# WMAT-JHU NARCH IX Application

> **NIH NIH S06** · WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE · 2020 · $745,516

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY:
The White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have partnered
successfully on NARCH I, III, V, VI, VII, and VIII. Each NARCH application has included an integrated
focus on training and community driven research which has deepened our understanding of local and
cross-tribal health disparities, produced new public health solutions and added to the continuous
development of our innovative training model that combines student and faculty development. Overall
goals of the WMAT-JHU NARCH IX initiative are to: 1) increase the pool of trained American Indian/
Alaska Native (AI/AN) scientists and research professionals; 2) strengthen our partnership with JHU
and other research institutions through innovative CBPR projects and learning across WMA and
western cultural and scientific knowledge and world views; and 3) field innovative, strengths-based
and culturally driven research to combat major AI/AN health disparities. The WMAT-JHU NARCH IX
application includes four components to meet these goals: 1) a student and faculty development
project that will integrate academic and field-based research training, and 2) three NARCH research
projects targeting substance abuse, suicide and STIs--leading Apache and other AI/AN health
disparities. The research projects are designed to provide a supportive, multi-disciplined platform for
training AI investigators on broad scientific research methods and will contribute new cultural and
scientific understanding to protective factor-based intervention development and outcomes in AI/AN
settings. Apache scientists will build skills in: biomedical and behavioral sciences, qualitative and
quantitative research methods, culturally grounded development and deep structure adaptation of
strengths-based evidence-informed interventions; and, rigorous, culturally competent evaluation
approaches. The studies are built upon previous NARCH research findings, will apply innovative
methods and approaches, and tap cultural and community assets to address major AI health
disparities across the lifespan with potential for intergenerational impact. Activities have been
selected and will be guided by the existing White Mountain Apache NARCH Community Advisory
Board.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10020999
- **Project number:** 5S06GM123547-04
- **Recipient organization:** WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE
- **Principal Investigator:** MARIDDIE J CRAIG
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $745,516
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-21 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10020999

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10020999, WMAT-JHU NARCH IX Application (5S06GM123547-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10020999. Licensed CC0.

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