Department of Health and Human Services: FY12 Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI) Grant Opportunity

This department is offering the FY12 Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI) grant to eliminate lupus-related health disparities among racial and ethnic populations affected by the disease. The grant aims to disseminate a national lupus education program to health professionals and students in targeted schools and healthcare systems. The selected grantee will collaborate with partners to review and distribute educational materials, conduct training sessions, and recruit health professions schools. The goal is to reduce misdiagnosis and enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals with lupus. Applications are due by June 8, 2012.

Opportunity ID: 169216

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	MP-CPI-12-001
Funding Opportunity Title::	FY12 Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI)
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Health
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.004 — Cooperative Agreements to Improve the Health Status of Minority Populations
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 2
Posted Date::	May 04, 2012
Last Updated Date::	May 04, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 08, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 08, 2012
Archive Date::	Jul 08, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding::
Award Ceiling::	$1,000,000
Award Floor::	$1,000,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

To qualify for funding an applicant must:
• be a national, non-profit health professions education organization and a national provider of health information and education.
• have the knowledge and experience necessary to work effectively with health professionals, students, and other medical, related professional associations.
• have a reputation for leading health professions consortiums or collaborative partnerships that include schools of medicine, nursing, or allied health; and scientific researchers and educators with knowledge and expertise in the epidemiology, treatment, and management of lupus.
• have a minimum of five years experience in professional training and education with excellent knowledge and understanding of lupus.
• have an established record of developing, disseminating, and delivering professional education to medical, nursing, and allied health professionals in a variety of settings (e.g., national meetings, medical schools, academic medical centers, and medical professional associations) and modalities (e.g., print, in-person, on-line, webinars, DVD, and other distance-based learning).

Non-profit medical, nursing, and allied health professional associations were identified as potential applicants because they are uniquely positioned and qualified to develop partnerships with medical schools and with other medical and nursing professional associations needed to disseminate and conduct education and training.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Description::	The purpose of the ELHDI is to eliminate lupus related health disparities among racial and ethnic populations disproportionately affected by this disease. This overall purpose will be achieved by disseminating a national lupus education program to health professionals and student trainees in targeted schools and health care systems and practices. One grantee will be funded to conduct this national initiative. The successful grantee will be responsible for: (1) continuing the involvement of the ELHDI Consortium; (2) reviewing, and if required, revising and finalizing ELHDI curriculum, tools, resources, and materials; 3) Continuing ongoing health professions school recruitment activities; 4) Distributing lupus educational and training curricula, tools, and other resources to recruited schools, health professionals, and health care systems; and 5) conducting online and live trainings for practicing health care professionals. These activities wil l be conducted by working collaboratively with a consortium of federal and non-federal partners to promote the adoption and use of ELHDI resources (e.g., curriculum and curriculum components, related tools and resources, and materials), to reduce misdiagnosis and improve overall health and wellbeing among persons with lupus.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 2	added egilibility	May 04, 2012
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	93.004
Competition ID:	MP-CPI-12-001-014370
Competition Title:	FY12 Eliminating Lupus Health Disparities Initiative (ELHDI)
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00120472
Opening Date:	May 04, 2012
Closing Date:	Jun 08, 2012
Agency Contact Information::	OASH, Office of Minority Health
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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