Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
NIH funds late-life suicide research on how social isolation and loneliness relate to suicidal thoughts and behavior, including mechanism studies, intervention development/testing, and service delivery models to improve social connection.
⚑ R01 Clinical Trial Optional · Late-life suicide / social disconnection focus · Foreign organizations and several minority-serving/community/tribal and territorial entities are listed as eligible; public universities are not restricted out · Award ceiling listed as $0 in notice
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: mental_behavioral_health, public_health (primary); social/behavioral work is central; funds applied research; clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (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
This initiative seeks to solicit applications for research projects that address the link between social disconnection including both objective social isolation as well as perceived social isolation (otherwise known as loneliness) and suicide in late-life. Emphasis is placed on research that identifies neurobiological and environmental mechanisms associated with social isolation and loneliness that increase risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior in late-life, that uses an experimental therapeutics approach to identify targets and develop and test interventions to prevent late-life suicide, and that develops new and modifies existing service delivery models to enhance social connection in late-life to prevent suicide.
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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