Created in partnership with the ASHP Innovation Center, the Optimizing Technology Solutions Innovation Grant supports projects that demonstrate the impact of optimizing health information technology and digital transformation that enhance safe and effective use of medications.
Donor Name: ASHP Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The evolution in data, mobile, and cloud technologies driven by consumer demand for choice and control has made its way into the healthcare industry. Innovative solutions that incorporates such technologies (e.g., telehealth, digital therapeutics, virtual reality, automation, and artificial intelligence) have the potential to impact the way care is delivered to help people achieve optimal health outcomes.
Priority will be given to demonstration projects in health services delivery that are innovations and measure outcomes, including:
- Enhanced effectiveness of care
- Improved outcomes for patients, clinicians, and organizations
Funding Information
- The ASHP Foundation is accepting proposals with a maximum budget of $50,000.
- Only one grant of up to $50,000 will be awarded.
- Funding is generally available for:
- Salary support for study personnel including biostatisticians;
- Institutional review board fees;
- Consumable supplies and services;
- Travel essential to the conduct of the proposed project;
- Patient expenses/reimbursement;
- Travel to present project findings in the range of $1,000 to $1,500 per project. Travel exceeding this range may be submitted for approval following completion of study to over additional presentation opportunities that enhance dissemination of results; and
- Facilities and administrative cost rates that do not exceed 8% of the total direct costs.
Grant Period
The grant period of activity will begin upon notice of grant award by the ASHP Foundation and will expire based upon the proposed project timeline and a maximum of 18 months after the initial notification.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for research are required to include:
- The proposed research must include:
- Project demonstrates impact of implementation and use of technology in medication use
- Measurable objectives;
- Research methods that support the study objectives;
- Description of the impact that the results of the project will have on individual and organizational outcomes;
- Description of the potential to generalize findings; and
- The principal investigator must be a licensed pharmacist.
- Priority will be given submissions that include a principal investigator with a research track record as evidenced by a history of publication of original research in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and receipt of extramural grant funding.
- The proposed research must be submitted to an institutional review board (IRB) for approval. Grant funds will not be disbursed until evidence of IRB approval, or exemption from review, has been received.
- Individuals who previously served as a principal investigator on any ASHP Foundation grant are eligible to apply if all work, including journal submission of the study findings, on the previously funded research is complete. If a tie score occurs during the grant review process, the grant will be awarded to the applicant(s) who has/have not received a grant from the ASHP Foundation previously.
- Not-for-profit organizations, for-profit entities, and government agencies are eligible to apply to this program. If a for-profit entity or government agency is a grant recipient, the monetary award provided by the ASHP Foundation must be received and managed by a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Applicant organizations must be in the United States of America to be eligible for the grant.
- Not Eligible: Current members of the ASHP/ASHP Foundation board of director and ASHP/ASHP Foundation staff are not eligible to serve as a member of an investigator team for this grant program.
- The research must comply with the NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research
- The research must comply with the NIH Inclusion Policy Involving Human Subjects
- The principal investigator cannot apply for more than one grant in an application cycle.
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