Deadline: 29-Sep-22
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is seeking applications for its Engagement Award Program to build capacity to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR). PCOR is a special type of comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).
The goal is to help patients and other stakeholders build partnerships to plan, conduct, share, and use PCOR/CER. Stakeholders are patients, caregivers, doctors, and other people involved in health care.
The EA Program supports PCORI’s Engagement Imperative, defined in the Strategic Plan. It helps ensure patients and other stakeholders have a voice in all stages of research that affects them.
The EA Program helps organizations and stakeholders build their capacity to participate in PCOR/CER. Conversations with stakeholders identified that many small organizations want to build this capacity. Stakeholders thought these groups would benefit from learning from each other and receiving technical assistance (TA). The EA Program developed this new funding opportunity to address these needs.
Funding Information
This funding opportunity supports two-year projects. These projects help small organizations engage in PCOR/CER. These groups may apply for up to $250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organization must be one of the following:
- A private-sector organization, including any nonprofit or for-profit organization;
- A public-sector organization, including any university or college hospital or healthcare system; or
- A unit of local, state, or federal government.
- The Internal Revenue Service must recognize all US applicant organizations. Organizations may apply through a fiscal sponsor if necessary. The fiscal sponsor must be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. Individuals are not permitted to apply. Nondomestic components of organizations based in the United States and foreign organizations may apply, as long as there is demonstrable benefit to the US healthcare system, and US efforts in the area of patient-centered research can be shown clearly.
- Your organization must have an average yearly operating budget of $1.5 million or less over the past two fiscal years.
- Your organization may not have received a total of over $100,000 through previous award(s) from the EA Program. If your organization was a subcontractor on an award, the funds your organization received do not count towards this total.
- If you apply for this funding, your organization cannot apply for other Engagement Award funding opportunities in this cycle.
For more information, visit https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/engagement-award-building-capacity-small-organizations-engage-pcorcer-october-2022-cycle