Forecast to Renew the Funding Opportunity Announcement for Multiple Chronic Disease Research Centers Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Required)
🏛 National Institutes of Health (HHS-NIH11)
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Can you apply?
This grant is for research institutions conducting coordinated research on multiple chronic diseases. Eligible applicants typically include public and private research institutions, universities, and organizations with significant research capacity. The award supports a coordinating center that manages data, promotes collaboration, and facilitates skills development across regional P50 research centers. The focus is on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of co-existing chronic diseases to reduce health disparities.
Funded activities include data collection and management, researcher skills development, community of practice building, and community or healthcare setting engagement. Collaborative, interdisciplinary teams combining clinical care, health services, data science, and community research expertise are encouraged.
This is a renewal forecast—applications are not currently being solicited. Potential applicants should use this time to develop collaborations and prepare competitive proposals for when the full NOFO is released.
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Key dates
- May 27, 2025 Applications open
- Nov 26, 2025 Application deadline
- Dec 29, 2025 Award announced
- Jan 26, 2026 Project start
Program description
This forecast is to renew the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Multiple Chronic Diseases Research Coordinating Center (MCD-RCC; RFA-MD-21-008). This research coordinating center supports regional P50 comprehensive research centers studying the timely prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of co-existing chronic diseases to reduce health disparities as authorized by Public Law 116-260, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The MDC-RCC will coordinate activities, including data collection and management, promoting collaboration and communication, promoting skills development among early-stage investigators, building a community of practice, and facilitating community and healthcare setting/system engagement.
The MCD-RCC will serve as a national resource to help the centers achieve their primary goals to develop, test, and evaluate novel models or strategies, and/or implement effective interventions in various settings such as community or healthcare settings/systems. The MCD-RCC will lead a community of practice and activities to facilitate in four core domains: (1) consortium organization, management, and communication, (2) research coordination and data standardization, sharing, harmonization, analysis, (3) research skills development, and (4) community and healthcare setting/system engagement. The overarching goal is to support the objectives of the multiple chronic disease research initiative.
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. This NOFO will utilize the P50 activity code. Investigators with expertise and insights into the proposed scientific areas are encouraged to begin to consider applying for this new NOFO. In addition, collaborative investigations combining expertise in clinical care, health services, data science, and community engaged research, will be encouraged and such interdisciplinary research teams should also consider applying for this NOFO.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- Research strategy and specific aims
- Coordinating center organizational structure and management plan
- Data management and sharing plan
- Community engagement strategy
- Budget and budget justification
- Institutional biosketches and credentials
- Letters of support from partner organizations
Program contact
- 👤 Anuradha Patel, MD National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- 📧 Anuradha.patel@nih.gov
- 📞 301-594-1197
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, universities, and organizations with strong research capacity and expertise in multiple chronic disease research. Collaborative teams with interdisciplinary expertise are encouraged.
When is the deadline?
This is a forecast announcement; applications are not currently being solicited. A formal NOFO will be released by November 26, 2025.
What does the grant fund?
A coordinating center that manages data, supports regional P50 research centers, develops researcher skills, and engages communities and healthcare systems in chronic disease research.
Is cost-sharing required?
No. This is a fully federal-funded award with no cost-sharing requirement.
How long should my project be?
This forecast does not specify project duration. Applicants should review the formal NOFO when released for detailed timeline requirements.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Start building collaborations now. Use this forecast period to strengthen partnerships with clinical, health services, data science, and community research experts.
- Focus on health disparities. The initiative prioritizes reducing disparities in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of multiple chronic conditions.
- Emphasize interdisciplinary expertise. Applications combining diverse fields (clinical care, health services, data science, community engagement) score better.
- Plan for data coordination. Demonstrate capacity for data management, standardization, sharing, and harmonization across multiple research centers.
- Engage communities early. Show commitment to meaningful partnership with community and healthcare setting stakeholders in study design and implementation.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applying without strong collaborative partnerships across multiple disciplines. Focusing narrowly on single disease rather than multiple co-existing chronic conditions. Underestimating the importance of community engagement and healthcare system involvement in the project design.
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