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AHRQ Healthcare Choice and Competition Challenge To Improve Quality, Lower Prices, and Expand Access is sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This challenge supports rigorous, evidence-driven research on policies and strategies that can increase healthcare competition and patient choice, lower healthcare spending, and improve health outcomes.
It seeks innovative policies that will improve healthcare quality, outcomes, affordability, access, and value through investigation into healthcare organization, delivery, and financing.
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26, 2026. AHRQ Super Intelligence for Healthcare Improvement Initiative Up to $7. 95 million in total prizes to transform how medical evidence and SI-able data are produced, updated and used to improve care.
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8 million for research on reforms that deliver more choices and better value. Phase 1 proposals due Oct. 26, 2026.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Participants (whether individuals, teams, or entities) may not use federal funds from a grant award or cooperative agreement to develop their challenge submissions. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $11,800,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for AHRQ Healthcare Choice and Competition Challenge To Improve Quality, Lower Prices, and Expand Access are due October 26, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
AHRQ Healthcare Choice and Competition Challenge To Improve Quality, Lower Prices, and Expand Access is funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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