ORDA Featured Opportunities

Supports research on emerging infectious disease preparedness, detection, and response in community and emergency settings.

Supports research on mental health comorbidities in gambling disorder, including behavioral mechanisms, treatment approaches, and population-based studies.

Funds community-partnered participatory research on tobacco-related disease prevention in underserved communities, including cancer, cardiovascular, and pulmonary outcomes.

Supports new investigators conducting research in occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, and worker health outcomes.

Research grants prioritizing investigators from underrepresented backgrounds and those studying health disparities in Alzheimer's and dementia.

Patient-centered outcomes research addressing health outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or rare diseases. Up to $12M over 5 years.

Supports precision prevention studies, combination therapies, and comparative effectiveness research on interventions that may reduce dementia risk. Includes clinical trials and epidemiological studies targeting modifiable risk factors. Human studies only.

Career development awards for junior faculty pursuing bioethics research, including policy, clinical ethics, and research ethics. Three years of funding plus mentoring.

Supports research exploring how current decisions, policies, and systems shape health equity outcomes over the next 20+ years. Future-oriented, participatory methods encouraged.

Starter grants for new faculty establishing research programs in value assessment, health outcomes, and health services research.