The Department of Education along with National Institutes of Health under the US Federal Government is offering this grant under the Funding Opportunity Number of PA-08-084. Eligible applicants have until May 07, 2011 to apply for this grant, which has an award ceiling of $200,000. While this is a primary grant for the subject, several others are being offered in parallel to include the following:
• 92.233 – National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
• 93.242 – Mental Health Research Grants
• 93.279 – Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs
• 93.393 – Cancer Cause and Prevention Research
• 93.394 – Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research
• 93.395 – Cancer Treatment Research
• 93.399 – Cancer Control
• 93.837 – Heart and Vascular Diseases Research
• 93.838 – Lung Diseases and Resources Research
• 93.866 – Aging Research
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Healthcare Delivery (R21) grant was created as a means to encourage applicant organizations for both exploratory and development of three primary areas. First, the goal is to improve the way in which racial and ethnic discrimination in the delivery of healthcare services and systems is measured. For this, the goal is improve instrumentation, data collection, and analytical/statistical techniques.
The second focus of the grant is to enhance the overall understanding how racial and ethnic discrimination influences the delivery of healthcare services, along with the association of disease incidence, treatment, and outcome disparities specific to minority groups to include those of different race and ethnic backgrounds. The third area this grant was developed for is to reduce the number and degree of disparities among these groups by developing methods of intervention of the delivery of healthcare systems and services being delivered to racial and ethnic groups within the United States.
While some people would rather turn a blind eye, people of racial and ethnic backgrounds often times do not receive the same level of care and follow up by professionals in the healthcare industry. With this grant, it is anticipated that a better understanding why this practice is happening, as well as ways in which the problem can be prevented and corrected. After all, people of all races and ethnic backgrounds deserve the same medical care as anyone else does.
Eligible applications for The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Healthcare Delivery (R21) grant include the following:
• Governments
• State
• County
• City/Township
• Special District
• Native American Tribal (Federally and Non-Federally Recognized)
• Independent School Districts
• Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Educations
• Public and Indian Housing Authorities
• Non-Profit Organizations with and without a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
• Private Institutions of Higher Educations
• For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
• Small Businesses
• Miscellaneous
• Foreign Institutions
• Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
• Faith or Community-Based Organizations
Only electronic applications will be accepted so any received via paper format will not be accepted. Guidelines to apply for this grant can be found at www.grants.gov/apply. However, a minimum of four weeks prior to submitting the application, it is mandatory for the applicant to complete a registration process according to the rules of Section IV.
