The Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) and its partners fund projects from teams of United States and Mexican researchers from select universities for basic and applied collaborative research, public policy, public service, and education projects that apply research to issues of health and migration in the United States and Mexico through its Request For Proposals and Dissertation Grants.

This grants program aims to create a binational network of researchers and inform policy decisions on health issues related to migration by enhancing the understanding of and knowledge base about migration and the associated health-related problems that immigrants face. All research is conducted from a binational perspective with teams representing both countries.