NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) (P50)
Please distribute this information to your faculty to determine if they have an interest in submitting a proposal to this program.
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) (P50)
WHO: Texas A&M University faculty. Agriculture, Engineering and TTI personnel may wish to submit internal proposals through their own agency.
WHY: Applicants may request a project period of up to five years. The budgets for years 2-5 may not exceed an escalation of three percent on recurring direct costs.
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of February 2, 2009.
HOW: TAMU faculty should submit internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:
The funding agency, NIH, has limited the number of proposals to one per institution.
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) (P50) Program is designed to promote transdiciplinary research in the area of health inequities with the purpose of contributing directly to improved health outcomes and quality of life for populations with a higher disease burden. The focus of the program is on both understanding the pathways that result in disparate health outcomes and developing comprehensive models of how various social, economic, cultural, environmental, biological, behavioral, physiological and genetic factors affect individual health outcomes and their distribution in populations. In addition, research outcomes are expected to include the development of multilevel intervention models and testing interventions at various levels to establish optimal strategies for reducing/eliminating health disparities/inequities.
Each CPHHD must have the following: Administrative Core; between three and five individual research projects; Training and Career Development Program; and Shared Resources as appropriate for research projects. Further, each individual research component is expected to be systematically related to other components and to the administrative core infrastructure. Examples of population groups to be investigated may include: underserved or vulnerable populations who reside in isolated/remote or inner-city urban areas; low-income individuals; uninsured persons; immigrants, racial and ethnic minorities; and the elderly. Specific types or areas of research may involve each of the following: social determinants of health, biologic/genetic/clinical factors, interventions and methodological issues.
The overall focus of a proposed CPHHD may be to investigate either: a single health condition for which a significant disparity in morbidity and/or mortality among specific populations has been demonstrated (e.g., cancer, coronary heart disease), its relationship to multiple social and physical environmental determinants and their physiological pathways; or a particular category of social environmental determinant (e.g., poverty, food supply, urban crowding, built environment, social support), which is coupled with physiological pathways by which it affects multiple health outcomes and result in disparities. All CPHHD awardees will be expected to facilitate dissemination of evidence emerging from CPHHD projects.
Applicants may request a project period of up to five years. The budgets for years 2-5 may not exceed an escalation of three percent on recurring direct costs.
More information can be found here.
Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines
January 30, 2009: Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent.
February 2, 2009: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Research Policy and Development Support Office for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:
(1) An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH program announcement;
(2) Summary budget;
(3) Project and Management Plans (including team members);
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted electronically for review by the internal selection committee.
*Once your internal proposal has been received with all of the necessary signatures, you will receive an email indicating it will be reviewed by the internal selection committee. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please call 5-1812.*
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here.
Selection of a proposal will be based on NIH guidelines. The needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PIs.
February 13, 2009: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
April 29, 2009: Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent to NIH.
May 29, 2009: Deadline for full proposal.
