Project Grant S06GM164575
- The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board $1.845 million on December 1, 2025, under the Demonstration Projects for Indian Health program (CFDA 93.933) to operate the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center through November 30, 2030. The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, a nonprofit tribal organization representing all 43 federally recognized tribes in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, delivers clinical and...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded Oregon Health & Science University $3,117,935 on September 1, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop and test a culturally tailored home-based cervical and colorectal cancer screening intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities. The funded work, titled "American Indian/Alaska Native Tailoring of a Home-Based Cervical and Colorectal...
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Incorporated (NARA NW) $5 million in project grant funding on September 30, 2025, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The award funds hepatitis C elimination services through the HEP C FREE program. NARA NW will provide hepatitis C education, testing, diagnosis, same-day...
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded Diné College $250,000 on September 9, 2025, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to establish the Navajo NARCH Partnership, a health research workforce development initiative spanning through July 31, 2030. Diné College, co-leading with Northern Arizona University and guided by a Community Advisory Board representing Navajo Nation public health, medical, research, academic, community, and governmental...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $100,000 in Project Grant S06GM164730 on August 1, 2026, under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361). ANTHC will advance Alaska Native health research priorities through career development, mentorship, and research projects addressing tribal health concerns. The center will integrate Indigenous ways of knowing with Western research methods, provide training and career enhancement...
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Incorporated $763,371 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490). NARA NW will deliver substance use screening, education, brief intervention, referral to treatment, case management, and wraparound services to the American Indian and Alaska Native population in the...
- The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Ochin, Inc. a Project Grant of $1,460,161 on August 15, 2026, under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307). Ochin will create an integrated dataset by harmonizing data from national, state, and local sources to investigate the longitudinal relationship between housing transitions and health outcomes for...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $618,866.00 to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to address health disparities in the Native American population through a pilot collaboration with the Warm Springs Tribe. The award is effective from September 29, 2024 through September 28, 2027. OHSU, a prominent academic medical center and research university, will...
- The National Institute of Nursing Research awarded Blackfeet Community College $1.324 million on September 11, 2025, under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to support a Student Career Enhancement Program that develops Native research workforce capacity in health sciences. The program engages Blackfeet Community College students in health research careers and community-based health solutions addressing chronic disease disparities in Native populations. Prior...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded the Pacific Northwest Research Institute $1,231,446 in project grant funding on August 1, 2026, under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to investigate the origin and functional impact of "hidden" structural variants in rare genetic diseases. The research examines DNA structural variants including inversions, complex genomic rearrangements, mobile element insertions, and balanced...
The National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute awarded the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board $500,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to support the Northwest Native American Research Center for Health (NW NARCH), a tribal-academic partnership designed to develop tribal research capacity and address critical tribal health issues. NW NARCH operates as a collaborative effort between the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Oregon Health & Science University, and Portland State University, representing 43 federally recognized Northwest tribal communities across Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The center addresses documented health status gaps between Northwest tribal populations and other groups, including increases in chronic disease conditions over the past two decades. The project supports the development of tribal researchers who possess cultural competency and sensitivity to unique tribal health concerns, fostering trust in research processes and enabling more successful health interventions within tribal communities. The award period runs from September 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031, with place of performance in Portland, Oregon. The funding seeks to continue and strengthen the existing tribal-academic partnership infrastructure that supports tribal research capacity-building and addresses critical tribal health priorities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/27/26 |