Deadline: 4-Oct-22
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) seeks to fund large-scale implementation projects that promote the uptake of peer-reviewed findings from specific, high-priority, PCORI-funded research topics in the context of the body of related evidence.
This PFA is an open competition opportunity for PIs to propose implementation projects that move evidence toward practical use in improving health care and health outcomes.
Eligible Focus Areas
For the Cycle 3 2022 PFA, PCORI has identified the following four areas of eligible evidence:
- Obesity Treatment in Primary Care Settings
- Nonsurgical treatment options can improve or eliminate symptoms for women with urinary incontinence (UI).
- Several kinds of therapy and medicines can reduce or stop symptoms for people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- The use of narrow-spectrum versus broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat children’s acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs).
Funding Information
- Total Costs: Up to $2.5 million
- Maximum project Period: Up to three years
- Funds Available: up to $8 million
Projects to Be Funded under this PFA
- PCORI seeks to fund implementation projects that incorporate active, multi-component strategies that will lead to uptake and integration of PCORI-funded evidence in real-world practice settings. Implementation strategies should target specific end-users with a clear interest in—and who are able to benefit from—the evidence. Proposed implementation projects will adapt findings as needed to facilitate uptake in the proposed settings and accomplish scale-up (to reach larger numbers) and/or scale-out (to reach broader audiences, including diverse populations and settings).
- Applicants must demonstrate commitment and buy-in from proposed implementation sites—including frontline staff critical to the success of the project as well as leadership—such that they provide a supportive context and culture for undertaking the proposed project. In addition, projects should involve regional and national stakeholder organizations positioned to extend impact to broader venues.
- Applications must be guided by an established conceptual model or framework and, where possible, by evidence regarding effective strategies for implementing evidence-based practices and interventions. Additionally, applications must include a rigorous evaluation plan that documents the successful execution of the implementation strategy and the impact of the implementation project on health care and health outcomes as feasible and appropriate within the project scope.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is an Open Competition funding opportunity that seeks to draw on the expertise, creativity, and capacity of a broad applicant pool, including implementation experts and diverse stakeholder partners.
- Private-sector research organizations, including any nonprofit or for-profit organization; public-sector research organizations, including any university or college hospital or healthcare system; any laboratory or manufacturer; or any unit of local, state, or federal government may submit applications. The Internal Revenue Service must recognize all US applicant organizations. Nondomestic components of organizations based in the US 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. Organizations may submit multiple funding applications. Individuals may not apply.
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For more information, visit https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/open-competition-pfa-implementation-findings-pcoris-research-investments-cycle-3-2022