The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The grant is aimed at promoting the advancement of novel informatics and data science approaches to enhance personal health understanding and improvement through actionable insights. It supports projects that develop innovative methods for personal health data collection, integration, analysis, and providing personalized risk assessments and interpretations. The goal is to further the science of personal health informatics by making information meaningful and actionable for individuals. Projects should involve end-user engagement and real-world evaluation to inform the creation of generalizable, reusable, and scalable tools, systems, and platforms. These initiatives should help individuals in understanding and improving their health by effectively presenting the results, interpretations, and limitations of personalized health assessments.