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Opportunity Summary:

The Academic Community Partnership Conference Series (U13) (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 09 092) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant opportunity issued through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Its central aim is to support health disparities focused convenings such as conferences, meetings, workshops, and symposia that bring academic partners and community stakeholders together in a structured, outcomes driven way. Rather than funding a traditional research project, the program is designed to fund the planning and execution of gatherings that help communities and researchers align on shared problems, clarify what questions matter most locally, and lay the groundwork for durable, long term collaborations.

The purpose of the program is threefold. First, it seeks to establish or strengthen academic community partnerships, meaning authentic working relationships between universities or research organizations and the communities affected by specific health disparities. Second, it emphasizes identifying community research priorities, so the agenda is not purely academic but informed by lived experience, local needs, and on the ground realities. Third, it supports the development of long term collaborative agendas, with the expectation that the conference activities will lead to sustained partnerships and future initiatives, potentially including subsequent research proposals, intervention development, or broader community health strategies.

NICHD highlights several health issue areas that applicants may focus on, reflecting priority topics where disparities are pronounced and community engaged solutions are especially valuable. These areas include infant mortality and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), violence prevention, outreach and information dissemination techniques, obesity across the lifespan (childhood, adolescence, and adulthood), health literacy, uterine fibroid tumors, and prevention of pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS. Applicants can address one or multiple topics, as long as the proposed convening is clearly connected to reducing disparities and building actionable partnerships.

The funding mechanism is the NIH Cooperative Agreement Conference grant (U13). A cooperative agreement generally indicates that NIH program staff may have a more active role than in a standard grant, often through substantial involvement such as coordination, technical input, or collaboration on conference goals and deliverables. In practical terms, this mechanism signals that NICHD expects the meeting series to be aligned with institute priorities and to produce tangible outcomes such as documented partnership structures, prioritized research questions, and plans for ongoing collaboration.

Financially, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $30,000. The announcement also notes that the size and duration of awards may vary depending on the nature and scope of the proposed activities, and that the total number of awards is not fixed. Funding decisions depend on the availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of strong, meritorious applications, meaning competition and budget conditions can affect how many projects are ultimately supported.

Eligibility is broad and includes many organization types that could convene academic and community partners. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non 501(c)(3) organizations), small businesses and other for profit entities, and multiple levels of government (state, county, city or township, special district). The opportunity also explicitly includes Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations, public housing authorities, independent school districts, and a range of mission specific institutions and entities such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, faith based and community based organizations, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non U.S. (foreign) entities. No cost sharing or matching is required, which lowers the barrier for community based groups and smaller organizations that may not have substantial discretionary funds.

Key administrative details reflect that this is an archived, time limited announcement from an earlier cycle. It was posted on January 30, 2009, with an original and final closing date of March 2, 2011, and an archive date of April 2, 2011. The CFDA program number associated with it is 93.865 (Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research), placing it within NICHDs broader portfolio. Additional details and the full announcement were made available through the NIH Grants Guide page referenced in the opportunity, with NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contacts provided for access or linking issues.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as seed support for relationship building and agenda setting at the intersection of academia and community health disparities work. It is intended to catalyze coordinated action by funding convenings that surface community driven priorities, strengthen trust and collaboration, and produce a roadmap for longer term efforts aimed at reducing inequities in the highlighted health areas.

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