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Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) is sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Supports the dissemination and implementation of research projects related to AHRQ's mission to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.
AHRQ's priorities include an interest in frontier and rural healthcare delivery.
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Key questions and narrative sections extracted from the solicitation.
Specific Aims (1 page): State concisely the goals of the proposed research and summarize the expected outcome(s), including the impact that the results of the proposed research will have on the research field(s) involved.
Research Strategy - Significance: Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in healthcare quality, patient safety, or delivery? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will healthcare quality, safety, or delivery be improved?
Research Strategy - Innovation: Is the project original and innovative? Does the project challenge existing paradigms or clinical practice, address an innovative hypothesis, or develop novel concepts, approaches, methodologies, tools, or technologies?
Research Strategy - Approach: Are the conceptual or clinical framework, design, methods, and analyses adequately developed, well-integrated, well-reasoned, and appropriate to the aims of the project? Does the applicant acknowledge potential problem areas and consider alternative tactics?
Priority Populations Inclusion Plan: Describe the adequacy of plans to address the needs of AHRQ priority populations (rural/frontier, low-income, minorities, women, children, elderly, people with disabilities). Reviewers must include this assessment in the overall scientific and technical merit score.
Dissemination Plan: Describe how project findings will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders including clinicians, policymakers, payers, and healthcare organizations.
Project Narrative (2 pages): Describe the relevance of this research to public health and AHRQ's mission to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.
Scoring criteria used to review proposals for this grant.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Hospitals and integrated health systems; Academic medical centers and universities; Nonprofit healthcare organizations; Health services research organizations; Public and private entities improving care delivery. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Applications for Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) are due May 26, 2029. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) is funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
The solicitation lists 16 required documents: SF-424 (R&R) Application for Federal Assistance, Project Summary/Abstract, Project Narrative (2 pages), Bibliography and References Cited, Facilities and Other Resources, and Equipment, among others (the full list is in the Required Documents section on this page). Check the official notice for formatting and page-limit rules.
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