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Sleep Health Disparities
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM)
Type of Organization: Foundation
Email Address: foundation@aasm.org
Funds Available for Clinical Trials: ✗ Research: ✔
Applications close 2025-01-31
The following individuals are eligible to apply:
Sleep scientists with a master’s level degree or higher are eligible to apply.
Individuals may apply for multiple AASM Foundation grants, however, the same proposal (i.e., projects with budgetary and scientific overlap) may not be submitted for multiple requests for applications in a given cycle. Additionally, if an individual submits more than one application in a given Career Development Grant cycle, the AASM Foundation will only approve funding one grant should multiple proposals submitted by the applicant receive a competitive score.
Individuals who are the Principal Investigator on an open AASM Foundation research grant at the time of the application deadline are eligible to apply if they can demonstrate that there is no budgetary or scientific overlap between their open grant and the new project they are applying for funding. If there is budgetary and/or scientific overlap between projects, the applicant must indicate their plan to close their open grant in the event their new application is selected for funding (e.g., relinquish the current grant or complete the current grant to start the new grant).
International individuals who meet all the eligibility criteria are eligible to apply; however, payment of grant funds must be accepted by the institution in US dollars and research must focus on US populations of interest in this RFA.
Other info: This AASM Foundation research grant is supported by AASM Foundation general funds.
Research Domains and Topics
This is a focused request for applications (RFA) open to sleep health disparities research projects among disadvantaged populations in the United States: racial/ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minority populations.
It is known that sleep disturbances and deficiencies contribute to poor health and are linked to multiple chronic health problems, mental wellbeing, safety, and work productivity. Additionally, sleep disturbances deficiencies, and disorders affect disadvantaged populations, which lead to disproportionate sleep health disparities in the United States (US) among Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minority populations.1 In an effort to dismantle, reduce or eliminate sleep health disparities in the US and equitably provide optimal, patient-centered, cost-effective diagnosis and care for disadvantaged populations with sleep disorders, the AASM Foundation will support sleep health disparities sleep research through the Strategic Research Grant focused on these research domains:
1. Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders
There is a need to increase access and effectiveness of sleep disorder screening and sleep healthcare services among disadvantaged groups across the lifespan, including pediatric populations. Research topics that fall under screening, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders include, but are not limited to:
Developing approaches to promote screening of poor sleep and sleep disorders among disadvantaged populations in various settings.
Projects that expand access to sleep disorder diagnosis for underrepresented communities.
Projects that increase access to treatment and improve outcomes of sleep disorders among disadvantaged patients.
2. Development and Evaluation of Interventions
There is a need to develop and evaluate innovative, multi-level (patient, provider, health system) interventions that are relevant, culturally acceptable, sustainable, and scalable to targeted disadvantaged groups across the lifespan, including pediatric populations. Research topics that fall under interventions to address sleep health disparities include, but are not limited to:
Preventive sleep medicine interventions that target disadvantaged populations early in the life course.
Interventions designed to improve sleep health awareness in disadvantaged populations.
Adapt and develop evidence-based, culturally appropriate interventions across the life course for disadvantaged populations.
Evaluate existing sleep health and sleep disorders interventions and their economic impact, benefits/harms and/or the values and preferences of these interventions for disadvantaged populations.
1 Jackson, C.L., Walker, J.R., Brown, M.K, Das, R., Jones, N.L. (2020). A workshop report on the causes and consequences of sleep health disparities. Sleep, 43(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa037
Note: Proposals must use US populations. Proposals that use populations outside of the US will not be considered.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM)
Type of Organization: Foundation
Email Address: foundation@aasm.org
Funds Available for Clinical Trials: ✗ Research: ✔
Applications close 2025-01-31
Funding Details
Requirements: EligibilityThe following individuals are eligible to apply:
Sleep scientists with a master’s level degree or higher are eligible to apply.
Individuals may apply for multiple AASM Foundation grants, however, the same proposal (i.e., projects with budgetary and scientific overlap) may not be submitted for multiple requests for applications in a given cycle. Additionally, if an individual submits more than one application in a given Career Development Grant cycle, the AASM Foundation will only approve funding one grant should multiple proposals submitted by the applicant receive a competitive score.
Individuals who are the Principal Investigator on an open AASM Foundation research grant at the time of the application deadline are eligible to apply if they can demonstrate that there is no budgetary or scientific overlap between their open grant and the new project they are applying for funding. If there is budgetary and/or scientific overlap between projects, the applicant must indicate their plan to close their open grant in the event their new application is selected for funding (e.g., relinquish the current grant or complete the current grant to start the new grant).
International individuals who meet all the eligibility criteria are eligible to apply; however, payment of grant funds must be accepted by the institution in US dollars and research must focus on US populations of interest in this RFA.
Other info: This AASM Foundation research grant is supported by AASM Foundation general funds.
Research Domains and Topics
This is a focused request for applications (RFA) open to sleep health disparities research projects among disadvantaged populations in the United States: racial/ethnic minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minority populations.
It is known that sleep disturbances and deficiencies contribute to poor health and are linked to multiple chronic health problems, mental wellbeing, safety, and work productivity. Additionally, sleep disturbances deficiencies, and disorders affect disadvantaged populations, which lead to disproportionate sleep health disparities in the United States (US) among Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minority populations.1 In an effort to dismantle, reduce or eliminate sleep health disparities in the US and equitably provide optimal, patient-centered, cost-effective diagnosis and care for disadvantaged populations with sleep disorders, the AASM Foundation will support sleep health disparities sleep research through the Strategic Research Grant focused on these research domains:
1. Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders
There is a need to increase access and effectiveness of sleep disorder screening and sleep healthcare services among disadvantaged groups across the lifespan, including pediatric populations. Research topics that fall under screening, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders include, but are not limited to:
Developing approaches to promote screening of poor sleep and sleep disorders among disadvantaged populations in various settings.
Projects that expand access to sleep disorder diagnosis for underrepresented communities.
Projects that increase access to treatment and improve outcomes of sleep disorders among disadvantaged patients.
2. Development and Evaluation of Interventions
There is a need to develop and evaluate innovative, multi-level (patient, provider, health system) interventions that are relevant, culturally acceptable, sustainable, and scalable to targeted disadvantaged groups across the lifespan, including pediatric populations. Research topics that fall under interventions to address sleep health disparities include, but are not limited to:
Preventive sleep medicine interventions that target disadvantaged populations early in the life course.
Interventions designed to improve sleep health awareness in disadvantaged populations.
Adapt and develop evidence-based, culturally appropriate interventions across the life course for disadvantaged populations.
Evaluate existing sleep health and sleep disorders interventions and their economic impact, benefits/harms and/or the values and preferences of these interventions for disadvantaged populations.
1 Jackson, C.L., Walker, J.R., Brown, M.K, Das, R., Jones, N.L. (2020). A workshop report on the causes and consequences of sleep health disparities. Sleep, 43(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa037
Note: Proposals must use US populations. Proposals that use populations outside of the US will not be considered.