HIV/AIDS, Severe Mental Illness And Homelessness (R01)

-Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites research grant applications focused on persons with severe mental illness (SMI), either before or after HIV infection, and the expansion of HIV-related research to include homeless persons. The FOA solicits studies on the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of effective HIV-prevention interventions, and studies related to the epidemiology of HIV infection in the target populations. Multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances are encouraged. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) grant mechanism, Applications of related or identical scientific scope are also solicited under the NIH Small Research Grant (R03), the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21), and the NIMH Clinical Exploratory Research Grant (R34) grant mechanisms, responding to FOAs PA-06-180, PA-06-181, and PAR-06-248, respectively. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.