Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Coordinating Center
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities plans to release a Notice of Funding Opportunity to select a national coordinating center for the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMIs) initiative. Established in 1985, the RCMI program supports less research-intensive institutions that offer doctoral degrees related to health sciences, aiming to strengthen their research capacity, assist investigators in securing external funding, foster career development for early-stage researchers, and enable high-quality health disparities research. The coordinating center will act as a critical national resource to facilitate collaboration and data sharing among RCMI U54 centers and the Clinical Research Network, conduct program evaluations, develop common metrics for effectiveness, and handle study development, central operations, data management, and statistical analysis. While applications are not yet being solicited, this advance notice provides potential applicants time to build meaningful collaborations and develop responsive project proposals. Emphasis will be placed on fostering cross-disciplinary investigations that span basic, behavioral, and clinical research areas. The coordinating center is expected to support the dissemination of best scientific practices, leverage research resources, and promote partnerships with community-based organizations to advance the overall goals of reducing health disparities through innovative research. The NIH remains the funding agency overseeing this initiative through the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for a national coordinating center (CC) for the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMIs) initiative. NIH established the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program in 1985 in response to Congressional interest to provide support to less research-intensive institutions that offer doctorate degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science.
The RCMI Specialized Center awards enhance institutional research capacity to conduct world-class health research, enable investigators to compete successfully for extramural support, facilitate research career development and enhancement for post-doctoral fellows and early-stage investigators, provide the tools needed to conduct health disparities, and establish partnerships with community-based organizations.
The RCMI Coordinating Center (CC) will serve as a national resource to help RCMI U54 centers and the Clinical Research Network (CRN) achieve their primary goals. The RCMI CC will conduct prospective evaluations of the overall RCMI program and establish common metrics to measure effectiveness of the program, including analyses of data from the awarded RCMI centers and generating regular reports. The CC will also support the sharing of scientific expertise and best practices, leveraging research resources, and scientific dissemination across RCMI sites. It will also provide support to the RCMI-CRN for study development and implementation, the centralization of operations, as well as data management and statistical analyses.
Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.
In addition, collaborative investigations combining expertise in multiple scientific disciplines in basic, behavioral to clinical research will be encouraged.
