Notice of Intent to Publish a Forecast for EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network to Reduce Health Disparities – Research Sites
🏛 National Institutes of Health (HHS-NIH11)
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Can you apply?
This grant is for research institutions and healthcare systems conducting clinical research to reduce health disparities. Eligible applicants typically include universities, academic medical centers, and lower-resourced healthcare settings that can establish robust research infrastructure. The EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network funds sites to develop, test, and implement clinical and behavioral interventions addressing health needs in populations experiencing health disparities.
Applicants must be able to recruit clinicians efficiently and harmonize electronic health record data across systems. Infrastructure must support intervention development, testing, and deployment using robust scientific methods. Research sites must demonstrate capacity to collaborate with other Network sites and a Coordinating Center.
This is a Notice of Intent only—applications are not currently being solicited. Potential applicants should use this time to develop collaborations and responsive projects. Funding will support clinical research that demonstrates feasibility, scalability, and reproducibility in lower-resourced settings.
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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 EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network. The overarching goals of the EmbraceHealth Clinical Research 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 or consortium 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.
Each research site in the EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network must establish a robust infrastructure to support research by:
- Recruiting and enrolling clinicians efficiently for health services and clinical research.
- Harmonizing electronic health record (EHR) data across systems using approved common data elements for analyses within and across Network sites.
- Developing, testing, and deploying interventions, workflows, and decision support systems.
- Creating and testing strategies to address health care disparities in primary and/or subspecialty care
- Facilitating research on emergent health conditions and factors relevant to health disparities, encompassing their timely prevention, screening, diagnosis, and effective treatment and management.
- Collaborating with other Network sites and the Coordinating Center to transfer deidentified data to a central repository for further research.
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 U01 (Research Program Grant Cooperative Agreements) or the UG3/UH3 activity codes.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- Community Health Center
- County Government
- 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
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- Project Narrative/Research Plan
- Budget and Budget Justification
- Institutional Biosketches (Key Personnel)
- Letters of Support/Collaboration Agreements
- Facilities and Resources Documentation
- Data Management and Sharing Plan
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
What types of institutions can apply?
Academic medical centers, universities, and lower-resourced healthcare systems with capacity to conduct clinical research and maintain research infrastructure. Must be able to recruit clinicians and manage electronic health records for research purposes.
What research activities are fundable?
Development, testing, and implementation of clinical and behavioral interventions addressing health disparities. Research on emerging health conditions and prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment strategies relevant to health disparities.
When will applications be accepted?
A formal Notice of Funding Opportunity will be published in the future. This is currently a Notice of Intent only to allow time for collaboration development.
What infrastructure must sites have?
Sites must establish systems for clinician recruitment, EHR data harmonization using common data elements, intervention deployment, and capacity to share deidentified data with a central repository.
Are there funding level expectations?
Funding amounts are not yet specified. The program will use U01 (Research Program Grant Cooperative Agreements) or UG3/UH3 activity codes, which typically support multi-year research networks.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Start building collaborations now across clinical disciplines and institutions. This is a Notice of Intent, so planning ahead is critical to submit a strong application.
- Develop specific research plans addressing health disparities in your patient population. Focus on interventions demonstrating feasibility and scalability in your setting.
- Plan for robust electronic health record infrastructure and common data element harmonization. Reviewers expect detailed capacity to share and analyze data across Network sites.
- Identify lower-resourced healthcare settings as partners if you're at a larger institution. The program prioritizes improving routine healthcare services in underserved areas.
- Document clinician recruitment capacity and existing clinical workflows. Show how your site can efficiently engage clinicians in both health services and research activities.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applications often lack detailed infrastructure plans for EHR data harmonization and cross-site data sharing. Weak clinician engagement strategies or unclear recruitment timelines reduce competitiveness. Interventions without demonstrated feasibility or scalability plans in the target population are unlikely to succeed.
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