Biden Administration Announces Support for Women’s Health Research
The Biden Administration recently released an Executive Order on advancing women’s health research and innovation. Several research agencies are participating in Administration’s Initiative on Women’s Health Research and the White House has requested additional funds dedicated to women’s health research in next year’s budget.
Social scientists studying women’s health might be interested in two current calls for submissions:
- The National Science Foundation has released a Dear Colleague letter encouraging proposals on a wide range of topics related to women’s health, including wearable technologies, engineering biomechanics, novel computational approaches that impact health decision-making, environmental health, bias and discrimination, and the impact of violence. Interested investigators can share their ideas with a program manager in their discipline or the agency’s “proposal suitability tool” to see whether their proposal is a good fit. See: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf24068/nsf24068.jsp
- The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Health (ARPA-H) announced its Sprint for Women’s Health in March. The agency plans to fund work in six topic areas (ovarian health, health at home, the influence of sex differences, brain health via lymphatic targeting, chronic pain, and revolutionary breakthroughs) at both early and late stages of technology readiness. See: https://sprint.investorcatalysthub.org/
More information:
- Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/03/18/executive-order-on-advancing-womens-health-research-and-innovation/
- Fact Sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/18/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-and-announces-new-actions-to-advance-womens-health-research-and-innovation/