Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
- Request for Proposals: Pilot Studies in Health Equity
Letters of intent were due February 7. Invitations for full submissions have been sent. Full submissions are due April 4.
Anticipated start date for successful proposals: July 1.
The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is soliciting grant applications to support up to five health equity research pilot projects in community-identified research priority areas of: 1) safe and healthy housing, 2) prevention of mental health and substance use disorders, 3) prevention of gun violence, 4) prevention of re-incarceration, and 5) prevention and management of chronic disease. The award level is up to $40,000 for one year per award. Eligibility is strictly limited to full-time faculty at the University of Rochester.
All awards are eligible to be co-sponsored by the following University of Rochester units if they also focus on a priority area of the respective unit:
Environmental Health Sciences Center/Institute for Human Health and the Environment
Department of Orthopaedics
Department of Neurology
- Health Equity-Focused Funding Opportunities Outside URMC— A monthly updated list of available health equity research opportunities outside the University of Rochester Medical Center
- Funding Support Requests - Research investigators seeking additional financial support for research, programmatic, and professional development activities meant to facilitate the advancement of health equity. Requests will be prioritized from highest to lowest priority. Please visit the link for more details. This includes funds for conference travel, registration, and presentations; data acquisition; biostatistical support; publication costs; continuing education; and other expenses.
Funding Recipient Spotlight:
Mind the Gap, Caregiver Support Program – Suzannah Iadarola, Ph.D., BCBA-D, director of Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, José Pérez-Ramos, MPH, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at URSMD, and Claudia Pérez Torres, BCc, human subject research specialist in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Project Description: Caregiver support following a developmental disability diagnosis for a child is critical in helping families access services, feel a sense of empowerment for navigating service systems, and experience overall well-being. Mind the Gap (MTG) is a caregiver support program that was co-developed with the community and has been implemented with success in the US. OHER support has allowed the MTG team to explore a potential program adaptation in the Puerto Rican island communities of Culebra and Vieques.
The funding recipients recently conducted focus groups on both islands with caregivers of children with disabilities to learn about their perspectives on MTG. Initial data suggest that MTG would meet a community need and that technology adaptations (e.g., app-based programming) would support broader implementation. Ongoing data collection will inform a larger grant application; this will focus on developing MTG technology and building infrastructure to support this program in Culebra and Vieques.