Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01) | PA 17 062

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Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PA-17-062) designed to build the evidence base for improving the health and well-being of informal caregivers through self-management approaches. The central idea is that caregiving is becoming an even more critical public health and healthcare issue as more people live longer with chronic conditions, disabilities, and complex care needs. In that context, the initiative encourages rigorous research that helps caregivers maintain their own physical and mental health while they provide ongoing support to someone else.

This funding opportunity focuses specifically on informal caregivers, meaning unpaid individuals such as spouses, partners, adult children, other family members, friends, or neighbors who assist with activities of daily living and/or medical and health-related tasks. These can include practical supports like bathing, feeding, transportation, medication management, symptom monitoring, and coordinating appointments, as well as emotionally demanding responsibilities like supervision, advocacy, and crisis management. The announcement distinguishes informal caregivers from formal caregivers, who are paid providers delivering care in a home setting or in organized care environments such as adult day programs or residential care facilities. While formal caregiving is recognized as important, this opportunity is aimed at research that directly addresses the needs and health outcomes of unpaid, informal caregivers.

As an R01 mechanism, the opportunity supports substantial, hypothesis-driven or theory-informed research projects that can test interventions, strategies, or programs intended to strengthen caregiver self-management. In practical terms, self-management in this setting generally refers to skills and supports that help caregivers monitor and respond to their own stress and health risks, build coping and problem-solving capacity, improve health behaviors (such as sleep, physical activity, nutrition, or adherence to their own medical care), and navigate healthcare or community systems more effectively. The broader goal is to reduce caregiver burden and prevent negative downstream outcomes like depression, anxiety, chronic stress, social isolation, and worsening physical health, while also supporting caregivers ability to sustain care over time.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses the grant funding instrument type, with an activity focus in education and health. It is listed under CFDA number 93.361. The original closing date shown in the source data is January 24, 2018, and the opportunity record indicates an award ceiling and expected award count were not specified in the provided extract. The funding record was created on November 25, 2016.

Eligibility for this NIH funding opportunity is broad and includes many types of applicant organizations. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other organizations as allowed by NIH policy. The opportunity also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs); eligible federal government agencies; faith-based or community-based organizations; Hispanic-serving institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized; non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations); regional organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); and U.S. territories or possessions.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a call for well-designed research that treats caregiver health as an outcome in its own right, not just as a secondary concern. It emphasizes the growing societal reliance on informal caregivers and seeks to support studies that identify effective, scalable self-management strategies to help caregivers stay healthier, more resilient, and better supported as they provide essential care to others.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promoting Caregiver Health Using Self-Management (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.361.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-11-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-01-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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