AHRQ Small Research Project and Exploratory/Development Grants

Program Title

AHRQ Small Research Project and Exploratory/Development Grants

Agency/Sub-Agency

AHRQ/CP3

Description

The purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ) program is to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care in the United States. The program’s components have an emphasis on the role of health information technology (health IT).  Emerging information about ambulatory care suggests that the patient safety crisis in hospitals is only the “tip of the iceberg.” The scope of ambulatory care has increased over the past decade, as the volume and complexity of interventions has burgeoned.  Safe, high quality ambulatory care requires complex information management and coordination across multiple settings, especially for patients with chronic illness(es).  The opportunity to turn the potential of health IT towards improving safety and quality in the ambulatory care setting, especially within care transitions, will form the cornerstone of this proposed Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ) Program.

Eligible Entity(ies)

• Non-profit organizations; public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges;
• Units of local or State government;
• Eligible Agencies of the Federal government;
• Faith-based or community-based organizations;
• Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized and Other than Federally Recognized); and,
• Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations.

Intended Beneficiaries

U.S. population

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

93.226

CFDA Category

Health

CFDA Subcategory(ies)

Health Research, General; Health Services Planning and Technical Assistance

Keyword(s)

Research; Health Care Quality; Emergency Services

HHS Announcement No.

TBD

New Funding Opportunity

N

Competition Type (N), (CC) or (M)

N

Single Source / Limited Comp?

NO

Est Annual Min Award

$300,000.00

Est Annual Max Award

$500,000.00

Est Number of Awards

10

Est Posting Date

TBD

Est Application Deadline

TBD

Est Award Date

TBD

Est Start Date

TBD

Program Contact Name

Mr. Robert Mayes

Program Contact Telephone No.

(301) 427-1492

Program Contact Email

robert.mayes@ahrq.hhs.gov

Agency Forecast ID No.

AHRQ3