Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

Description

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Program Cooperative Agreement (U19) applications from organizations that propose a Research Center in outcomes and effectiveness research and focus in one of two programmatic themes:patients served by (1) Medicare; or (2) State Medicaid and/or Childrens Health Insurance (CHIP) programs.This FOA is intended to support (a) one to two comprehensive primary research studies that are designed to produce objective scientific evidence for informing evidence-based decision-making by Medicare, State Medicaid, and/or CHIP patients; (b) a dissemination project that transfers knowledge from a Centers primary research studies to appropriate stakeholders; (c) Center infrastructure including research data, personnel, pilot research studies, learning forums on research methods, multicenter collaborations, and a stakeholder technical expert panel; and (d) each Centers shared responsibility in program governance and scientific oversight through active participation in a multicenter consortia focused on either Medicare or on State Medicaid/CHIP.Interventional or observational research studies that assess the quality, effectiveness, or safety of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, behavioral, health information technology, or health systems interventions on patient health outcomes will be considered under this FOA.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others

Contact

NIH OER Webmaster <br/>FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV <br/>
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV