ARRA OS: Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Accelerating Implementation of Comparative Effectiveness Findings on Clinical and Delivery System Interventions by Leveraging AHRQ Networks (R18)
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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RFA-HS-10-014
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Feb 05, 2010
Creation Date:
Feb 05, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 24, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 24, 2010
Archive Date:
Apr 24, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$13,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$16,660,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
93.715
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Recovery Act-Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized).
Agency Name
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Description
Purpose. This AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to AHRQ under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites Research Demonstration and Dissemination grant (R18) applicationsto promote the increased implementation and widespread use of findings from comparative effectiveness research (CER) that have been demonstrated to improve the prevention, diagnosis, management or treatment of a clinical condition or to otherwise improve care quality, improve access to care, reduce disparities, or improve population-based measures of health outcomes. For purposes of this FOA, the scope of CER findings includes not only clinical findings but also findings on the effectiveness of implementation approaches, including behavioral change and delivery system strategies, as spelled out in the Federal Coordinating Council recommendations and Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations. This FOA also reflects HHS recognition that, for the CER enterprise to be successful, funds must be directed at accelerating the dissemination and translation of CER findings into health care practice improvement. To achieve maximum impact, applicants will leverage broad-based, multi-stakeholder or multi-site collaborations or partnerships to develop and implement comprehensive initiatives composed of one or more interventions and strategies, including, but not limited to, those listed below (see below, Nature of this Funding Opportunity.
