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UNC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

Award Number: K12AR085544
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2030

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UNC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Significant gaps remain in the study of women’s health and understanding the effect of biological sex differences on disease risk, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From birth through childhood and adolescence into reproductive age and beyond, women encounter barriers affecting their opportunities, outcomes, and quality of life. The mission of the University of North Carolina Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program is to mentor and train early career investigators to become independent interdisciplinary translational science researchers who study high priority areas in women’s health, explore sex influences on health and disease and also incorporate research strategies to promote health across the lifespan. Our priorities are to address crosscutting interdisciplinary themes from the 2024-28 NIH-wide Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research and continuous evaluation of scholar progress and program effectiveness. We propose the following aims: (1) Training and mentorship: Facilitate research skills training, holistic, interdisciplinary mentorship, and career development to catalyze the transition of promising women’s health investigators to independent researchers; (2) Team science and translational research: Support early investigators in conducting interdisciplinary team science-driven translational research that fosters their acumen to conduct innovative women’s health research across the lifespan. Core National Institutes of Health (NIH) research priority areas aligning with strengths at UNC include maternal health, metabolic disorders, behavioral health, infectious disease, and cancer; (3) Health across the lifespan and stakeholder engagement: Bridge the interaction between biological perspectives and external health factors by training the next generation of women’s health investigators in how research design can incorporate stakeholder engagement to study and improve women’s health outcomes; and (4) Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement: Provide comprehensive evaluation and continuous quality improvement to guide decision-making, program improvement, and outcomes/impacts assessment. Our experienced interdisciplinary mentorship team, along with UNC’s substantial institutional resources, will create a program which is ready to addresses the common challenges faced by early career investigators and ensure our program trains scholars whose research will address significant health issues women’s health, promote innovation, and improve the lives of women across the U.S.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $856,204 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	2	6/3/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$856,204
														Subtotal = $856,204

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $859,729 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	001	1	8/19/2025	NEW	$0
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research	000	1	8/8/2025	NEW	$859,729
														Subtotal = $859,729

Grand Total All Awards = $1,715,933

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UNC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health

Award Number: K12AR085544

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS & MUSCULOSKELETAL & SKIN DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/15/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2030

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