NOTICE OF AHCPR SPECIAL EMPHASIS AREA - SMALL GRANTS NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 17, May 24, 1996 P.T. 34 Keywords: Health Services Delivery Agency for Health Care Policy and Research The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) announces a special emphasis area under its ongoing Small Project Grant Program. AHCPR and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) are entering a one-time partnership to co-sponsor this special emphasis small grants initiative for funding projects that involve collaboration between medical and public health organizations. (See PA: PAR-96-028 published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, February 23, 1996.) This activity is intended to advance and continue the work of the national Medicine/Public Health Initiative. The purpose is to create an ongoing working partnership between the two professions to improve the health and health care of the American people. A conference held in March 1996, "National Congress: Medicine and Public Health Initiative," yielded recommendations for potential new collaborative activities, such as this special emphasis area. A copy of the conference summary can be obtained by contacting Dr. Stanley J. Reiser at 713-792-5140. AHCPR's special program emphasis under this initiative is for research and demonstration grants facilitating medicine and public health collaboration in health services research or demonstrations. Of particular interest are projects focused on addressing the health needs of populations through enhanced cooperation between medical practitioners, public health entities and health care delivery organizations. Meritorious applications will be funded under the AHCPR Small Project Grant Program. RWJ separately plans to fund small project and conference grants under this initiative that facilitate convening key stakeholders within a community to promote collaboration between medical and public health organizations. It should be noted that because of limited funding for these special emphasis small grants, AHCPR expects to limit individual awards to up to $25,000 for direct costs, with approximately four to five awards. RWJ expects to limit awards to less than $20,000 total costs, with approximately five to six awards. For information on RWJ indirect cost policies, applicants should contact RWJ's designated representative for this initiative, Stanley J. Reiser, M.D., M.P.A., Ph.D. See Inquiries. (Note: RWJ's funding of indirect costs is different from the AHCPR/Department policies for funding indirect costs.) To facilitate this partnership initiative, a single one-time receipt date of July 31, 1996, has been established. Applications for Research and Demonstration Grants under this initiative involving medicine and public health collaboration in health services research should be submitted to AHCPR no later than July 31, at Office of Scientific Affairs, Attention: Medicine/Public Health Initiative, Small Project Grants, Suite 400, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852. Applications submitted to AHCPR will be reviewed in accordance with ongoing AHCPR Small Project Grant review criteria and procedures, and grants will be administered in accordance with AHCPR and Department grants policies. Applications for RWJ funding for Project and Conference Grants addressing RWJ interests should be submitted no later than July 31, to: Attention: Stanley J. Reiser, M.D., M.P.A., Ph.D., Program on Humanities and Technology in Health Care, University of Texas, 6431 Fannin, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX 77225. Applications submitted for RWJ funding will be reviewed in accordance with RWJ procedures for grants review and will be administered in accordance with RWJ grants policies and procedures. While investigators may apply to both AHCPR and RWJ, they are encouraged to focus on only one topic, and select one or the other potential funding source, depending on the topic selected. Applications submitted for this initiative will not be funded jointly by AHCPR and RWJ. AHCPR and RWJ intend to operate separate, parallel review processes and to share funding decisions prior to awards to avoid duplicative funding. Investigators will be asked to provide a signed statement specifically authorizing the sharing of applications and, as applicable, summary statements of initial reviews, between AHCPR and RWJ. INQUIRIES For AHCPR application materials, contact: Global Exchange, Inc. 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 400 Bethesda, MD 20814-3015 Telephone: (301) 656-3100 FAX: (301) 652-5264 For specific questions and information about this initiative, contact: Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.; Director, or Kelly Morgan, Program Analyst, Center for Primary Care Research, AHCPR, telephone (301) 594-1357, email kmorgan@po3.ahcpr.gov. For information about RWJ application procedures and specific questions about this initiative, contact the RWJ designated representative: Stanley J. Reiser, M.D., M.P.A., Ph.D., at (713) 792-5140. .
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