The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM) Policy Research Award recognizes excellence in published research that can help health plans, policymakers, health care delivery, health care consumers, and related stakeholders improve the affordability, accessibility, and quality of US health care.
Donor Name: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 01/30/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Prize
A $20,000 prize will be presented to the winner.
Eligibility Criteria
- Articles must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal during calendar year 2025 either in print or online. An article cannot be submitted in more than one competition year.
- All research entries should include a focus on health care affordability, including increasing knowledge of the drivers and impacts of rising health care costs, or identifying solutions to improve health care access and quality. Entries should produce new insights, data analysis, and evidence that are relevant to health plans, policymakers, health care delivery, and/or related stakeholders.
- Entries should focus on health care in the United States.
Selection Criteria
- Quality, originality, and novelty of research.
- Research publication produces new insights, data analysis, evidence and impact that can inform efforts to improve health care affordability, including by increasing knowledge of the drivers and impacts of rising health care costs, or identifying solutions to improve health care access and quality.
- Entries should produce new insights that are relevant to health plans, policymakers, health care delivery, and/or related stakeholders.
For more information, visit NIHCM Foundation.
