OpportunityTitle: Limited Competition: Research Resource for Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Integrative Health (R24)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.  See FOA for full eligibility details.
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), seeks to solicit limited applications for continuation of an established research resource consisting of a database of primary reports of the full spectrum of complementary and integrative health controlled clinical trials. This resource will facilitate the conduct of high quality systematic reviews and when possible meta-analyses of published reports of clinical trials of complementary and integrative health treatments and interventions. The review of all published controlled clinical trials on a given topic and summary of the results in a systematic and unbiased manner provide a current best evidence for health care practitioners, patients, health care policy makers and research administration. In addition, the resource will ensure and promote access and availability to the broader scientific community and provide editorial, methodological and technical support to those utilizing the resource for systematic reviews. Applications must address the following: justification regarding why continued funding is needed from NIH; plans for maintenance of a research resource consisting of a complementary and integrative health controlled clinical trials database; plans to ensure access and availability of the resource to the scientific community; address updates of current reviews in the database; conduct of a minimum of one new and update two existing NCCIH strategic plan-related systematic reviews per year and when possible meta-analyses; and methods the investigators will use to identify new reviews and updates that align with NCCIH strategic priorities, particularly evaluating the effectiveness of mind and body complementary interventions for pain conditions.
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