Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
NIH supports R21 research to develop or test strategies, methods, and measures for dissemination, implementation, de-implementation, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based health interventions, programs, guidelines, and policies.
⚑ Clinical Trial Optional · Must be within the mission of one of the listed NIH Institutes/Centers · Foreign organizations are eligible · No award ceiling stated ($0 shown)
This is a health dissemination/implementation FOA centered on clinical, biomedical, and health-system practice change, which is outside IPPRA’s core program lines. While the team has strong survey, risk-communication, and evaluation methods, they would not plausibly pursue this as PI-level work unless it were reframed around a very specific public-health communication intervention, so it is at best adjacent.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis, surveys longitudinal; social/behavioral work is central; funds applied research; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 55 good | technical depth: minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. Conversely, there is a benefit in understanding circumstances that create a need to stop or reduce (de-implement) the use of practices that are ineffective, unproven, low-value, or harmful. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged.All applications must be within the scope of the mission of one of the Institutes/Centers listed above.
Eligibility
Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.
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