Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: RFA-DP-24-004

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This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will provide funding to academic research centers to participate in the network of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers (PRC Network) to:Establish and maintain a multi-disciplinary prevention research center (Center) that conducts high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention public health research (hereafter referred to as prevention research); Conduct one (1) dissemination and implementation (D&I) core research project that utilizes (a) an evidence-based public health intervention (EBI) and (b) an equitable and evidence-based community engaged approach – e.g., community-based participatory research (CBPR), to address a leading cause of chronic disease morbidity or mortality in a population experiencing high levels of health disparities or health inequities;Collaborate with partners that can help translate research findings into practice within the research community (hereafter referred to as partners that translate), promote sustainability beyond the core research project, and facilitate dissemination;Disseminate research findings to community, practice, and academic audiences; Serve as a resource to other PRCs, as part of the PRC Network, for adapting, implementing, evaluating, disseminating, and translating evidence-based public health interventions at local, state, tribal, or national levels; andParticipate in the PRC Network to (a) leverage the expertise of the network members to inform individual core research project and center activities (as needed) and (b) advance the network’s collective impact in public health prevention research, policy, and practice.

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