Project #: PA-08-084
Project/Funding Opportunity: The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)           
Letter of Intent Deadline: Not applicable
Application Deadline: Standard dates apply, please see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm  
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): Standard dates apply, please see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm#reviewandaward
Link to Grant Announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-084.html

Research Project Area / Purpose: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages the submission of research project grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.