ARRA – Emergency Medical Services for Children – This announcement solicits applications for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the HRSA. This grant is intended to meet HHS/OS priorities of improving the research network infrastructure for purposes of comparative effectiveness research. Applicant should address specific needs in the field of pediatric emergency care that transcend state boundaries. The objectives for this grant must be consistent with the following priorities: 1) compare the effectiveness of a computer-based decision support tool to a standard education strategy for implementation of clinical prediction rules; 2) develop and implement a plan for building upon existing infrastructure of HRSA/MCHB’s Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) 3) be constructed in a way as to address one or more of the 100 priorities from the IOM’s “Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research”; 4) demonstrate the ability to include sites that care for different demographic populations of children; 5) an evaluation plan that contains measurable outcomes and clearly defined time frames for conducting the evaluation. Total Funding: $3.5M. Eligibility: Accredited schools of medicine that are current U03 grantees. Closing Date: May 12, 2010.
Posted Date: March 12, 2010
Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-166
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Recovery (ARRA) CHARN Research Node Centers – The purpose of the CHARN cooperative agreements is to provide infrastructure support for consortia of safety net providers and academic institutions to develop the capacity to undertake community-based comparative effectiveness research. It is anticipated that by the end of the grant period, the funded consortia would be able to conduct high quality observational and interventional studies on priority comparative effectiveness topics. The CHARN will be comprised of four Research Nodes and a Central Data Management Coordinating Center (CDMCC). Research Nodes are health center-led consortia of safety net providers in partnership with one or more academic institutions and will be funded through four separate cooperative agreements. This funding announcement is for four Research Node Centers to support the four Research Nodes. Each Research Node Center will serve as the coordinating arm of the Research Node and will maintain a research partnership with the other affiliate organizations within the Research Node. Support for the Research Node will include arranging and managing the participation of at least 3 affiliates, maintaining scientific and technical personnel for research protocol development and implementation, coordinating intra-node activities, and providing resources for intra-node activities. These funds are for new activities. Organizations that are currently or have been previously supported are eligible to apply for this funding as long as they clearly delineate the new activities from the existing ones. Total Funding: $8M; Award Ceiling: $2M/3years. Eligibility: Health Center led consortia. Submission Due Date: June 9, 2010.
Posted Date: March 9, 2010
Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-212