The NIH Common Fund’s Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) program is offering this grant to support high-impact, cross-cutting research initiatives. This grant seeks to advance the fundamental understanding of how behavior change is initiated, personalized, and successfully maintained. The SOBC program encourages investigators to develop bold, innovative, and potentially transformative approaches to address challenging problems. A key focus is bridging the persistent gap between efficacious treatments demonstrated in controlled research settings and their actual adoption or sustainability in real-world practice. This grant aims to fund projects exploring the underlying principles of behavior change, whether through modifying interventions or refining delivery systems, to ultimately improve health outcomes and close this research-to-practice divide.
Opportunity ID: 155513
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | PA-12-119 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Use-Oriented Basic Research: Change Mechanisms of Behavioral Social Interventions (Admin Supp) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.310 — Trans-NIH Research Support |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 19, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 15, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 15, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 15, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $75,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | County governments Independent school districts Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Small businesses Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments State governments For profit organizations other than small businesses Special district governments Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institutes of Health |
| Description: | This initiative is funded through the NIH Common Fund, which supports cross-cutting programs that are expected to have exceptionally high impact. This announcement was developed by a Common Fund program called the Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) (http://commonfund.nih.gov/behaviorchange/). The SOBC program seeks to promote research across disciplines on the initiation, personalization, and maintenance of behavior change that leads to an improved understanding of the underlying principles of behavior change. Like all Common Fund initiatives, this SOBC initiative invites investigators to develop bold, innovative, and potentially risky approaches to address problems that may seem intractable or to seize new opportunities that offer the potential for rapid progress. One seemingly intractable problem is the gap between practice and research, in which treatments shown to be efficacious under controlled conditions are not adopted for use, or are unsustainable, in practice settings. There is debate in the behavioral and social sciences fields about how best to bridge this gap, with some investigators focusing on modifying the intervention, and others focusing on modifying the delivery system. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-119.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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Version History
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Packages
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| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMINSUPP-RESEARCH-B2 | Use for all R’s (e.g., R01, R21, R34, RC1, etc.) | PKG00108010 | Apr 15, 2012 | May 15, 2012 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
155513 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
155513 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
155513 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
155513 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
155513 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
155513 PHS398_CoverPageSupplement_1_4-1.4.pdf
155513 PHS398_ResearchPlan_1_3-1.3.pdf
155513 PHS398_Checklist_1_3-1.3.pdf
Optional forms
155513 RR_SubawardBudget30-1.2.pdf