Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, is seeking applications for the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health cooperative agreement. Funded projects must implement evidence-based frameworks and community-based strategies to prevent and improve chronic disease outcomes, such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, within a single focus population of American Indians, Alaska Natives, or Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. Awardees are expected to establish stakeholder engagement, strengthen partnerships, conduct process and outcome evaluations, assess health needs, and develop a sustainability plan with substantial agency involvement and technical assistance. Applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov by July 15, 2026, with individual awards ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000 out of an estimated total program funding of $2,000,000.
Eligible Applicants
Any public or private nonprofit entity located in a State (which includes one of the 50 United States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands) is eligible to apply for an award under this announcement.Faith-based organizations and American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) organizations that are public or non-profit private entities are eligible to apply.Public or non-profit community-based organizations (CBOs) are eligible to apply. Non-profit private institutions of higher education are eligible to apply.