At a glance
This program funds research to develop personal health informatics tools, systems, and data science approaches that give individuals understandable, actionable health insights from their personal health data. It supports new and resubmission grant applications, with clinical trials optional, and allows small, early-stage to Phase I clinical trials as part of the project. Eligible applicants include U.S. and foreign organizations, including nonprofits, colleges, governments, small businesses, and faith-based or community-based organizations; foreign components and non-U.S. entities are allowed. Applications may request up to $250,000 per year in direct costs for up to 4 years, and the notice does not require cost sharing. The number of awards depends on NIH appropriations and the quality of applications.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance the development of novel informatics and data science approaches that can help individuals understand and improve their health through actionable insights. NLM seeks applications that further the science of personal health informatics by providing meaningful and actionable insights to individuals through innovative personal health data collection, integration, analysis, and personalized risk assessments and interpretation. Applications seeking to advance the understanding of how informatics tools, systems, and platforms can best present the results, interpretation, and limitations of personalized assessments for the benefit of individuals are encouraged. Applications should include end user engaged approaches and real-world evaluation to inform the design of generalizable, reusable, and scalable personal health informatics tools, systems, and platforms for the benefit of individuals in understanding and improving their health.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments