Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA MH 16 800
Apply for RFA MH 16 800
- The HHS-NIH11 in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Applied Research Toward Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242,.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 11, 2015 and posted on Dec 11, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 02, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Applied Research Toward Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (R01) funding opportunity (RFA-MH-16-800) was a National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services opportunity designed to support applied research aimed at reducing and ultimately preventing suicide attempts and deaths among people who are actively receiving care within health care systems. The FOA aligns with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and its Zero Suicide framework, which is both a formal commitment by health systems to treat suicide prevention as a core safety and quality goal and a practical set of clinical and organizational strategies meant to drive suicide events toward zero within care settings. In other words, the program is not centered on broad public awareness campaigns; it is focused on what health care organizations can do differently in real clinical workflows to identify suicide risk earlier, respond more consistently, and build system-level safety nets that keep patients from falling through gaps in care.
A major emphasis of the FOA is implementation-oriented research that can work across diverse real-world clinical environments where suicidal patients commonly appear. The announcement explicitly points to behavioral health and substance use outpatient clinics, emergency departments, crisis care programs and centers, inpatient hospitals, and integrated primary care settings. The underlying problem the FOA is trying to solve is that suicide risk is often detected inconsistently, documented unevenly, managed differently across providers and sites, and followed by follow-up care that may be delayed, incomplete, or poorly coordinated. The opportunity therefore encourages studies that test practical, scalable approaches that fit into daily operations of health systems and that can be sustained as part of routine care.
The research priorities described in the FOA cluster around several system-level improvement targets. One is strengthening systematic suicide risk detection, whether for acute risk (imminent danger) or longer-term risk trajectories that might not trigger immediate crisis responses but still predict later attempts or deaths. Another is improving how risk is documented and how follow-up care is initiated and maintained, with an emphasis on approaches that are both effective and feasible in busy clinical settings. The FOA also highlights the need for interventions that occur earlier in the course of suicidal risk, before repeated crises or entrenched patterns develop, with the goal of reducing new (incident) suicide events among patients in care. Beyond individual interventions, the announcement calls for identifying which service delivery components operate as effective safety nets, meaning the specific organizational practices that prevent patients from being lost to follow-up, missing key transitions, or going without appropriate monitoring and support. Finally, it seeks evidence on the policies and operational practices that help health systems maintain Zero Suicide goals over time, rather than relying on one-time training or isolated programs that fade when staffing, priorities, or budgets shift.
From an administrative standpoint, this was a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered under HHS/NIH (AgencyName: HHS-NIH11) and associated with CFDA numbers 93.242 (and also listed with 93.242 in the source data). The funding instrument type is listed as a cooperative agreement, which typically signals substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant mechanism, often through collaboration, technical assistance, or coordination expectations during the project period. The opportunity carried an award ceiling of $600,000 (as provided in the listing). The FOA was created and posted on December 11, 2015, with an original and current closing date of November 2, 2016.
Eligibility was broad and included many types of organizations that could plausibly conduct applied health services and implementation research in clinical systems. Eligible applicants included state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education where specified); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities as described in the FOA’s additional eligibility language. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that Zero Suicide work can involve partnerships among academic researchers, hospital systems, community behavioral health providers, crisis systems, and public agencies, and it allows applicants to propose studies grounded in the settings where suicide risk is routinely identified and managed.
Overall, the FOA is essentially a call for rigorous, applied research that helps health care systems move from good intentions to measurable reductions in suicide events among people already engaged in treatment. The focus is on system design and delivery: better detection, better documentation, stronger follow-up, earlier and more effective interventions, and durable policies and workflows that make suicide prevention a sustained health care safety function rather than an add-on.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Applied Research Toward Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (R01) opportunity?
It is a National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services funding opportunity (RFA-MH-16-800) designed to support applied research aimed at reducing and ultimately preventing suicide attempts and deaths among people who are actively receiving care within health care systems.
What is the main goal of this funding opportunity?
The main goal is to generate practical, implementation-oriented evidence that helps health care systems make measurable reductions in suicide events among patients in care by improving real clinical workflows and system-level safety practices.
How does this FOA relate to the Zero Suicide framework?
The FOA aligns with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and its Zero Suicide framework, which includes a formal commitment by health systems to treat suicide prevention as a core safety and quality goal and a set of clinical and organizational strategies intended to drive suicide events toward zero within care settings.
Is this program about broad public awareness or community campaigns?
No. The program is not centered on broad public awareness campaigns. It focuses on what health care organizations can do within routine clinical workflows to identify suicide risk earlier, respond consistently, and build system-level safety nets to prevent gaps in care.
What kinds of research does the FOA emphasize?
The FOA emphasizes implementation-oriented, applied research that can operate across diverse real-world clinical environments and that tests practical, scalable approaches that fit into daily health system operations and can be sustained as routine care.
What clinical settings are specifically mentioned as relevant for this research?
The FOA explicitly points to behavioral health and substance use outpatient clinics, emergency departments, crisis care programs and centers, inpatient hospitals, and integrated primary care settings.
What problems in current clinical practice is this FOA trying to address?
The FOA targets issues such as inconsistent detection of suicide risk, uneven documentation, variation in management across providers and sites, and follow-up care that may be delayed, incomplete, or poorly coordinated.
What are the main research priority areas described in the FOA?
The research priorities cluster around system-level improvement targets including: strengthening systematic suicide risk detection; improving documentation and follow-up initiation and continuity; intervening earlier in the course of suicidal risk; identifying effective service delivery safety nets; and producing evidence on policies and operational practices that sustain Zero Suicide goals over time.
What does "systematic suicide risk detection" mean in the context of this FOA?
It refers to strengthening consistent identification of suicide risk within health care systems, including both acute risk (imminent danger) and longer-term risk trajectories that may not present as an immediate crisis but still predict later attempts or deaths.
Does the FOA focus only on crisis situations and imminent risk?
No. While acute risk is included, the FOA also emphasizes longer-term risk trajectories and earlier interventions before repeated crises or entrenched patterns develop.
What does the FOA mean by improving documentation and follow-up care?
It refers to improving how suicide risk is recorded and how follow-up care is initiated and maintained, with an emphasis on approaches that are effective and feasible in busy clinical environments.
What does "earlier interventions" mean in this funding opportunity?
It means interventions that occur earlier in the development of suicidal risk, with the aim of reducing new (incident) suicide events among patients already engaged in health care.
What are "safety nets" in the context of this FOA?
Safety nets are specific service delivery components and organizational practices that prevent patients from being lost to follow-up, missing key transitions in care, or going without appropriate monitoring and support.
Why does the FOA emphasize sustaining Zero Suicide goals over time?
Because the FOA seeks evidence on policies and operational practices that help health systems maintain Zero Suicide improvements over time rather than relying on one-time training or isolated programs that may fade when staffing, priorities, or budgets change.
Which federal agency administered this opportunity?
This was a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), with AgencyName listed as HHS-NIH11.
What is the funding instrument type for this opportunity?
The funding instrument type is listed as a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement?
In general, a cooperative agreement indicates substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant mechanism, often through collaboration, technical assistance, or coordination expectations during the project period.
What is the award ceiling for this funding opportunity?
The listing provides an award ceiling of $600,000.
When was this FOA created and posted?
The FOA was created and posted on December 11, 2015.
What was the closing date for this opportunity?
The original and current closing date listed is November 2, 2016.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 93.242 (also listed as 93.242 in the source data).
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was broad and included state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education where specified); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities as described in the FOA's additional eligibility language.
Why is the eligibility scope so broad?
The wide eligibility reflects that Zero Suicide work can involve partnerships among academic researchers, hospital systems, community behavioral health providers, crisis systems, and public agencies, and it allows applicants to propose studies grounded in the settings where suicide risk is routinely identified and managed.
What is this FOA ultimately trying to help health systems achieve?
It is a call for rigorous, applied research that helps health care systems move from good intentions to measurable reductions in suicide events among people already engaged in treatment by improving detection, documentation, follow-up, early intervention, and durable policies and workflows.
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