Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 16 391
The Surgical Disparities Research (R01) funding opportunity (PAR-16-391) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program designed to support rigorous, collaborative research aimed at understanding and reducing disparities in surgical care and surgical outcomes for minority and other health disparity populations. The core idea is to move beyond simply documenting unequal outcomes and instead generate evidence about why disparities occur and what actually works to address them. Projects are expected to examine disparities across the surgical care continuum, which can include access to appropriate surgical evaluation, referral patterns, timing of surgery, perioperative management, receipt of high-quality surgical procedures, postoperative follow-up, complications, recovery, and longer-term outcomes.
A major emphasis of the FOA is on identifying effective interventions and strategies, not only at the level of individual patients or clinicians, but also at broader institutional and health system levels. In practice, this means proposed studies can focus on clinical intervention approaches (for example, interventions that improve communication, decision-making, adherence to evidence-based perioperative pathways, or navigation support), while also incorporating multi-level factors that shape surgical care, such as hospital resources, workforce and staffing patterns, quality improvement infrastructure, referral networks, insurance and payment dynamics, structural barriers, and other system-level policies and practices. The FOA signals interest in research that explains mechanisms and tests solutions that are scalable or translatable into real-world surgical settings, especially where disparities are persistent.
The award mechanism is an NIH R01, which typically supports substantial, hypothesis-driven research projects that may involve multi-site collaboration and interdisciplinary teams. The FOA sits within NIH health and education-related funding activity categories and is associated with CFDA numbers 93.307, 93.313, 93.395, 93.399, and 93.846. The opportunity was created on August 5, 2016, and the original posted closing date was January 24, 2018 (meaning the listing reflects a historical cycle, and applicants would normally confirm whether a current or reissued version is available before planning a submission).
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status; nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other qualifying entities. The FOA also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions. These inclusions reinforce that NIH is seeking participation from institutions and community-linked organizations that are often directly connected to the populations most affected by surgical inequities.
Foreign eligibility is specifically restricted. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. However, the FOA allows foreign components as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, meaning a U.S. applicant may include certain international elements in the project when justified and compliant with NIH policy (for example, specific collaborations, data sources, or research activities that must occur abroad), even though a non-U.S. organization cannot serve as the primary applicant.
Overall, this FOA funds research that is both explanatory and action-oriented: it supports studies that clarify the causes and pathways of surgical disparities and also tests multi-level interventions that can measurably improve equity in surgical access, quality, and outcomes for health disparity populations, including through changes that occur within hospitals, health systems, and broader care delivery structures.Apply for PAR 16 391
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Surgical Disparities Research (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.307, 93.313, 93.395, 93.399, 93.846.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-08-05.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-01-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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| NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08) Apply for PAR 16 400 Funding Number: PAR 16 400 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Engineering Next-Generation Human Nervous System Microphysiological Systems (R01) Apply for PAR 16 398 Funding Number: PAR 16 398 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23) Apply for PAR 16 399 Funding Number: PAR 16 399 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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| NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) Apply for PAR 16 404 Funding Number: PAR 16 404 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: $250,000 |
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| Coordinating Center for the HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Cohorts Program (U24) Apply for RFA DA 17 019 Funding Number: RFA DA 17 019 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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