Forecast to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network to Reduce Health Disparities – Coordinating Center
🏛 National Institutes of Health (HHS-NIH11)
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Can you apply?
This grant is for health research organizations and institutions that can establish and maintain a Coordinating Center for a multi-site clinical research network focused on health disparities.
Eligible applicants typically include academic medical centers, research institutions, and healthcare systems with experience coordinating large networks. Organizations must demonstrate capacity to manage data systems, provide biostatistical support, and coordinate across multiple research sites.
The Coordinating Center will support clinical research sites conducting intervention research on health disparities. Work includes managing research operations, developing protocols, providing technical assistance, and maintaining secure data systems across the network.
This is a U24 cooperative agreement mechanism, indicating NIH expects substantial collaboration between the awardee and NIH program staff in planning and implementing network activities.
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Key dates
- Jun 27, 2025 Applications open
- Feb 2, 2026 Application deadline
- Jul 1, 2026 Award announced
- Sep 1, 2026 Project start
Program description
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for the Coordinating Center for the EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network. The overarching goals of the EmbraceHealth Network are to establish and maintain an efficient and nimble infrastructure to conduct research to address emerging, urgent, or chronic health needs among populations that experience health disparities. Each site within the Network will conduct research to develop, test, and implement clinical and behavioral interventions and services that address key public health needs and diseases with evidence of health disparities. Interventions will be designed and evaluated using robust scientific methods and must demonstrate feasibility, scalability, and reproducibility. The EmbraceHealth Network will serve the purpose of improving routine healthcare services as well as linking clinical practice and science within lower resourced healthcare settings.
The Coordinating Center will support the Clinical Research Network sites by:
- Coordinating research activities, including the Steering Committee and workgroups.
- Identifying network personnel and clinicians for study teams.
- Developing operational manuals and standardized protocols for multi-site studies, including consent and IRB processes.
- Assisting CRN sites in implementing projects with technical and quality control support.
- Maintaining a data management system for study data, including guidance from NIMHD.
- Standardizing protocols for common data elements, including biospecimen and electronic health record (EHR) data collection.
- Providing biostatistical support for study design, implementation, and analyses.
- Advising on infrastructure development, including electronic data harmonization and data science expertise.
- Coordinating data-sharing plans among CRN sites.
- Ensuring secure storage and access to study-related materials.
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 and clinical disciplines will be encouraged.
Activity Code:
This NOFO will utilize the U24 (Research Program Grant Cooperative Agreements) activity code.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- Community Health Center
- County Government
- Hospital
- Private University
- Public Authority
- Public K-12 School
- Public University
- Small Business (SBA-defined)
- State Government
- Tribal Nation
- Tribal Organization
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- NIH SF-424 (R&D) form
- Project Narrative (specific page limit to be announced in NOFO)
- Budget and Budget Justification
- Biographical Sketches (key personnel)
- Letters of Support from partner sites and institutions
- Data Management Plan
- Vertebrate Animals or Human Subjects sections (if applicable)
Program contact
- 👤 Larissa Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- 📧 avilessantal@nih.gov
- 📞 301-827-6924
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 93.307 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$57,145,935
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$48,558,256
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$45,796,667
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$43,100,665
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$41,194,375
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$38,870,836
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$37,991,760
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$37,142,240
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$35,966,257
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$35,161,090
Top States by Funding
- CA 9 awards $245.6M
- NC 4 awards $112.1M
- TX 5 awards $93.2M
- NY 6 awards $91.5M
- GA 3 awards $76.6M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.307). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2018 | $262,996,990 | |
| 2019 | $273,841,218 | |
| 2020 | $334,014,214 | |
| 2021 | $899,466,003 | |
| 2022 | $421,276,230 | |
| 2023 | $540,394,878 | |
| 2024 est. | $489,444,934 | |
| 2025 est. | $489,444,934 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Research institutions, academic medical centers, and healthcare systems with experience coordinating multi-site research networks are eligible. Applicants must demonstrate capacity in data management, biostatistics, and network coordination.
What is the deadline?
The Notice of Funding Opportunity deadline is February 2, 2026. This is a fixed deadline, not rolling.
What activities are supported?
Funding supports coordinating multi-site clinical research on health disparities. The Coordinating Center manages operations, protocols, data systems, and provides technical support to network sites.
What makes applications competitive?
Strong applications demonstrate experience coordinating large networks, robust data management systems, biostatistical expertise, and commitment to reducing health disparities in underresourced settings.
What funding range should I expect?
Award amounts are not specified in the announcement. Contact NIMHD for typical funding levels for U24 Coordinating Center awards.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Begin planning now. This is a coordinating center role requiring substantial infrastructure—don't wait until the deadline to assemble your team.
- Emphasize your network coordination experience. Include examples of successfully managing multi-site research projects.
- Detail your data management infrastructure. Show how you'll standardize protocols, manage common data elements, and share data securely.
- Highlight institutional commitment. Letters from partner organizations and site leaders strengthen applications significantly.
- Budget for robust staffing. Coordinating centers require experienced program managers, biostatisticians, and data specialists.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Not demonstrating prior experience coordinating multi-site research networks or managing large datasets. Underestimating the staffing and infrastructure requirements for a coordinating center. Proposing generic coordination plans without showing deep understanding of health disparities research and lower-resourced settings.
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