Funding Opportunities
Specific Funding Opportunities
PCORI Seeks Applications to Fund $120 Million in Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent, non-profit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions. On May 22 PCORI released its first primary research funding announcements to support comparative clinical effectiveness research that will give patients and those who care for them the ability to make more informed health care choices. The deadline for Letters of Intent is June 15. See for more information
HRSA Funding Opportunity: National Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
The creation of a National Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice was announced by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).The Center will help accelerate team work and collaboration among doctors, nurses and other health professionals by developing and evaluating interprofessional education programs, and identifying and disseminating best practices and lessons learned. To facilitate this critical work, the four foundations will provide the Center with up to $8.6 million in grants over five years. HRSA is currently accepting proposals from academic sites around the United States that are interested in hosting the center. See for more information
Innovative Health Information Technology for Broad Adoption by Healthcare Systems and Consumers (SBIR)
(R44) PA-12-196 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop and disseminate evidence-based health information technology (health IT) products that have the potential to 1) prevent or reduce the risk of cancer , 2) facilitate patient-provider communication, and/or 3) improve disease outcomes. The SBC must have received a prior Phase I award or may apply for a Fast-Track (Phase I/Phase II) under this FOA. The purpose of this FOA is to facilitate the transition of SBIR-funded projects to the commercialization stage and to achieve broad scale dissemination of the products. This FOA is expected to promote partnerships between SBC's and large businesses or health-related organizations with the capacity to fully commercialize and disseminate the product. Consistent with the goals of the SBIR funding initiatives, Phase II and Fast-Track SBIR applications must submit a Commercialization Plan, which should include details on how large business or health-related organization(s) will partner with the small business applicant for commercialization and dissemination of the proposed product. See for more information
Funding Opportunity: Community Transformation Grant (CTG) program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced available funding of $70 million to improve the health of small communities across the nation. Grants will be awarded to governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations across a variety of sectors, including transportation, housing, education, and public health, in an effort to save lives and control the nation’s growing health care costs associated with preventable chronic diseases. The CDC expects to make 25 to 50 competitive grant awards under the CTG Small Communities Program, with successful applicants announced in September 2012. The official funding opportunity announcement for the Community Transformation Grant program Small Communities component can be found at www.Grants.gov by searching for NCCDPHP CDC-RFA-DP12-1216PPHF12: “PPHF 2012: Community Transformation Grants - Small Communities Programs financed solely by 2012 Prevention and Public Health Funds"
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