Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-020

Key Dates
Release Date: September 5, 2017

Issued by
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (www.AHRQ.gov)

Purpose

This Notice is to inform the research community of a change in the study section for the PA-17-246, Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality and Outcomes, (R21), Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

Effective with publication of this Notice, Section V. Application Review Information, 2. Review and Selection Process, of this FOA is updated to clarify that AHRQ applications for this FOA will be assigned to an AHRQ study section as appropriate, not the AHRQ Health Care Research Training (HCRT) study section.

• Original text:
  

  AHRQ applications are assigned to the AHRQ Health Care Research Training (HCRT) study section (https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerdesc.html). 

• New text: 

  AHRQ applications are assigned to an AHRQ study section (https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerdesc.html). 

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Teresa Hammond
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Telephone: 301-427-1544
Email: Teresa.Hammond@ahrq.hhs.gov