The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for its program entitled "Implementing the Most Successful Interventions to Improve HIV/AIDS Outcomes in U.S. Communities".

A primary goal of this initiative is to encourage implementation of interventions that demonstrate improved HIV-related health outcomes including HIV testing, PrEP and ART adherence and sustained viral suppression in communities at risk in the U.S.

Research resulting from this initiative will also provide insights into the aspects of daily life among targeted, underserved groups at risk of morbidity and mortality from HIV and AIDS and other local circumstances that influence implementation success among these hard-to-reach, socially stigmatized, underserved groups. Studies may test and validate the use of innovative mixed methods strategies and refine existing implementation models.

Objectives

• Identify effective HIV prevention and treatment strategies or combination of strategies that can be adapted to high need U.S. settings and populations;
• Determine the organizational and socio-cultural features and dynamics of the service environments and populations to be addressed that will facilitate (or hinder) adaptation or uptake of effective strategies;
• Demonstrate improved patient outcomes such as timely HIV testing, PrEP and ART receipt and adherence and durable viral suppression among key populations and individuals;
• Pinpoint which elements of effective strategies require adaptation to be implemented in a new setting as well as why and how this is best accomplished to ensure sustainability
• Describe the implementation approaches, including measures and methodologies to best understand effective adaptation that improve health outcomes.

Eligibility Criteria

• City or township governments
• Independent school districts
• County governments
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• 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
• Small businesses
• State governments
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Private institutions of higher education

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.

For more information, please visit Grants.gov.