Research & RFPs

The healthcare research process traditionally includes only scientists and other research-related professionals. PCORI believes that engagement of nontraditional stakeholders—from topic selection through design and conduct of research to dissemination of results—can influence research to be more patient centered, useful, and trustworthy, and ultimately lead to greater use of research results by patients and the broader […]

RWJF Health Data for Action – The HD4A program will fund innovative research that uses the available data to answer important research questions. Applicants under this Call for Proposals (CFP) will write a proposal for a research study using data from either the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) or athenahealth. Successful applicants will be provided with access to these data, which

PA-17-259 The NICHD Exploratory/Developmental Grant program supports exploratory and developmental research projects that fall within the NICHD mission by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies,

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program to Increase Diversity Across Its Programming Deadline: May 16, 2017 Award Ceiling: $50,000 http://rwjf.ws/2ojDzXq The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a Request for Proposals for an annual initiative to increase diversity across its research network and programming. Now in its eleventh year, New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming, a career development

Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities (Download PDF) Your Words, Our Image Writers, editors, reporters and other communicators strive to use the most accurate terminology about people with disabilities. However, inaccurate, archaic and offensive expressions are still commonly used, perpetuating negative stereotypes and beliefs about people with disabilities. For example, a person