Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Rural Primary Care Practices (R18)

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HS-16-001 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.226Eligible Applicants County governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Private institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-AHRQClosing Date: Mar 04, 2016Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 4Creation Date: Dec 03, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This initiative will fund demonstration research projects that implement Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder in primary care practices in rural areas of the United States.In addition to expanding access to this evidence-based therapy in underserved communities, this initiative will discover and test solutions to overcoming known barriers to implementation of MAT in primary care and create training and implementation resources to support future efforts to expand access to MAT.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding