Key Points
- Research concepts describe the basic purpose, scope, and objectives of proposed research initiatives and represent an early planning stage for potential funding opportunity announcements from National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- The 2022 approval of the NIH Food Is Medicine Centers of Excellence concept paves the way for a future research program.
- Responses from a 2023 Request for Information will help to inform development of this future funding opportunity.
FIM Opportunities
The NIH Food Is Medicine Centers of Excellence program, when funded, will seek to address nutrition insecurity, disease-related malnutrition, and diet-related chronic diseases. Awardees will conduct implementation science and efficacy research on regionally appropriate and culturally sensitive Food Is Medicine services/programs, cost-effectiveness analyses, and studies to improve early diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition to improve health care quality, treatment outcomes, and wellness.
Each Center of Excellence may have two research phases. The first phase will consist of pilot/planning and possibly vanguard studies. The second phase (informed by the first) will consist of scalable Food Is Medicine research, education, patient care, and community outreach and engagement.