Addressing Suicide Research Gaps: Aggregating and Mining Existing Data Sets for Secondary Analyses (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA MH 20 307

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Addressing Suicide Research Gaps: Aggregating and Mining Existing Data Sets for Secondary Analyses (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-MH-20-307; CFDA 93.242) aimed at improving what can be learned about suicide risk and suicide-related burden by making better use of data that already exist. The core purpose of the announcement is to fund projects that link and integrate pertinent information from structured healthcare system records with mortality data, so researchers can more accurately identify risk factors for suicide and quantify outcomes among people who show up in healthcare settings. A key example highlighted is connecting records of suicide attempt events documented in healthcare systems to death records, which can help clarify who later dies by suicide and under what circumstances, reducing the gaps that occur when healthcare and mortality data remain siloed.

The emphasis is on aggregation, linkage, and mining of existing datasets for secondary analyses rather than launching new clinical interventions or prospective trials. The FOA explicitly indicates an R01 mechanism and specifies Clinical Trial Not Allowed, meaning the work should focus on observational or data-science driven approaches using existing sources, such as electronic health records and administrative healthcare data, combined with vital records or other mortality datasets. The broader intent is to enable a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of suicide risk trajectories in real-world, structured care environments, where documentation practices, coding, follow-up patterns, and subsequent outcomes can be examined at scale once datasets are properly connected.

This is a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) in the health research area, issued by NIH, and it was created on 2019-11-20 with an original closing date of 2020-02-10. The listed award ceiling is $500,000, indicating the maximum budget level expected per award under this announcement. While the source text does not specify the number of expected awards, the primary budgeting detail provided is the ceiling, which helps applicants frame project scope, personnel, and data access or linkage costs within that limit.

Eligibility is broad and spans many organization types, reflecting the cross-sector nature of health data and suicide prevention research. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments (including special districts), independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (outside of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. In addition, the FOA explicitly calls out other eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities, Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized entities, and U.S. territories or possessions. This inclusive eligibility list suggests NIH is encouraging diverse institutional participation and recognizing that meaningful suicide-related data resources and expertise may sit in many different settings.

In practical terms, the opportunity is designed to support projects that can bring together fragmented information so that suicide-related events documented in healthcare settings can be connected to ultimate mortality outcomes. By enabling more reliable linkages and robust secondary analyses, funded work is expected to strengthen evidence about risk factors, improve estimates of burden, and help inform prevention strategies and policy decisions grounded in real-world healthcare data rather than limited or incomplete snapshots.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Addressing Suicide Research Gaps: Aggregating and Mining Existing Data Sets for Secondary Analyses (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-11-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-02-10. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
• 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.

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