Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA DK 19 002
The Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) opportunity, listed as RFA-DK-19-002, is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant program run through the Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Its purpose is to strengthen and expand the national research infrastructure in nutrition and obesity by funding institutions that can operate a centralized, shared-resource center embedded within an already strong and active nutrition and/or obesity research enterprise. Rather than funding a single stand-alone research project, this mechanism supports a coordinated center model that improves how research is conducted across many investigators and projects at the applicant institution.
At its core, the NORC program is meant to increase the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness, and multidisciplinary nature of nutrition and obesity research. The FOA emphasizes that proposed centers should be part of an integrated, existing program of excellence, meaning applicants are expected to already have substantial ongoing research activity, experienced investigators, and a track record that demonstrates the need for, and likely impact of, shared core resources. The NORC structure is designed to lower barriers for investigators by providing centralized services and expertise that multiple projects can use, encouraging collaboration across departments and disciplines and helping move findings more quickly from basic science to clinical and population-level application.
The announcement highlights three main categories of supported activities. First are Research Core services, which are shared facilities, services, and technical or methodological resources that can be accessed by a community of investigators to support nutrition and obesity research. These cores typically function as the backbone of the center, enabling standardized methods, higher-quality data generation, cost efficiencies through shared equipment and staff expertise, and improved study design and analytic rigor through specialized consultation. Second is a Pilot and Feasibility (P and F) program, which provides smaller-scale support to stimulate new ideas, help investigators generate preliminary data, and encourage entry into the field or movement into new research directions. This component is often used to cultivate early-stage investigators, foster innovative high-risk concepts that are not yet ready for large-scale funding, and seed collaborative projects that may later compete successfully for independent NIH awards. Third is an Enrichment program, which supports activities that broaden and deepen the center’s scientific environment, such as seminars, workshops, visiting speaker series, training-related events, and other efforts that build community, share emerging methods, and promote cross-disciplinary interactions among researchers focused on nutrition and obesity.
This is a discretionary grant using the P30 center core grant mechanism, and it is labeled “Clinical Trial Optional,” indicating that clinical trials may be included when appropriate but are not required as a condition of the award. The program also sits within a larger national NORC network; at the time described in the source information, NIDDK’s NORC program consisted of 12 centers located at high-performing research institutions with documented excellence in nutrition and/or obesity research. The FOA anticipates making about five awards under this specific competition, with an award ceiling of $750,000 (as listed in the opportunity data). The opportunity was created on March 13, 2019, with an original closing date of June 2, 2020.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of domestic organizations that can support a major research center enterprise. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (with and without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations (excluding small businesses and also including small businesses as a separate eligible category), and various governmental entities such as state, county, and city governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations (with distinctions noted for federally recognized entities). In practical terms, the center concept and the emphasis on an established, integrated research program generally aligns best with research-intensive institutions that already have a substantial portfolio in nutrition and obesity and a critical mass of investigators who would use shared cores and benefit from coordinated enrichment and pilot funding.
Overall, the NORC FOA is about building and sustaining research capacity, not simply supporting one lab or one study. Successful applications are expected to show how the proposed cores, pilot funding, and enrichment activities will measurably strengthen an institution’s nutrition and obesity research ecosystem, increase collaboration and scientific output, improve access to specialized tools and expertise, and position investigators to compete more effectively for additional peer-reviewed funding while contributing to the broader national effort to understand and address obesity and nutrition-related health outcomes.Apply for RFA DK 19 002
- The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health in the food and nutrition, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.847.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 02, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: 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 tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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