Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Announcement(s)

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. The NIH funding opportunity 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-23-319)

Program Overview

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.

Current Projects

Current and recent GACD-supported projects

Previous Funding Opportunities

Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention in Cities

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.

Grants awarded under this opportunity

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

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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.

Grants awarded under this opportunity

Scaling-up Evidence-based Interventions

Scaling-up evidence-based interventions at the population level for the prevention or management of hypertension or diabetes.

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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.

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Lung Disease Research

Address lung diseases related to environmental exposures , including indoor and outdoor air pollution and tobacco.

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Type 2 Diabetes Research

Improving the science around implementation of existing interventions for type 2 diabetes.

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Hypertension Research

Improve the implementation of existing approaches to prevention and control of hypertension.

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