National Institutes of Health

Description

This initiative is funded through the NIH Common Fund, which supports cross-cutting programs that are expected to have exceptionally high impact. This announcement was developed by a Common Fund program called the Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) (http://commonfund.nih.gov/behaviorchange/). The SOBC program seeks to promote research across disciplines on the initiation, personalization, and maintenance of behavior change that leads to an improved understanding of the underlying principles of behavior change. Like all Common Fund initiatives, this SOBC initiative invites investigators to develop bold, innovative, and potentially risky approaches to address problems that may seem intractable or to seize new opportunities that offer the potential for rapid progress. One seemingly intractable problem is the gap between practice and research, in which treatments shown to be efficacious under controlled conditions are not adopted for use, or are unsustainable, in practice settings. There is debate in the behavioral and social sciences fields about how best to bridge this gap, with some investigators focusing on modifying the intervention, and others focusing on modifying the delivery system.

Who can apply

• 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)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

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