Unveiling Health and Healthcare Disparities in Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Setting the Stage for Better Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your team combines epidemiological or policy expertise with institutional partners in Latin America, you can access substantial NIH funding to study why chronic diseases hit Hispanic/Latino populations harder.
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What this is
This R01 grant supports multi-disciplinary research teams investigating why certain chronic diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc.) disproportionately affect Latin American and U.S. Hispanic/Latino populations. Awardees must conduct clinical epidemiology, evaluate public health policies, or validate measurement tools—but cannot run clinical trials. Teams must include at least one principal investigator from a Latin American institution, and collaboration across disciplines and geographies is essential.
Who can apply
Broad eligibility including universities, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, government agencies, and for-profit organizations. Applicants must form multi-disciplinary teams with at least one PI/MPI from a Latin American institution. No clinical trials allowed.
Eligible applicant types
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- County governments
Full description — from the agency
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support innovative, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary research focused on clinical epidemiology, evaluation of public and/or health care policies, and validation of measurements that address health and health care disparities related to non-communicable and chronic diseases (NCDs) with the highest disease burden and mortality in Latin America and among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos. Multi-disciplinary research teams would be expected to meaningfully collaborate with key partners that must include at least one PI or MPI from institutions in Latin America.
Topics: health disparities · non-communicable diseases · latin america · hispanic latino health · epidemiology · health policy · chronic disease research
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