR-18-585)

National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for pragmatic trials for dementia care in Long-term Services and Support (LTSS) settings which will: (1) be designed to address practical comparative questions faced by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementia (ADRD) patients, clinicians and caregivers (both paid and unpaid); (2) include broad and diverse populations; and (3) be conducted in real-world settings. These trials are intended to produce results that can be directly adopted by healthcare providers, patients or caregivers for rapid translation.

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-585.html

Improving Individual and Family Outcomes through Continuity and Coordination of Care in Hospice (PA-18-166)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-166.html

Improving Individual and Family Outcomes through Continuity and Coordination of Care in Hospice (R21) (PA-18-148)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-148.html

End-of-Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes in Serious, Advanced Illness  (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)  (PA-18-498)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-498.html

Building Evidence: Effective Palliative/End of Life Care Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-18-173)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-173.html

End-of-Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes in Serious, Advanced Illness (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)   (PA-18-498)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-498.html

End-of-Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes in Serious, Advanced Illness (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (PA-18-499)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-499.html

NINR Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34)

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-133.html

Intervening with Cancer Caregivers to Improve Patient Health Outcomes and Optimize Health Care Utilization (R01) (PAR-16-317)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for intervention research designed to support caregivers of adult cancer patients. Interventions supported by this FOA are intended to provide caregivers with care training, promote coping skills, and ultimately help them manage care. Outcomes of such interventions are expected to (1) optimize patient health care utilization, (2) improve caregiver well-being, and (3) improve patient physical health and psychosocial outcomes.

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-317.html

Intervening with Cancer Caregivers to Improve Patient Health Outcomes and Optimize Health Care Utilization (R21) (PAR-16-318)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for intervention research designed to support caregivers of adult cancer patients. Interventions supported by this FOA are intended to provide caregivers with care training, promote coping skills, and ultimately help them manage care. Outcomes of such interventions are expected to (1) optimize patient health care utilization, (2) improve caregiver well-being, and (3) improve patient physical health and psychosocial outcomes.

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-318.html

Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence announces Palliative Care Research Fellowship Program

For more details and information about the Palliative Care Research Fellowship, please visit our website at http://www.uwpalliativecarecenter.com
or email us atpallcntr@uw.edu

The Weill Cornell Training T32 Program in Behavioral Geriatrics

Accepts both MD and Ph.D. postdoctoral trainees who seek careers that bridge biomedical and innovative social/behavioral approaches to improve care and outcomes in older adults. The goal of the program is for trainees to become independent investigators capable of conducting patient-oriented research to improve quality of life and quality of care of the ever increasing number and proportion of older Americans. That being said, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life and Center for Research on End of Life Care are looking for strong, passionate, well-qualified and ethnically diverse applicants interested in this line of research. For those interested in the opportunity please email EOLresearch@med.cornell.edu with your CV and cover letter detailing why you are interested in the program as well as why you might be a good fit (500 word Limit).

Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization

Letter of Intent Due 30 days prior to the application due date

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health R21 - (PAR-16-236) R03 - (PAR-16-237) R01 - (PAR-16-238)

To access the application and additional information, please visit:

• R21, 
• R03, 
• R01

To access the application and additional information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-037.html

Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization

Research on Informal and Formal Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease (R21) (PAR-18-179)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences among  socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations ; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care.  

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-179.html

Standard dates apply by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences among  socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations ; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care.  

To access the application and additional information, please visit: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-18-027.html