Federal Funding for EMSC Program-Related Activities
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AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
Grant Title: Closing the Gap in Healthcare Disparities through Dissemination and Implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research
Application Deadline: July 31, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to identify strategies to engage stakeholders through shared decision making that can be used to effectively implement interventions specific to health care delivery systems, clinicians, and/or patients that focus on the reduction of racial/ethnic healthcare disparities in under-resourced settings. The effective strategies will incorporate the translation, dissemination, and implementation of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings for racial/ethnic minority populations. Successful applicants are required to demonstrate an ability to leverage the capacities of relevant and diverse stakeholders in their strategies to reduce healthcare disparities in under-resourced settings.
Grant Title: Advances in Patient Safety through Simulation Research
Application Deadline: Standard dates apply, please see submission schedule.
Grant Details: AHRQ is interested in funding a diverse set of projects that develop, test and evaluate various simulation approaches for the purpose of improving the safe delivery of health care. Simulation in health care predominately is a training technique that exposes individuals and teams to realistic clinical challenges through the use of mannequins, task trainers, virtual reality, standardized patients or other forms, and allows participants to experience in real-time the consequences of their decisions and actions. The principal advantage of simulation is that it provides a safe environment for health care practitioners to acquire valuable experience without putting patients at risk. Simulation also can be used as a test-bed to improve clinical processes and to identify failure modes or other areas of concern in new procedures and technologies that might otherwise be unanticipated and serve as threats to patient safety. Applications that address a variety of simulation techniques, clinical settings, provider groups, priority populations, patient conditions, and threats to safety are welcomed.
Grant Title: Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety II
Application Deadline: January 7, 2014
Grant Details: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity (FOA) is to support Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) grant applications from organizations that will implement safe practice interventions that demonstrate evidence of reducing or eliminating medical errors, risks, hazards, and harms associated with the process of health care. These 24 month implementation projects will inform AHRQ, providers, patients, payers, policy makers, and the public about how safe practice interventions can be successfully implemented in diverse health care settings and lead to safer and better health care for all Americans. This FOA follows the release of an earlier FOA in 2005 that resulted in the release of successful implementation projects and toolkits available to the public. Background information on the earlier FOA can be found at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/FOA-files/FOA-HS-05-012.html. Examples of and Information on projects from the initial Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety FOA can be found at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pips/. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the AHRQ Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18) award mechanism. The individual researcher sponsored by each organizational grantee will be solely responsible for planning, directing, and executing his or her proposed projects. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the number, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.
Grant Title: AHRQ Small Research Grant Program
Application Deadline: Standard dates apply, please see schedule.
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and, development of new research technology.
Grant Title: Understanding User Needs and Context to Inform Consumer Health Information Technology (IT) Design
Application Deadline: Standard dates apply, please see submission schedule.
Grant Details: This is a Large Research Project (R01) FOA to express AHRQ’s interest in funding research projects that will build a knowledge base of individuals’ personal health information management (PHIM) needs and practices and the design principles related to these activities. The increased interest in and availability of consumer health information technology (IT) applications meant to assist consumers in managing their personal health information has rapidly increased over the past decade. Many other industries have greatly benefited from design principles that take into account user needs and context, which help designers improve the utility of information management tools among a heterogeneous population of users. Individuals are the end users of consumer health IT; however, there is still a lack of basic research around these end users’ PHIM practices and needs and how these methods are influenced by a multitude of other contextual factors (e.g., care settings, demographics, motivations, user capabilities and limitations, informal caregiving networks, technology sophistication, and access to Internet) that, typically, represent a mixture of facilitators or barriers to adequate PHIM. This FOA looks to bridge the chasm that currently exists between consumer health IT designers and the users themselves, by bolstering basic research to better understand users’ PHIM practices, needs, and goals as they are intrinsically shaped by an array of contextual factors.
Grant Title: Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Process in the Context of Health Information Technology (IT)
Application Deadline: July 6, 2014
Grant Details: This is a Large Research Project (R01) FOA to express AHRQ’s interest in funding research aimed at elucidating the nature of cognition, task distribution, and clinical work in various health care delivery settings. Research projects funded under this FOA will address current knowledge gaps regarding our understanding of health care providers’ information needs and health care decision making processes, both individually and collectively, and as a health care team (composed of doctors, nurses, therapists, and administrative staff).
Grant Title: AHRQ Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators
Application Deadline: December 18, 2013, December 18, 2014
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by AHRQ, invites applications for Mentored Career Enhancement grant awards (K18) in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR). The program targets established mid-career and senior investigators who are interested in developing new skills in comparative effectiveness research methodology and applying these methods to patient-centered outcome research (PCOR); it will utilize the short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Award Mechanism (K18). The total amount to be awarded by AHRQ and the number of awards will depend upon the quality and merit of applications received and the availability of funds.
Grant Title: Infrastructure Development Program in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Application Deadline(s): December 19, 2013, December 19, 2014
Grant Details: This FOA solicits Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) grant applications from organizations that propose to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information to patients, clinicians, policy makers, and health care administrators, responding to their expressed needs about which clinical and health system design interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances. This FOA will use the AHRQ Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) grant mechanism. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.
Grant Title: AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
Application Deadline: August 8, 2015
Grant Details: The overall goal of the AHRQ Health Services Research Dissertation Grant Program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained health services researchers is available in adequate numbers and appropriate research areas to address the research mission and priorities of AHRQ. This program is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 299a(b), which provides that AHRQ may provide training grants in the field of health services research. The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans in the United States.
Grant Title: AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)
Application Deadline: September 25, 2015 (Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of the applicant organization.)
Grant Details: The Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (R18) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R18 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and portfolio priority research interests of AHRQ.
Grant Title: AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
Application Deadline: November 5, 2015
Grant Details: The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and portfolio priority research interests of AHRQ.
Grant Title: AHRQ Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows (F32) National Research Service Awards (NRSA)
Application Deadline: December 8, 2015
Grant Details: The purpose of this individual postdoctoral research training fellowship is to provide support to promising fellows with the potential to become productive, independent investigators in health services research, with a research interest in areas and priorities relevant to the mission of AHRQ. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) grant mechanism (F32). Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The total amount to be awarded and the number of F32 fellowships awarded will depend on the quality and scientific merit of the applications received, their relevance to the program priorities of AHRQ and the availability of funds.
Grant Title: AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
Application Deadline: February 13, 2016
Grant Details: The primary purpose of the AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Awards (K08) program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. This program represents the continuation of an AHRQ program that provides support and “protected time” to individuals with a clinical doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in health services research. The award can be used both by individuals who propose to newly embark in health services research training and those who had a hiatus in their research careers because of illness or family circumstances. The award is also available to promote research workforce diversity by providing enhanced research career development opportunities.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Grant Title: Implementation of Essentials for Childhood: Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments
Application Deadline: June 24, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of this funding is to support sustainable, multi-sectorial collective impact efforts that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Specifically, state health departments will be funded to 1) coordinate and manage existing and new partnerships with other child maltreatment prevention organizations and non-traditional partners to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children; 2) work with partners to identify strategies across sectors that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; 3) identify, coordinate, monitor and report on the strategies implemented by multi-sector partners; 4) coordinate improvement processes (e.g., continuous quality improvement) for multi-sector partners to refine strategies that support safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments; and 5) establish state-level impact of these efforts.
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Grant Title: Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program
Application Deadline: June 17, 2013
Grant Details: This announcement solicits applications for the Rural Access to Emergency Devices (RAED) Grant Program. The purpose of the RAED Grant Program is to 1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that have been approved, or cleared for marketing, by the Food and Drug Administration; 2) provide defibrillator and basic life support training in automated external defibrillator usage through the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized training courses, and 3) place the AEDs in rural communities with local organizations.
Grant Title: State and Regional Approaches to Improving Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy
Application Deadline: June 19, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of this activity is to provide up to seven (7) grants to support state and local governments in their efforts to improve access to health and other services for children and youths with epilepsy (CYE) residing in rural and/or medically underserved areas[1]. No more than one successful grantee will be affiliated with the Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Service Collaboratives for each region[2]. Each project will undertake a state or multi-state regional approach toward addressing the maldistribution of resources and services for these CYE. Replicating and building on successful programs and promising practices identified by Project Access[3] grantees (Project Access is a national initiative funded by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau from 2003-2012. The goal of Project Access is primarily to increase awareness of epilepsy and improve access to coordinated and comprehensive care for CYE) that promote early recognition, timely diagnosis, and access to appropriate care, particularly to underserved geographical areas and groups, the project will seek to implement a community-based system of services for these CYE and their families as defined by the following components: (1) patient/family-centered care evidenced by partnerships between professionals and CYE and their families; (2) access to a culturally competent patient/family-centered medical home which coordinates comprehensive care; (3) access to adequate health insurance and financing of services; (4) early and continuous screening for epilepsy and associated co-morbid conditions; (5) community services organized for easy use, and (6) successful transition to adult system of care. Additionally, in order to better meet the various needs of this population in part by aligning the public health and child health care delivery systems, the following will have to be implemented: developing and fostering collaborative partnerships among health and social service agencies, families, health professionals and payers, utilizing quality improvement methodologies, and working closely with the state Maternal and Child Health (Title V) Program.
Grant Title: Affordable Care Act - Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Expansion Grants
Application Deadline: July 1, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of this announcement is to solicit applications for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Competitive Expansion Grant program. Expansion Grants recognize states and jurisdictions that have made significant progress towards implementing a high-quality home visiting program as part of a comprehensive, high-quality early childhood system and are ready and able to take effective programs to scale. 1 Grantees will use the funds to expand the scale and/or scope of evidence-based home visiting programs through increased enrollment and retention of families served. Additionally, this funding opportunity will continue the program’s emphasis on rigorous research by grounding the proposed work in relevant empirical literature and by including requirements to evaluate work proposed under this grant. 1 The intention here is to expand existing home visiting programs which have proven to be effective, to a larger proportion of eligible families or communities. 2 Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511(d) (4). In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, approximately $68,328,000 will be available to support 10 – 12 competitive Expansion Grants to eligible states and jurisdictions under the MIECHV program. Successful applicants will be awarded FY 2013 competitive Expansion Grant funds, in addition to the FY2013 MIECHV formula based funds.
Grant Title: Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network
Application Deadline: July 1, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network (MCH-MRN) is to support a forum that will create a national agenda for health measurement research by producing an evolving compendium of available high quality measures of maternal and child health, and by identifying gaps in existing measures for future development purposes. The MCH-MRN will thus provide national leadership in enhancing and developing a set of culturally competent health measures for: MCH programmatic planning; screening; service provision; interventions that promote physical and psychosocial health and well-being; and clinical decision-making for primary and secondary prevention of disease, injury, and behavioral issues among at-risk mothers, children (including children with special healthcare needs), adolescents, and families. The MCH-MRN will address health measurement research for at-risk mothers, children (including children with special health care needs), adolescents, and families, with a focus on programmatic applications.
Grant Title: Safe Schools/Healthy Students State Planning, Local Education Agency, and Local Community Cooperative Agreements
Application Deadline: July 1, 2013
Grant Details: The purpose of the SS/HS State Program is to create safe and supportive schools and communities by bringing the SS/HS model to scale at the state/tribe level by building partnerships among educational, behavioral health, and criminal/juvenile justice systems. By implementing this program, SAMHSA expects to achieve an increase in the number of children and youth who have access to behavioral health services; a decrease in the number of students who abuse substances; an increase in supports for early childhood development; improvements in school climate; and a reduction in the number of students who are exposed to violence.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Grant Title: National Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines Strategy
Application Date: June 20, 2013
Grant Details: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems are committed to improving health outcomes from traffic crashes and other emergencies. Currently, most existing treatment protocols for prehospital care are based on a combination of customary practices and the judgments of individual medical directors. This can result in adjacent EMS jurisdictions with similar populations and resources that have different guidelines for specific clinical conditions. Variations in clinical practice are known to result in variations in patient outcomes. A growing body of medical research has clearly demonstrated that improved health outcomes result from the use of treatment protocols based on systematic reviews of the scientific evidence, rather than those based on individual clinical judgment. In order to achieve optimal outcomes for traffic crashes and other medical emergencies, it is important to promote widespread adoption of prehospital guidelines that are based upon the best medical evidence available. In 2008, the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS) and the National EMS Advisory Council (NEMSAC) cosponsored, with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a national meeting to develop a National prehospital Evidence-Based Guideline (EBG) Model Process. This model process has already been used to successfully develop guidelines for pediatric seizures, prehospital pain management, and the use of air ambulances to transport trauma patients from the scene of injury. The EBG Model Process uses a comprehensive, systems approach that requires the multidisciplinary collaboration of EMS and medical professionals from many disciplines.This project endeavors to improve the quality of prehospital emergency care provided at the local level by supporting a national EMS or medical organization to develop a sustainable National Prehospital EBG Implementation Strategy.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Grant Title: NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13)
Application Deadline: February 20, 2014, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Grant Details: NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health are awarded for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.
Grant Title: Development of Appropriate Pediatric Formulations and Drug Delivery Systems SBIR
Application Deadline: Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) to address different and complementary research needs for the development appropriate pediatric drug formulations in different age groups. This FOA also encourages the development and testing of novel drug delivery systems in the pediatric population. The goal of this FOA is not to duplicate or compete with the private sector but to complement and accelerate the development of appropriate pediatric drugs formulations and drug delivery systems.
Grant Title: Research Project Grant
Application Deadline: September 7, 2014
Grant Details: The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the stated program interests of one or more of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on descriptions of their programs.
Grant Title: mHealth Tools to Promote Effective Patient-Provider Communication, Adherence to Treatment and Self Management of Chronic Diseases in Underserved Populations
Application Deadline: September 7, 2014
Grant Details: The purpose of this initiative issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) is to stimulate research utilizing Mobile Health (mHealth) tools aimed at the improvement of effective patient-provider communication, adherence to treatment and self-management of chronic diseases in underserved populations. With the rapid expansion of cellular networks and substantial advancements in Smartphone technologies, it is now possible - and affordable - to transmit patient data digitally from remote areas to specialists in urban areas, receive real-time feedback, and capture that consultation in a database. mHealth tools, therefore, may facilitate more timely and effective patient-provider communication through education communication around goal setting, treatment reminders, feedback on patient progress and may improve health outcomes. This announcement encourages the development, testing and comparative effective analysis of interventions utilizing mHealth technologies in underserved populations.
Grant Title: Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
Application Deadline: July 6, 2014
Grant Details: The purpose of the NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) is to support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research. Individuals with a clinical degree who are interested in further career development in biomedical research that is not patient-oriented should refer to the Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development (Parent K08) Award. Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact the relevant NIH staff for IC-specific programmatic and budgetary information: Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements and Staff Contacts.
Grant Title: Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (R01)
Application Deadline: May 7, 2015
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to improve the quality and quantity of research related to emergency medical services for children (EMSC), with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery. This FOA invites the submission of applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted.
Grant Title: Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (R21)
Application Deadline: May 7, 2015
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to improve the quality and quantity of research related to emergency medical services for children (EMSC), with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery. This FOA invites the submission of innovative R21 applications dealing with exploratory and developmental aspects of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted.
Grant Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03)
Application Deadline: January 7, 2016
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, evaluate and refine effective and efficient methods, systems, infrastructures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions, evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and management, and quality of life improvement services, and data monitoring and surveillance reporting tools into public health and clinical practice settings that focus on patient outcomes.
Grant Title: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
Application Deadline: January 7, 2016
Grant Details: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, evaluate and refine effective and efficient methods, systems, infrastructures, and strategies to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions, evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and management, and quality of life improvement services, and data monitoring and surveillance reporting tools into public health and clinical practice settings that focus on patient outcomes.
Grant Title: Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) [R21]
Application Deadline: January 7, 2016
Grant Details: The purpose of this FOA is to encourage Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) applications which establish the feasibility of technologies, techniques or methods that: 1) explore a unique multidisciplinary approach to a biomedical challenge; 2) are high-risk but have a considerable pay-off; and 3) develop data which can lead to significant future research. An EBRG application may propose hypothesis-driven, discovery-driven, developmental, or design-directed research and is appropriate for evaluating unproven approaches for which there is minimal or no preliminary data.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Grant Title: National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Application Deadline: July 1, 2013
Grant Details: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention (YVP-RC) cooperative agreement. The purpose of this jointly funded program is to serve as a national resource and training center to increase the effectiveness of youth violence prevention, prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders, and promotion of the healthy development of children and youth. The YVP-RC will also provide technical assistance for SAMHSA’s Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) and Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health (Project LAUNCH) grant programs. Funding for this announcement is from the Youth Violence Prevention program in the amount of $4.599 million (74 percent) and $1.572 million (26 percent) from Project LAUNCH. It is SAMHSA’s intent that the YVP-RC provide states/tribes, organizations, and communities with the resources they need to eliminate or reduce the impact of risk factors and promote positive and protective factors for children, youth, young adults, and their families. This program will advance the dissemination and use of prevention research to inform development and implementation of policies and programs across state and tribal agencies. Planning and implementation of statewide prevention programming and policies will be accomplished through the use of a public health approach.