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US National Institutes of Health – End-of-Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes in Serious, Advanced Illness (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – PA-18-498
Sponsor: US National Institutes of Health 		Closing Date: 05-Feb-2019
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research focused on identification of the key barriers to effective end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) health literacy in diverse settings and populations, and to create novel strategies, interventions, and models of care to improve EOLPC health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with serious, advanced illness and their families and caregivers.

Research projects may include studies which consider variables that impact EOLPC health literacy such as: race, culture/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geographic location, language, physical/intellectual abilities, family structures, community roles in decision-making and care, age, diagnosis, prognosis, and disease trajectory.

Eligibility
• Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
• Applications from Foreign Organizations: Reviewers will assess whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions that exist in other countries and either are not readily available in the United States or augment existing U.S. resources.

Funding
• Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Applicants requesting USD $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year (excluding consortium F&A) must contact a Scientific/Research Contact at the NIH at least 6 weeks before submitting the application.
• The project period may not exceed 5 years. The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period.

Please see the Funding Opportunity Announcement https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-498.html for further information. Applications may be prepared and submitted via the NIH ASSIST system or Grants.gov. For complete instructions, you must refer to both the NIH Application Guide and the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), noting that instructions in the FOA take precedence over the Application Guide.

Key Dates
Applications due to UQR&I: 22 January 2019
Applications close with NIH: 5 February 2019, 5:00pm local time of applicant organisation
Future application closing dates: Standard dates apply until expiry
Expiration date of FOA: 8 May 2021

Ahead of internal review, ensure all online components on ASSIST or Grants.gov are complete. To initiate review, email your completed Funding Application Coversheet to internationalgrants@research.uq.edu.au. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to make contact with the UQR&I international team (via internationalgrants@research.uq.edu.au)well in advance of the UQR&I internal deadline to discuss their application.
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-498.html

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