Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: February 5, 2027 (New) | March 5, 2027 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | June 5, 2027 (New) | July 5, 2027 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | October 5, 2027 (New) | November 5, 2027 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | February 5, 2028 (New) | March 5, 2028 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | June 5, 2028 (New) | July 5, 2028 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | October 5, 2028 (New) | November 5, 2028 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | February 5, 2029 (New) | March 5, 2029 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | June 5, 2029 (New) | July 5, 2029 (Renewal/resubmission/revision) | October 5, 2029 (New) | November 5, 2029 (Renewal/resubmission/revision; final closing)
Funding Amounts: No budget cap; requests must reflect project needs; maximum project period of 5 years
Summary: Supports palliative care research across the lifespan for people with serious illnesses and their care partners, with clinical trials optional.
Key Information: Applicants must contact ASCENT before submission, obtain its support letter, and budget for required consortium interactions.
Description
NIH’s PAR-27-090 supports R01 research on palliative care access, use, quality, and outcomes for people with serious illnesses and their care partners across the lifespan. Projects must align with participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices. Palliative care includes symptom relief, communication about goals of care, care coordination, advance care planning, end-of-life care, and hospice care.
The program accepts hypothesis-driven, milestone-defined clinical trials at NIH Stage Model Stages II–V: traditional efficacy, real-world efficacy, effectiveness, and dissemination and implementation. Non-trial approaches include observational, epidemiological, health services, qualitative, methodological, data infrastructure, secondary analysis, and natural or quasi-experimental research. Interests include care delivery models, workforce and systems, disparities in use and outcomes, and new measures or methods. Recipients join the research community facilitated by the Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium.
