Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: November 26, 2025 (Forecasted)
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding: $20,000,000 | Expected number of awards: 1
Summary: Supports a national coordinating center to advance research, collaboration, and capacity-building for the prevention and management of multiple chronic diseases to reduce health disparities.
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity; applications are not yet being solicited.
Description
This funding opportunity will renew support for the Multiple Chronic Diseases Research Coordinating Center (MCD-RCC), which serves as a national resource to coordinate regional research centers focused on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of co-existing chronic diseases, with a particular emphasis on reducing health disparities. The MCD-RCC will:
- Coordinate activities among participating research centers, including data management and collaboration.
- Promote skills development among early-stage investigators.
- Build and lead a community of practice.
- Facilitate engagement with communities and healthcare systems.
The center will lead efforts in four core domains:
- Consortium organization, management, and communication.
- Research coordination and data standardization, sharing, harmonization, and analysis.
- Research skills development.
- Community and healthcare setting/system engagement.
This is a forecasted Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to allow potential applicants time to develop collaborations and responsive projects. The NOFO will utilize the P50 activity code.
Due Dates
- Estimated application due date: November 26, 2025
- This is a forecast; applications are not being accepted yet.
Funding Amount
- Estimated total program funding: $20,000,000
- Expected number of awards: 1
- Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement (U24, Clinical Trial Not Required)
- Estimated project start date: January 26, 2026
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
- State governments
- County 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 with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations (other than small businesses)
- Small businesses
There is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Application Process
- This is a forecasted opportunity; applications are not currently being solicited.
- The official NOFO is expected to be posted on or around September 25, 2025.
- Interested investigators are encouraged to begin developing collaborations and project ideas in anticipation of the official announcement.
- The application will utilize the P50 activity code.
Additional Information
- The initiative is authorized under Public Law 116-260 (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021).
- The MCD-RCC will support the objectives of the multiple chronic disease research initiative.
- Interdisciplinary research teams, especially those combining clinical care, health services, data science, and community-engaged research, are encouraged to consider applying.
External Links
Contact Information
| Name | Email | Phone | Affiliation |
|---|
| Anuradha Patel, MD | Anuradha.patel@nih.gov | 301-594-1197 | National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) |