Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Understudied and Underreported (U3) Populations An ORWH FY17 Administrative Supplement (Admin Supp) | PA 17 101

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), offered a one-year administrative supplement opportunity titled "Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Understudied and Underreported (U3) Populations: An ORWH FY17 Administrative Supplement (Admin Supp)" (Funding Opportunity Number: PA-17-101). This program was designed to add targeted, short-term funding to existing, active NIH parent awards so investigators could expand or adapt ongoing projects to better address health disparities affecting women in the United States who are underrepresented, understudied, and/or underreported in biomedical research.

The central aim of the supplement was to support research that explicitly examines sex and gender influences in health and disease, with particular emphasis on how these factors intersect with race and ethnicity and other social determinants of health. ORWH signaled broad scientific interest across the research pipeline, including preclinical studies, clinical research, and behavioral research. In practical terms, the supplement was intended to help existing NIH-funded teams incorporate questions, measures, analyses, recruitment strategies, or community-relevant approaches that would sharpen understanding of why certain groups of women experience disproportionate burdens of illness or barriers to care, and how sex/gender-related biology and gendered social experiences may contribute to those patterns.

Because this was an administrative supplement, it was not a standalone grant for new projects; it was an add-on to an eligible, already-funded NIH award. The supplement period was limited to one year, reflecting ORWH's goal of rapidly strengthening the evidence base on U3 women's health within the structure of ongoing studies. The opportunity fell under the discretionary grant category and aligned with health-related federal assistance listings (CFDA numbers spanning multiple NIH institutes and programs), underscoring that the supplement could attach to parent awards supported across a wide range of NIH scientific areas.

Eligibility for applicants was broad in terms of U.S.-based organization types that may hold NIH awards. Eligible applicants listed for the opportunity included state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other eligible entities. ORWH also explicitly highlighted additional eligible applicant categories that are often central to addressing disparities and community engagement, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, certain eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, the funding notice set clear limits related to non-U.S. participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) were not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations were not eligible. In addition, foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, were not allowed. These restrictions reflected the FOA's focus on U.S. populations and U.S.-based research infrastructure for addressing disparities among women in the United States.

Key administrative details provided in the source data include an original closing date of March 6, 2017, and an anticipated number of awards of about 10. An explicit award ceiling was not provided in the supplied listing, which is sometimes the case for supplements because budgets are commonly tied to the scope of the proposed supplemental work and the constraints of the parent award and institute policies. Overall, the opportunity was structured to quickly extend existing NIH-funded research in ways that would produce more inclusive, intersectional, and sex/gender-aware evidence about health and illness among U3 populations of women in the U.S.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, food and nutrition, health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research on the Health of Women of Underrepresented, Understudied and Underreported (U3) Populations An ORWH FY17 Administrative Supplement (Admin Supp)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.113, 93.121, 93.172, 93.173, 93.233, 93.242, 93.273, 93.279, 93.307, 93.313, 93.350, 93.361, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.847, 93.853, 93.855, 93.856, 93.859, 93.865, 93.867.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-01-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-03-06. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• 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.

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