This NOFO invites applications for a National Coordinating Center (NCC) to provide support and guidance to AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvement (Healthcare Extension Service). The NCC will provide a wide range of services in 4 main areas: 1) technical assistance, 2) learning networks, 3) communications and dissemination, and 4) leadership and project management.
Donor Name: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 1/25/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Purpose and Objectives
The overarching objective of this NOFO is to develop a National Coordinating Center (NCC) to support the recipients of AHRQ’s State-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives to Accelerate Implementation of Actionable Knowledge into Practice (U19) (referred to as Cooperatives) to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) evidence into healthcare delivery through improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice and to reduce healthcare disparities especially among people who receive Medicaid, are uninsured, and other people who are medically underserved.
Funding Information
- AHRQ intends to commit up to $3,350,000 total costs (direct and indirect) annually to fund one award. Future year funding is contingent upon the availability of funds for each year of support.
- The total costs (direct and indirect) for a project awarded under this funding announcement will not exceed $3,350,000 in any given year and $14,250,000 for the entire project period. The project period must be 5 years. Applicants may propose different total annual budgets based on their proposed approach.
- An application with a budget that exceeds $3,350,000 total costs in any given year or $14,250,000 total costs for the entire project period will not be accepted. Application budgets should reflect actual needs of the proposed project, within the total cost cap.
Grant Period
The project period must be 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Organizations
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Federal Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
