AHRQ Announces New Information on Funding Opportunities

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is temporarily suspending individual career development Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) due to budget constraints. This change applies to the Feb. 12, 2012 new application receipt date and March 12, 2012, receipt date for resubmission applications.

 

Information regarding the official grant policy notice is published in the NIH Guide, Suspension of AHRQ Individual Career Development (K) Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs). View them at grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-12-003.html.

 

Questions related to the notice may be directed to Kay Anderson, PhD, office of Extramural Research, education and priority Populations at kay.anderson@ahrq.hhs.gov.

 

In a related development, the AHRQ has announced a new training opportunity available through its Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). This award will provide an opportunity for career development support. The receipt date is Jan. 30, 2012. For additional information, go to the AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institutional Award (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-12-001.html)

 

As part of AHRQ’s efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act funding for capacity development and training, the agency will be providing announcements and information on funding opportunities for career development and training focused on patient-centered outcomes research at its website, www.ahrq.gov.

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