Social and Community Influences Across the Lifecourse – SCIL
Review Branch Summary
The Social and Community Influences across the Lifecourse (SCIL) Review Branch is led by Dr. Elia Ortenberg. Applications appropriate for review in the SCIL study sections include studies that examine or identify social, interpersonal, community, and cultural influences on health, development, and well-being across the life span. Proposed studies cover a wide range of topics: Social development, group or community-level risk and protective factors, ethics, and community or population-level determinants of health. They also employ a wide range of study designs ranging from intervention studies in clinical trials, mixed methods approaches, longitudinal studies, and non-interventional study designs.
Study Sections
- Community & Place-Based Determinants of Health *Begins October 2026 Council Round (Cycle I due dates).
CPDH
- Psychosocial Influences on Healthy Development *Begins October 2026 Council Round (Cycle I due dates).
PIHD
PDAH
- Social Determinants of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Psychological Health *Begins October 2026 Council Round (Cycle I due dates).
SBCP
- Social and Environmental Determinants of Health SEDH
- Societal and Ethical Issues in Research SEIR
- Social & Interpersonal Processes of Health Disparities *Begins October 2026 Council Round (Cycle I due dates).
SIPH
- Training and Career Development: Social and Community Influences Across the Lifecourse T36A
- Training and Career Development: AIDS, Behavioral, and Population Sciences T36B
- Small Business: Social and Community Influences across the Lifecourse SCIL (10)
- Small Business: Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Processes SCIL (11)
