The Office of Minority Health (OMH) Grant Program

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

OMH has released the following funding opportunity announcement for which applications are now being accepted.

Announcement Number: MP-CPI-21-005
Opportunity Title: National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: $300,000
Estimated Total: $2,000,000
Application Due Date: June 29, 2021, 6:00 PM ET

This notice solicits applications for projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of interventions for increasing minority participation in lupus-related clinical trials to help reduce lupus-related health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations. Projects will seek to develop public-private and community partnerships to support and/or sustain effective practices to increase racial and ethnic minority enrollment and retention in lupus clinical trials, and tailor existing outreach or education interventions that focus on health care providers/practitioners and/or racial and ethnic minority populations.

Learn more about this FOA and how to apply.

A technical assistance webinar for potential applicants will be held May 5, 2021, from 3:00-4:00 PM ET. Click here to register for the webinar.