The CSWE Public Policy Initiative (PPI) wanted to share the below funding opportunity from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The PPI is able to provide high-level context about this opportunity.
AHRQ has announced a funding opportunity inviting Large Research (R01) Project grant applications to support novel, high-impact studies evaluating the responsiveness of healthcare delivery systems, healthcare professionals, and the overall U.S. healthcare enterprise to the COVID-19 pandemic. ARHQ is interested in funding research focused on evaluating topics such as:
- "effects on quality, safety, and value of health system response to COVID-19;
- the role of primary care practices and professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- how the response to COVID-19 affected socially vulnerable populations and people with multiple chronic conditions;
- and implementation of digital healthcare, including innovations and challenges encountered in the rapid expansion of telehealth response to COVID-19."
AHRQ encourages Letters of Intent to be submitted on June 1, 2020. Applications are due on June 15, 2020 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
The full funding opportunity can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-20-003.html#_Part_1._Overview.
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Andrew Herrin
Legislative Research Assistant
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Washington, DC DC
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