Deadline: 15-Aug-22
The Office of the National Coordinator is seeking applications for the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) to address well-documented and fast emerging challenges that inhibit the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT.
Project solutions are expected to further a new generation of innovative health IT research and inform the development, implementation, and refinement of standards, methods, and techniques for overcoming major barriers in health information access, exchange, and use.
Areas
This NOFO outlines two Areas of Interest that are a priority for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC):
- Address health equity and social determinants of health through innovative, open-source technology tools, and electronic health records; and
- Demonstrate the use of equity-enhancing patient-generated health data for clinical care and research.
This funding opportunity will support innovative and breakthrough solutions critical to maximize the potential of health IT and achieve the goal of a transformed healthcare delivery system through various methods, such as:
- Determining the fundamental questions, the answers to which will identify barriers to nationwide interoperability and electronic exchange of health data.
- Engaging the health IT industry, along with academic researchers, to identify and develop innovative solutions that address barriers to interoperability.
- Disseminating findings from research while fostering collaboration, advancement, and implementation of solutions and lessons learned with the health IT industry.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- This is a competitive funding opportunity open to public or non-profit private institutions, such as a university, college, or a faith-based or community-based organization; units of local or state government, eligible agencies of the federal government, Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (federally recognized, other than federally recognized, and tribally designated organizations).
- For-profit organizations may participate in projects as members of a consortia or as a sub-recipient only.
- Because the purpose of this NOFO is to improve healthcare in the United States, foreign institutions may participate in projects as members of a consortia or as a sub-recipient only.
- Applications submitted by for-profit organizations or foreign institutions will not be reviewed.
- Organizations described in section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities are not eligible.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341131