Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R21) | PA 16 432

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The Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R21) opportunity (PA-16-432) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary research grant designed to stimulate and expand studies focused on the health of racial and ethnic minority men. The program is centered on understanding why health disparities persist for minority males and on building evidence for strategies that can improve health outcomes. It emphasizes research that looks closely at health-promoting behaviors and the conditions that shape them, with the goal of generating knowledge that can be translated into practical, culturally relevant interventions.

A major aim of the opportunity is to strengthen understanding of the many factors that influence health behaviors among racial and ethnic minority males across the life course. Applicants are encouraged to examine influences at multiple levels, including sociodemographic factors (such as income, education, employment, and insurance coverage), community conditions (such as neighborhood resources, access to care, local norms, and environmental exposures), societal drivers (such as discrimination, structural barriers, policy context, and broader economic conditions), and personal-level factors (such as beliefs, stress, coping strategies, and social support). The intent is to support research that does not treat health behavior in isolation, but instead explains how these layered influences shape prevention practices, help-seeking, engagement with healthcare, and day-to-day decisions that affect health.

The second core aim is to encourage the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions for racially and ethnically diverse men ages 18 and older. Projects are expected to directly address health disparities by tailoring approaches to the cultural context, language needs, and lived experiences of the populations being served. This can include designing new interventions, refining existing ones for specific communities, or piloting and evaluating strategies intended to increase uptake and effectiveness among minority men. The focus on cultural and linguistic appropriateness signals that NIH is looking for interventions that are not only evidence-based, but also acceptable, relevant, and feasible in real-world settings where minority men live, work, worship, and seek services.

This funding announcement uses the R21 mechanism, which is typically used for exploratory or early-stage studies that can generate preliminary data, test innovative concepts, or establish proof of principle for a new intervention approach. The listed award ceiling is $200,000, indicating a modest budget intended to support targeted, hypothesis-generating work rather than large-scale definitive trials. The opportunity falls under the Education and Health activity categories and is associated with CFDA number 93.361.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that could contribute to research and intervention development in this area. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. Higher education institutions are eligible, including public and state-controlled institutions, private institutions, and minority-serving institutions such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs). Tribal entities are included both as federally recognized tribal governments and as other tribal organizations and tribal governments that are not federally recognized. Nonprofits are eligible whether or not they have 501(c)(3) status, and both for-profit organizations (other than small businesses) and small businesses may apply. The announcement also explicitly notes additional eligible groups such as faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations), reflecting an interest in reaching populations and research partners across many settings.

Key administrative details from the source include an original closing date of January 24, 2018, a creation date of September 8, 2016, and an indication that the opportunity anticipated making awards (the expected awards field is present but not populated with a number in the provided data). Overall, the grant is aimed at encouraging innovative, culturally grounded research that clarifies what drives health behaviors among minority men and tests practical intervention approaches that can reduce longstanding disparities for men ages 18 and older.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R21)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.361.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-09-08.
• 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.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
• 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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