Deadline: 1-Apr-21
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has launched the Engagement Award: Capacity Building to support projects that help communities increase their facility with and ability to participate across all phases of the patient-centered outcomes research/comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) process.
This funding announcement offers an opportunity for organizations and community groups to continue to build capacity and skills for patient-centered outcomes research and comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER). PCORI is receptive to LOIs and applications to the Engagement Award: Capacity Building encompassing a wide range of research support project topics.
In the context of the Engagement Awards program, capacity building to support research refers to the following types of projects:
- Projects that support organizations with strong ties to patients, caregivers, clinicians, and/or other stakeholders who have a connection to, expertise in, or lived experience related to the focus area to equip them to engage as partners in PCOR/CER. These projects will focus on building the knowledge, competencies, and abilities of their community to be meaningful partners with researchers throughout the research process from topic selection through design and conduct of research to dissemination or implementation of results.
- Activities might include, but are not limited to, educating and training stakeholders on the fundamentals of PCOR/CER; establishing a sustainable collaborative or learning community; engaging stakeholders to identify important patient-centered outcomes, prioritize PCOR/CER topics or themes, and/or develop a research agenda; capturing stakeholder perspectives on emerging PCOR/CER needs and barriers/facilitators to patient-centered research.
- Applicants may wish to consider utilizing PCORI’s Research Fundamentals, a free, on demand, comprehensive training that offers different ways to learn about the health research process and be involved in patient-centered outcomes research.
- Projects that strengthen the skills of researchers to be better partners with patients and other stakeholders involved in PCOR/CER.
- Applicants must clearly explain how the capacity that is developed through an award will be applied to existing or planned PCOR/CER partnership opportunities.
- Projects that support the expansion of use or adoption of existing engagement tools and resources whenever possible, rather than develop new products and tools. Projects may implement available tools, processes, or programs, alone or in combination, in a new population or geographic area—for example, a new network of clinicians, patient advocates, and academic researchers.
- If this project is using a PCORI-funded engagement tool/resource, applicants should identify the existing engagement tool/resource that this project will be scaling or adopting by listing the: (a) Tool Name, (b) Project Title, (c) Project Lead Name, (d) URL to project page. Applicants should anticipate seeking a letter of support from the tool/resource originator should a full application be invited.
- Applicants should identify and describe all tools/trainings/programs that will be used as part of the project, as well as share the evidence base for the resources that will be used.
Award Information
The Engagement Award: Capacity Building, a research support—not research—funding opportunity, for projects up to two years in duration, and up to $250,000 in total costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted by any private-sector organization, including any nonprofit or for-profit organization; any public-sector organization, including any university or college hospital or healthcare system; or any unit of local, state, or federal government. The Internal Revenue Service must recognize all U.S. applicant organizations. Organizations may submit multiple funding applications. Individuals are not permitted to apply.
- Non-domestic components of organizations based in the United States and foreign organizations may apply, as long as there is demonstrable benefit to the U.S. healthcare system, and U.S. efforts in the area of patient-centered research can be shown clearly. However, PCORI’s general preference is that prime awards be made to a U.S.-based organization.
- A prime award to a non-U.S.-based organization should be carefully justified and preferably include a key U.S.-based organization and co-Project Lead as a subcontractor. In assessing whether an Engagement Award can be made to a non-U.S. organization as a prime contractor or subcontractor, and/or whether the project can be conducted outside the United States, PCORI will carefully review and consider the following factors:
- The proposed project must result in findings that are relevant and useful to U.S. patients and healthcare decision makers.
- The proposed project must demonstrate meaningful effort and involvement of U.S. organizations and key personnel with pertinent expertise and experience to contribute to the project. The proposed project should also adequately and sufficiently engage U.S. patients and stakeholders and have clear relevance to the U.S. healthcare system.
For more information, visit https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/engagement-award-capacity-building-april-2021-cycle
