Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | PA 18 150

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The grant opportunity titled "Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" (Funding Opportunity Number: PA 18-150) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant that supports research aimed at improving the health and well-being of caregivers through self-management approaches. The core idea behind the announcement is that caregiving has become a critical public health and scientific priority as more people live longer while managing chronic conditions, which in turn increases the demand for ongoing, often complex support at home and in the community. This opportunity is designed to generate stronger evidence on what works to help caregivers maintain their own physical and mental health while they provide care.

The program specifically centers on informal caregivers, sometimes called lay caregivers, meaning people who provide unpaid assistance to someone else. These caregivers are often spouses, partners, adult children, other family members, friends, or even neighbors. The care they provide can range from help with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and meal preparation, to more medically oriented tasks, such as medication management, symptom monitoring, wound care, or coordinating appointments. While the announcement acknowledges that formal caregivers exist (paid caregivers working in homes, adult day programs, or residential care settings), the focus of this initiative is the informal caregiver population, reflecting the scale of unpaid caregiving and the health risks caregivers can experience when support and training are limited.

A defining feature of the opportunity is its emphasis on self-management as the strategy for promoting caregiver health. In this context, self-management generally refers to interventions, skills, tools, and supports that enable caregivers to better manage stress, maintain healthy behaviors, cope with the ongoing demands of caregiving, and navigate health and social systems. Projects proposed under this announcement would typically aim to develop, test, refine, or expand interventions that strengthen caregivers ability to care for themselves while continuing to care for another person. Because the mechanism is an NIH R01, the expectation is for a well-justified, rigorous research plan with clear outcomes and the potential to contribute meaningful, generalizable knowledge to the field. The "clinical trial optional" designation means applicants may propose either clinical trial studies or non-clinical trial research designs, depending on what best fits the research questions.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S. organizations and government entities, reflecting NIHs intent to attract a wide range of research teams and community partners. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township, and 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; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The opportunity also lists additional eligible applicant types 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, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations). Taken together, this eligibility language signals that the program is open to both academic and community-rooted research efforts, including those serving populations that are often underrepresented in research.

Administratively, the program is categorized under Education and Health and is associated with CFDA number 93.361. It was created on November 8, 2017, with an original closing date listed as May 7, 2020. The notice does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards in the provided text, which typically means applicants would need to consult the full funding announcement and NIH institute-specific guidance for budget expectations, project period norms, and review considerations. Overall, this opportunity is best understood as NIH support for strong, well-designed research that advances practical, scalable ways to protect and improve informal caregiver health by building caregivers self-management capabilities, reducing caregiver burden, and strengthening resilience in the face of chronic, long-term care demands.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)" 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 2017-11-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-05-07. (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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