National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Grants

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• Whole Person Reference Physiome Research and Coordination Center

  Up to $6.5MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  Our proposal for the Whole Person Physiome Research and Coordination Center (WPP-RCC) will coordinate a multi-tier network of collaboration across cli...

• Gut Microbiome and Individual Differences in Lumbosacral Radicular Pain

  Up to $5.3MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  The profile of pain severity, impact, and persistence after (surgical) treatment is heterogeneous. For example, some patients with lumbosacral radicul...

• Network modeling as a unified framework to understand inter-individual differences in chronic musculoskeletal pain

  Up to $4.6MDeadline: Jul 31, 2029open

  Summary/Abstract We want to understand inter-individual differences in the clinical trajectory of chronic musculoskeletal pain (cMSKP) and the underly...

• University of California San Diego REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health (UCSD REACH)

  Up to $3.8MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  The University of California San Diego REACH Center for Translational Science on Whole Person Health (UCSD REACH) creates partnerships between UC San ...

• Building a somatosensory atlas for interoception

  Up to $2.8MDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  /Abstract Somatosensory neurons are well-known for innervating skin and muscle and transmitting sensations such as touch, pain, itch, and propriocepti...

• Early Intervention for Postpartum PTSD: Comparing Written Exposure and Capnometry-Guided Breathing Therapy

  Up to $1.6MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  While childbirth is often viewed as a positive life event, up to one-third of women in the United States describe childbirth as traumatic. For those w...

• Examining Gut Microbiome as a Determinant of Blueberry Polyphenol Bioavailability to Optimize Dose and Phytochemical Standardization for Functional Effects in Humans

  Up to $1.4MDeadline: Aug 31, 2030open

  Blueberries are a polyphenol-rich food that has been shown to confer cardiovascular- and neuro-protective benefits in a wide range of human population...

• A Revitalized Framework for Vitamin Biology: New Sensors, Pathways and Precision Therapies

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  Our research project seeks to fundamentally transform the field of vitamin biology by applying modern scientific approaches to uncover the critical ro...

• A Virtual Center for Collaborative Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Mar 31, 2030open

  / ABSTRACT CIH institutions often lack the essential research resources and critical infrastructure necessary to support clinical research, including...

• Resource Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (R3CR)

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Mar 31, 2030open

  Conducting research involving cannabis or cannabinoids presents many challenges to scientists regarding regulatory issues and the acquisition and util...

• MINDBP - Mindfulness and Wearable Biosensors to Prevent Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

  Up to $1.3MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  /ABSTRACT Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are the most common medical condition affecting pregnancy and a leading cause of maternal morbidit...

• Chemical glycobiology tools to decipher host-microbiota interactions

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  The microbes that live in and on our bodies—our microbiota—represent an emerging field for precision medicine and personalized care. Microbiota composi...

• Role of social touch and social memory in organizing naked mole-rat colonies

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  /Abstract The East African naked mole-rat is arguably the most social animal in the mammalian kingdom, maintaining decades long harmonious communal l...

• Characterizing individual responsiveness to exercise to enable engineering of mitohormetic probiotics

  Up to $1.0MDeadline: Jul 31, 2027open

  SUMMARY Regular endurance exercise is the most effective intervention known to promote metabolic health. In animal models, the fitness benefits of en...

• 1/2 Self-directed mobile mindfulness to address ICU survivors' psychological distress: the Lift RCT

  Up to $989KDeadline: Mar 31, 2027open

  Cardiorespiratory conditions such as the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), congestive heart failure, COVID pneumonia, and sepsis are among t...

• Deciphering the crosstalk between bacteria and their mammalian hosts

  Up to $939KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  The commensal bacteria that inhabit our microbiomes have a direct impact on human health. Recent studies have shown that bacteria in the gut can even ...

• Interoceptive network that co-regulates emotional and autonomic responses

  Up to $832KDeadline: Jan 31, 2031open

  Our autonomic regulation of respiration, digestion, circulation, and immune functions is closely coupled with emotional states. Anxiety elevates blood...

• A Pragmatic Trial of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Veterans with Chronic Pain

  Up to $824KDeadline: Jul 31, 2026open

  /ABSTRACT Chronic pain is present in nearly one-third of Veterans and is frequently accompanied by comorbid trauma and mental health symptoms. Emotion...

• An Adaptive Intervention to Improve Pain Outcomes Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Patients with Comorbid Chronic Low Back Pain and Insomnia

  Up to $817KDeadline: Apr 30, 2030open

  Chronic low back pain (CLPB) affects over a half billion people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability. Sleep disturbance prospectively pred...

• The effects and mechanisms supporting psilocybin induced pain relief

  Up to $789KDeadline: Mar 31, 2031open

  Chronic phantom limb pain (cPLP) is a debilitating chronic pain disorder that is experienced by up to 64% of the 356 million people with amputations w...

Where National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health grants go

Recent grant recipients are concentrated in these states. Funders sometimes fund outside their primary states for high-fit projects, so don't self-eliminate solely on geography — check each opportunity's stated eligibility.

How to apply for National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health grants

Most National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health applications require: an organizational profile with mission and programs, a project proposal aligned with the funder's stated priorities, a project budget, and supporting attachments (IRS determination letter, board list, recent financials). Federal applicants additionally need a SAM.gov UEI and an active Grants.gov account.