Advancing Personal Health Informatics: NIH Funding Opportunity PAR-25-235
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have opened applications for PAR-25-235, a Research Project Grant (R01) focused on Personal Health Informatics. This program seeks to advance the development of novel informatics and data science approaches that provide individuals with meaningful, actionable insights to improve their health.
Scope of the Opportunity
The primary objective is to move beyond simple data collection and toward sophisticated, AI-driven analysis that empowers users. Key areas of interest include:
- Extracting and interpreting patterns from personal health data using AI/ML.
- Developing personalized, informatics-based interventions.
- Integrating multi-source data including Electronic Health Records (EHRs), wearables, and social determinants of health.
- Ensuring tools are accessible to populations with varying health literacy and technical sophistication.
Eligibility and Participation
This funding opportunity is inclusive of various organizational structures. Eligible applicants include:
- Higher Education Institutions (Public and Private).
- Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status.
- For-profit organizations, including Small Businesses.
- State, Local, and Federal Government agencies.
- Non-domestic (Foreign) Entities and components of U.S. Organizations.
Partnership and User Engagement
A critical component of this NOFO is the emphasis on human-centered design. Applicants are encouraged to involve end users and communities as research partners throughout the entire process. Proposals should demonstrate how informatics tools can be designed to be generalizable, reusable, and scalable, ensuring that findings can benefit a broad spectrum of the public.
Important Deadline: New applications are due on October 5, 2026.
Source: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-235.html
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