Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

NIH participates in the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), a collection of publicly funded research agencies that supports innovative research collaborations to address the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases in vulnerable populations.

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Current Funding Opportunities

Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention in Cities

The current NIH-GACD Funding Opportunity Announcement supports applications that propose implementation research to reduce the risks of NCDs in the context of cities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in US cities, with the potential to equip policymakers and practitioners with evidence-based strategies for prevention and/or management of NCDs among disadvantaged populations globally.

NIH funding opportunities supporting this call for applications:

• Implementation Research on Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors among Low- and Middle-Income Country and Tribal Populations Living in City Environments (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-23-042)
• Implementation Research on Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors among Low- and Middle-Income Country and Tribal Populations Living in City Environments (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required) (PAR-23-043)

Application due date: The due date for both funding opportunities is March 9, 2023.

Previous Funding Opportunities

Topic	Focus
Critical Life Stages	Implementation Research to Reduce Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Tribal Nations During Critical Life Stages and Key Transition Periods
Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer	Primary and secondary prevention of cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and in populations facing conditions of vulnerability in high-income countries.
Scaling-up Evidence-based Interventions	Scaling-up evidence-based interventions at the population level for the prevention or management of hypertension or diabetes.
Mental Health Research	Child, adolescent and adult age onset mental disorders including, but not limited to, dementia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, alcohol- and drug-use disorders, etc., in low- and middle-income countries and/or in vulnerable populations in high-income countries.
Lung Disease Research	Address lung diseases related to environmental exposures , including indoor and outdoor air pollution and tobacco.
Type 2 Diabetes Research	Improving the science around implementation of existing interventions for type 2 diabetes.
Hypertension Research	Improve the implementation of existing approaches to prevention and control of hypertension.

Related Information & Resources

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Updated January 27, 2023