Rural Radiology Equipment Initiative
Funding for qualifying Critical Access Hospitals and nonprofit clinics in the Helmsley Charitable Trust service area to purchase new radiology equipment. Geographic coverage: Available in 7 states. -- The Helmsley Charitable Trust (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - August 2, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (U54 - Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-19-009 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for the AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (Collaboratory, henceforth) to improve care for persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers through health systems. Health and long-term systems for this FOA are defined broadly and include organizations providing care across settings to include primary and specialty outpatient care, acute inpatient care, skilled nursing and other rehabilitation facilities, residential long-term care, and home and community-based services. Organi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 25, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

North Dakota Rural Healthcare Peer Exchange and Professional Development Program for CAHs
Provides travel support for individuals or small groups from Critical Access Hospitals to meet with similar entities from other areas of North Dakota and share information, ideas, and successful approaches to improving quality and access to healthcare services. Geographic coverage: North Dakota -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - June 18, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-790 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages a wide range of collaborative research projects related to patient safety in the context of perinatal, neonatal and pediatric care both in routine hospital settings and in intensive care units. The FOA welcomes applications related to (but not limited to): the epidemiology of various domains of medical errors and consequent patient harm; assessing the factors at various levels that contribute to such errors; and intervention strategies at individual, systems, and institutional-levels to help ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 21, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Assistance Program
Funding for a single entity to provide targeted in-depth assistance to vulnerable rural hospitals within communities that are struggling to maintain healthcare services. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - May 18, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Wisconsin Advanced Practice Clinician Training Grant
Grants for activities that focus on increasing the number of rural hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin that provide clinical training for physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. Geographic coverage: Wisconsin -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 19, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Missouri Aim for Excellence Award
Recognizes hospitals in Missouri for their accomplishments, innovations, and outcomes for projects that address at least one of the three Triple Aim principles, which are population, quality, and cost/value. Geographic coverage: Missouri -- Missouri Hospital Association (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - March 7, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation Health Care Careers Scholarship Program
Scholarships for students in Iowa seeking careers in high-need healthcare fields. Geographic coverage: Iowa -- Iowa Hospital Association (Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Emergency services funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center - February 23, 2018 Category: Rural Health Source Type: funding

Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Awards funding to one organization to provide technical assistance to beneficiaries of FORHP quality initiatives, such as grantees, Critical Access Hospitals, and other rural providers, including: data collection and analysis; understanding measure specifications; benchmarking and target-setting; developing and implementing efficient and effective improvement strategies; and tracking the outcomes of quality improvement efforts. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 30, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Wisconsin Medical Telecommunications Equipment Grant Program
Provides funding to nonprofit medical clinics, hospitals, or public health agencies for the purchase of specialized telecommunications equipment designed to augment or enhance the delivery of medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state. Geographic coverage: Wisconsin -- Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - January 10, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation Health Care Scholarship
Healthcare scholarships for individuals currently enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited Kansas school in healthcare fields. Preference will be given to current hospital employees, particularly those working in a hospital that is licensed for 25 or fewer acute beds. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Kansas Hospital Association (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 27, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement
Funding to a single entity to provide data and conduct analysis to inform improvement efforts in Critical Access Hospitals. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub)
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 22, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-503 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages exploratory or developmental research grant applications to develop new tools, methods, and models focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors offices, patients homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, n...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Advancing the Science of Geriatric Palliative Care (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PA-18-502 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications focused on palliative care in geriatric populations. This FOA covers studies in a variety of settings including hospitals (and specific sites within hospitals including specialty medical or surgical wards, intensive care units, and emergency departments), post-acute care settings, outpatient clinics and doctors offices, patients homes and other residential settings, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospices, and other healthcare or community settings. Thi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Teaming with ORCID to Reduce Burden and Improve Transparency
As you know, our NIH Strategic Plan articulated an objective to “excel as a federal science agency by managing for results,” and to manage by results we must harness the power of data to drive evidence-based policies. Sometimes, however, our world can be complicated by requirements to enter the same types of data repeatedly in one system after another. These situations do have an upside: they provide us the opportunity to look for opportunities to simplify. If you are a researcher, you may have experienced the need to provide information about yourself, your work, the products of your work, and other basic profile info...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 15, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike biosketch citations New Resources publications Source Type: funding