Purpose:
The
National Institute for Food and Agriculture requests applications for the Rural
Health and Safety Education (RHSE) program to support quality of life in rural
communities across the United States by addressing the relationship between
rural prosperity and rural health and safety in the context of food,
agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. In FY 2020, NIFA is soliciting applications for RHSE in
the area of Individual and Family Health Education. The
RHSE program proposals in the individual and family health education area are
expected to be health education projects that provide individuals and families
living in rural areas with:
·
Information as to the value of good
health at any age;
·
Information to increase individual or
families’ motivation to take more responsibility for their own health, including
in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
·
Information about and access to health
promotion activities;
·
Information to support the utilization of
telehealth, telemedicine, and distance learning strategies for opioid education
and training in minority rural communities.
·
Training for volunteers and health
services providers concerning health promotion and health care services for
individuals and families in cooperation with state, local and community
partners.
Proposals
submitted to the RHSE program in FY 2020 and FY 2021 may focus on the
prevention and/or reduction of opioid misuse and abuse per Congressional
guidance for this program. Proposals may
also focus on helping prevent spread of SARS-CoV-2 and in mitigating infection
and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
The RHSE program will support:
a) projects implementing new Extension
programs or approaches in the area of individual and family health education
focused on 1) the prevention and/or reduction of opioid/substance misuse and
abuse, or 2) the prevention and/or mitigation of infection and transmission of
SARS-CoV-2;
b) projects implementing new Extension
programs or approaches that support the utilization of telehealth, telemedicine,
and distance learning strategies for education and training in minority rural
communities related to opioids or SARS-CoV-2; and
c) projects seeking to scale-up to State or multi-state levels
already established programs or approaches with demonstrated evidence of impact
in the area of individual and family health education focused on the prevention
and/or reduction of opioid misuse and abuse. An applicant may form a
multi-state partnership to support scaling-up a program or approach.
Note:
RHSE
projects must be implemented in federally classified rural counties (2013
Rural-Urban Continuum Codes table at: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes/.)
Funding
Amount/ Project Period:
up to $350,000, up to 2
years
Link
to Funding Opportunity Announcement
Institutional
Limit: 1
Internal
Competition: To
participate in the university’s selection process,please
submit the following, assembled
into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research
via this
portal, with a copy to your Associate Dean for
Research by June 9, 2020:
·
Names and departments or affiliations of
the Project Director and other key personnel or partners
·
Title of program and/or funding
opportunity announcement number
·
Brief project description (2 pages
maximum)
·
Budget
·
Brief biographical
sketch
A committee
will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions
or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission
mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.
Agency
Deadline: July 1,
2020