The purpose of this announcement is to notify the research community that the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is interested in receiving administrative supplements to grants focused on skin research uncovering the basis for inferior diagnosis, increased prevalence, elevated clinical severity, and altered treatment response in Black Americans and African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Asians and Asian Americans, and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders with skin diseases.

This NOSI invites administrative supplements to active grants  on improving the understanding of skin diseases and conditions within the NIAMS mission in patients with under studied skin types. The generated knowledge should yield basic, translational, and clinical insights to improve health pertinent to disorders of skin and specifically benefit Black Americans and African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Asians and Asian Americans, and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders as populations with under-studied skin types. It may also gather evidence towards a future innovative study or new scientific direction to accelerate research in these under studied skin types.

Active awards with project end dates in FY 2025 or later are eligible. All grant awards made by NIAMS are eligible for this initiative except for the following mechanisms: F30, F31, F32, F33, T32, K01, K08, K23, K24, K99/R00, P30, R03, R13, R15, and R34.

Application Due Date(s) – October 2, 2023, April 2, 2024 , October 2, 2024

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