-Purpose.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of Small Research Grant (R03) applications from organizations/institutions that propose to:
(1) improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation,

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data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.

-Mechanism of Support.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will utilize the NIH Small Grant (R03) mechanism.

This FOA runs in parallel with FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-08-083 and PA-08-084, which encourage applications under the R01 and R21 grant mechanisms, respectively.

-Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards.

Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications; therefore, the anticipated number of awards is not known.

Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award may also vary.

The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.