Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) | PA 16 428

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The Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) funding opportunity (PA 16-428) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant initiative designed to stimulate and expand research focused on improving the health of racial and ethnic minority men. The core purpose is to grow the evidence base on why health disparities persist among minority males and to support the creation and evaluation of practical, culturally grounded solutions that can improve health outcomes for adult men in diverse communities.

A major emphasis of the opportunity is building a stronger understanding of the many factors that shape health-promoting behaviors among racial and ethnic minority males across the life course. The announcement highlights a broad range of influences that can be examined, including sociodemographic conditions, community and neighborhood environments, societal and structural forces, and personal-level factors. In practice, this invites research that looks beyond individual choice and considers how issues like economic opportunity, access to quality healthcare, education, discrimination, social support, local resources, and broader cultural context affect whether men can engage in behaviors that prevent disease and support long-term wellbeing.

In addition to observational and explanatory research, the opportunity explicitly encourages applications that develop and test health-promoting interventions tailored for racially and ethnically diverse males ages 18 and older. A key requirement is that interventions be culturally and linguistically appropriate, meaning they should reflect the lived realities, values, communication styles, and language needs of the intended populations. The larger goal is to reduce health disparities by producing interventions that are both effective and realistic to implement in real-world settings, particularly in communities that have historically experienced barriers to prevention, early detection, and sustained health management.

This is an R01 mechanism, which generally supports substantial, hypothesis-driven research projects that can include intervention development, implementation, and rigorous evaluation. The funding activity falls under the broad categories of education, food and nutrition, and health, and it is associated with CFDA numbers 93.361 and 93.847. While the source data does not list an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, the opportunity is clearly structured to support robust research efforts consistent with the R01 grant model.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that can contribute to research on minority male health. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments; 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; tribal organizations other than federally recognized governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The opportunity also identifies additional eligible applicant types 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). It also allows participation from faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non-U.S. (foreign) entities, which signals openness to a wide range of research settings and partnerships.

Administrative details from the source indicate the opportunity was created on 2016-09-08, with an original closing date of 2018-01-24. Overall, the announcement is best understood as an NIH effort to deepen scientific understanding of what drives health behaviors among racial and ethnic minority men and to move that knowledge into action through well-designed, culturally and linguistically tailored interventions aimed at reducing persistent health disparities for men age 18 and older.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, food and nutrition, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.361, 93.847.
• 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.)
• 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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