Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (F32)

Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (F32) is sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ supports individual postdoctoral students pursuing research training through the NRSA postdoctoral fellowship grant.

Expired PA-17-481: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored National Research Service Award (NRSA)Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) This notice has expired. Check the NIH Guide for active opportunities and notices. Department of Health and Human Services Part 1.

Overview Information Participating Organization(s) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( AHRQ ) NOTE: The policies, guidelines, terms, and conditions stated in this announcement may differ from those used by the NIH. Where this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) provides specific written guidance that may differ from the general guidance provided in the grant application form, please follow the instructions given in this FOA.

AHRQ Grants Policy and information to applicants regarding Funding Opportunity Announcement procedures can be found at http://www. ahrq. gov/funding/policies/foaguidance/index.

html . of Participating Organizations Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Funding Opportunity Title Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored National Research Service Award (NRSA)Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) F32 Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a new Program Announcement.

This FOA updates and supersedes PA-12-261 which was released on August 9, 2012. October 28, 2021 - Reminder: FORMS-G Grant Application Forms & Instructions Must be Used for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2022 - New Grant Application Instructions Now Available. See Notice NOT-OD-22-018 .

August 5, 2021 - New NIH "FORMS-G" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022. See Notice NOT-OD-21-169 . August 5, 2021 - Update: Notification of Upcoming Change in Federal-wide Unique Entity Identifier Requirements.

See Notice NOT-OD-21-170 . April 20, 2021 - Expanding Requirement for eRA Commons IDs to All Senior/Key Personnel. See Notice NOT-OD-21-109 .

March 10, 2020 - Reminder: FORMS-F Grant Application Forms & Instructions Must be Used for Due Dates On or After May 25, 2020- New Grant Application Instructions Now Available. See Notice NOT-OD-20-077 . January 10, 2020 - AHRQ Guide Notice on Implementation of the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Cooperative Research at 45 CFR 46.

114 (b). See Notice NOT-HS-20-005 . November 22, 2019 - New NIH "FORMS-F" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2020.

See Notice NOT-OD-20-026 . July 22, 2019 - Requirement for ORCID iDs for Individuals Supported by Research Training, Fellowship, Research Education, and Career Development Awards Beginning in FY 2020. See Notice NOT-OD-19-109 .

March 20, 2019 - NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Updates to Application Instructions and Review Criteria for Fellowship Award Applications. See Notice NOT-OD-18-227 . Reminder: FORMS-E Grant Application Forms and Instructions Must be Used for AHRQ Due Dates On or After January 25, 2018.

January 11, 2019 - AHRQ Implementation of Final Rule on the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule). See Notice NOT-HS-19-008 . January 11, 2019 - AHRQ Announces Change in Grant Recipient Purchasing of Identifiable CMS Data, effective FY2019.

See Notice NOT-HS-19-007 . Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number Companion Funding Opportunity Additional Information on Eligibility .

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s) Funding Opportunity Purpose The purpose of this individual postdoctoral research training fellowship is to enhance the research training of promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in health services research, with a research interest in areas and priorities relevant to the mission of AHRQ.

Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) Letter of Intent Due Date(s) dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.

AIDS Application Due Date(s) Generally four months after receipt date Not Applicable for Fellowships Generally four to seven months after peer review date It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in Fellowship SF424 (R&R) Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts).

Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV , and follow the AHRQ Grants Policy and Guidance found on the AHRQ website at http://www. ahrq.

gov/funding/policies/foaguidance/index. html . When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions.

Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review. Part 1. Overview Information Part 2.

Full Text of the Announcement Section I. Funding Opportunity Description Section II. Award Information Section III.

Eligibility Information Section IV. Application and Submission Section V. Application Review Information Section VI.

Award Administration Information Section VII. Agency Contacts Section VIII. Other Information Full Text of Announcement Section I.

Funding Opportunity Description The overall goal of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's health services research and behavioral research needs.

More information about NRSA programs may be found at the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award The purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) is to support promising applicants during their mentored postdoctoral training under the guidance of outstanding faculty sponsors.

The integrated program of research and training should enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent researcher. The training plan should document the need for, and the anticipated value of, the proposed mentored training in relationship to the individual's research career goals. The training plan should also facilitate the fellow's transition to the next stage of his/her career.

Applications for research fellowship grants must be responsive to AHRQ's mission, which is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable and affordable, and to work within HHS and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood AHRQ welcomes fellowship training applications in any area of health services research relevant to AHRQ's priority areas.

AHRQ research priority areas are described at http://www. ahrq. gov/funding/policies/foaguidance/index.

html . Applicants are strongly encouraged to focus on topical areas unique to AHRQ, demonstrating how expected results can be used or made available for use to enhance healthcare quality. Results should be directly relevant to customers, such as providers and practitioners, administrators, payers, consumers, policymakers, and insurers.

Fellows must focus their research development and projects on health care delivery in the United States.

It is expected that the mentored training experience will A strong foundation in research design, methods, and analytic techniques appropriate to the proposed research; Enhanced ability to conceptualize and think through research problems with increasing independence; Experience conducting research using appropriate, state-of-the-art methods, as well as presenting and publishing the research findings as first author; The opportunity to interact with members of the scientific community at appropriate scientific meetings and workshops; Skills needed to transition to the next stage of the applicant's The opportunity to enhance the applicant's understanding of the health-related sciences and the relationship of his/her research to health and health Applicants with a health professional doctoral degree may use the proposed postdoctoral training to satisfy a portion of the degree requirements for a master's degree, a research doctoral degree or any other advanced research degree program.

The NRSA F32 award may provide up to three years of support for postdoctoral research training. The AHRQ encourages applications from individuals sufficiently early in their postdoctoral training period that they can benefit from the mentored research and training opportunities of an individual fellowship award. Information for award authorities and regulations.

Section II. Award Information Grant: A support mechanism providing money to an eligible entity to carry out an approved project or activity. Application Types Allowed Renewal applications are not permitted in response to this FOA.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards The number of awards is contingent upon AHRQ program priorities, availability of funds, and the receipt of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. Award budgets are composed of stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance, as described below.

Individuals may receive up to 3 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the postdoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional training grants (e.g., T32) and an individual Kirschstein-NRSA awards provide stipends as a subsistence allowance to help defray living expenses during the research and clinical training experiences. See https://researchtraining. nih.

gov/resources/policy-notices For postdoctoral fellows, costs associated with tuition and fees are allowable only if they are required for specific courses in support of the research training,or a formal degree-granting program. AHRQ will contribute to the combined cost of tuition and fees at the rate in place at the time of award. See https://researchtraining.

nih. gov/resources/policy-notices The application should request the appropriate Kirschstein-NRSA institutional allowance to help defray the cost of fellowship expenses such as health insurance, research supplies, equipment, books, and travel to scientific meetings. See https://researchtraining.

nih. gov/resources/policy-notices . Indirect costs are not allowed on individual fellowship Stipend levels, as well as funding amounts for tuition and fees and the institutional allowance are announced annually in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, and are also posted on the Ruth L.

Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) webpage . These projects are being funded pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 299a(b)(1), which provides that AHRQ may provide training grants in the field of health services research.

All applications submitted and AHRQ grants made in response to this FOA are subject to 45 CFR Part 75 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards; http://www. ecfr. gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?

node=pt45. 1. 75 ) , the HHS Grants Policy Statement (see http://www.

ahrq. gov/funding/policies/hhspolicy/index. html ), and the terms and conditions set forth in the Notice of Award.

Higher Education Institutions Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education Private Institutions of Higher Education The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for AHRQ support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education: Hispanic-serving Institutions Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions AHRQ's authorizing legislation does not allow for-profit organizations to be eligible to lead applications under this research mechanism.

For-profit organizations may participate in projects as members of consortia or as subcontractors only. Applications submitted by for-profit organizations or foreign institutions will not be reviewed. Organizations described in section 501(c) 4 of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying are not eligible.

HHS grants policy requires that the grant recipient perform a substantive role in the conduct of the planned project or program activity and not merely serve as a conduit of funds to another party or parties.

If consortium/contractual activities represent a significant portion of the overall project, the applicant must justify why the applicant organization, rather than the party(s) performing this portion of the overall project, should be the grantee and what substantive role the applicant organization will play.

Justification can be provided in the Specific Aims or Research Strategy section of the PHS398 Research Plan Component sections of the SF424 (R&R) application. There is no budget allocation guideline for determining substantial involvement; determination of substantial involvement is based on a review of the primary project activities for which grant support is provided and the organization(s) that will be performing those activities.

fellowship application, the applicant must identify a sponsoring institution. The sponsoring institution must have staff and facilities available on site to provide a suitable environment for performing high-quality research training. The training should occur in an environment that has appropriate human and technical resources and is demonstrably committed to training in the field(s) proposed by the applicant.

The sponsoring institution may be private (nonprofit) or public. All eligible institutions with the appropriate resources and commitment are encouraged to apply. The Kirschstein-NRSA F32 fellowship is designed to support research training experiences in new settings in order to maximize the acquisition of new skills and knowledge.

In most cases, therefore, the sponsoring institution should be a site other than where the applicant trained as a graduate student.

However, if the applicant is proposing postdoctoral training at his/her doctoral institution, the application must carefully document the opportunities for new research training experiences specifically designed to broaden his/her scientific background and to acquire new knowledge and/or technical skills that will enhance his/her potential to become a productive, independent investigator.

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement may participate in projects as member of consortia or as subcontractors only.

Applicant organizations must complete and maintain the following registrations as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. All registrations must be completed prior to the application being submitted.

Registration can take 6 weeks or more, so applicants should begin the registration process as soon as Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) - All registrations require that applicants be issued a DUNS number. After obtaining a DUNS number, applicants can begin both SAM and eRA Commons registrations. The same DUNS number must be used for all registrations, as well as on the grant application.

Management (SAM) (formerly CCR) Applicants must complete and maintain an active registration, which requires renewal at least annually . The renewal process may require as much time as the initial registration. SAM registration includes the assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code for domestic organizations which have not already been assigned a CAGE Code.

Commons - Applicants must have an active DUNS number and SAM registration in order to complete the eRA Commons registration. Organizations can register with the eRA Commons as they are working through their SAM or Grants. gov registration.

eRA Commons requires organizations to identify at least one Signing Official (SO) and at least one Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) account in order to submit an application. Grants. gov Applicants must have an active DUNS number and SAM registration in order to complete the Grants.

gov registration. Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) The PD/PI must have an eRA Commons account. PD/PIshould work with his/her organizational officials to either create a new account or to affiliate their existing account with the applicant organization in eRA Commons.

If the PD/PI is also the organizational Signing Official, they must have two distinct eRA Commons accounts, one for each role. Obtaining an eRA Commons account can take up to 2 weeks.

Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Any applicant fellow with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her sponsor and organization to develop an application for support.

Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for AHRQ support. Multiple PDs/PIs are not allowed.

By the time of award, the individual must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Permanent Resident Card USCIS Form I-551, or other legal verification of such status). The applicant must show evidence of high academic performance, and commitment to a research career. for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored Ruth L.

Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) postdoctoral fellowship can be activated, the individual must have received a PhD, MD, DO, DC, DDS, DVM, OD, DPM, ScD, EngD, DrPH, DNSc, ND (Doctor of Naturopathy), PharmD, DSW, PsyD, or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution.

Certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met is also acceptable. An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowship may not be used to support the clinical years of residency training.

However, these awards are appropriate for the research fellowship years of a residency program. Research clinicians must devote full-time to their proposed research training and confine clinical duties to those activities that are part of the research training program. This FOA does not require cost sharing.

While there is no cost sharing requirement included in this FOA, AHRQ welcomes applicant institutions, including any collaborating institutions, to devote resources to this effort. An indication of institutional support from the applicant and its collaborators indicates a greater potential of success and sustainability of the project.

Examples of institutional support would include: donated equipment and space, institutional funded staff time and effort, or other resource investments. Applicant institutions that plan to provide support should indicate institutional support by outlining the specific contributions to the project and providing assurances that their organization and any collaborators are committed to providing these funds and resources to the project.

This can be included at the end of the budget justification section of the application, but institutional support dollars are not to be included in the detailed budget request. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is programmatically distinct.

An individual may not have more than one competing NIH or AHRQ fellowship application pending review concurrently. Resubmission(s): Applicants may submit one resubmission application, but such application must include an Introduction addressing issues raised in the previous critique (Summary Statement). Renewals: Awards are not renewable and are not transferable from one PD/PI to another.

AHRQ will not accept duplicate or highly overlapping applications under review at the same time. This means that the AHRQ will A new (A0) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of an overlapping new (A0) or resubmission A resubmission (A1) application that is submitted before issuance of the summary statement from the review of the previous new (A0) application.

An application that has substantial overlap with another application pending appeal of initial peer review Individuals may not exceed the aggregate limit of NRSA support shown above in the Award Project Period (see Section II. Award Information). Applicant fellows must consider any prior NRSA research training in determining the duration of support requested.

Information regarding previous Kirschstein-NRSA support must be included in the application and will be considered at the time At the time of award and for the duration of the award, individuals are required to pursue their research training on a full-time basis, normally defined as 40 hours per week or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own consistently applied policies.

application, the applicant fellow must identify a sponsor(s) (also called mentor) who will supervise the proposed mentored training experience. The sponsor should be an active investigator in the area of the proposed research training and be committed both to the applicant's research training and to direct supervision of his/her research.

The sponsor must document the availability of sufficient research funds and facilities for high-quality research training. The sponsor, or a member of the sponsor team, should have a successful track record of mentorship. Applicants are encouraged to identify more than one sponsor, i.e., a sponsor team, if this is deemed advantageous for providing expert advice in all aspects of the training program.

When there is a sponsor team, one individual must be identified as the primary sponsor, and will be expected to coordinate the applicant's overall training. The applicant must work with the sponsor(s) in preparing the application. and Submission Information Buttons to access the online ASSIST system or to download application forms are available in Part 1 of this FOA.

See your administrative office for instructions if you plan to use an institutional system-to-system solution. 2. Content and Form of Application Submission It is critical that applicants follow the Fellowship (F) instructions (R&R) Application Guide , including Supplemental Grant Application Instructions except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise.

Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review. All page limitations described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed.

for Application Submission The following section supplements the instructions found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and should be used for preparing an All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide SF424(R&R) Project/Performance Site Locations All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide Other Project Information All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide SF424(R&R) Senior/Key Person Profile Expanded All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form The PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form is comprised of the Sponsor(s), Collaborator(s), and Consultant(s) Institutional Environment & Commitment to Training Other Research Training Plan Sections All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide Fellowship Applicant Section Background and Goals for Fellowship Training Institutional Environment and Commitment to Training of Institutional Environment and Commitment to Training Do not use the Appendix to circumvent page limits.

Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide. See NIH/NIOSH/AHRQ New Policy Appendix Guide located at NOT-OD-16-129 via https://grants. nih.

gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-16-129. html . PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information Form only available in FORMS-E application packages for use with due dates on or after January 25, 2018.

When involving NIH-defined human subjects research, clinical research, and/or clinical trials (and when applicable, clinical trials research experience) follow all instructions for the PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information form in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, with the following additional instructions: If you answered "Yes" to the question "Are Human Subjects Involved?"

on the R&R Other Project Information form, you must include at least one human subjects study record using the Study Record: PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information form or a Delayed Onset Study record.

Study Record: PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed with the following additional instructions: For FOAs that do not allow independent clinical trials, do not complete Section 4 - Protocol Synopsis information or Section 5 - Other Clinical Trial-related Attachments. All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed.

PHS Assignment Request Form All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide Applicants must carefully follow the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, including the time period for when reference letters will be accepted . Applications lacking the appropriate required reference letters will not be reviewed. This is a separate process from submitting an application electronically.

Reference letters are submitted directly through the eRA Commons Submit Reference Letter link and not through Grants. gov. 3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award See Part 1.

Section III. 1 for information regarding the requirement for obtaining a unique entity identifier and for completing and maintaining active registrations in System for Award Management (SAM), NATO Commercial and Government Entity (NCAGE) Code (if applicable), eRA Commons, and Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates and times.

Applicants are encouraged to submit applications before the due date to ensure they have time to make any application corrections that might be necessary for successful submission. When a submission date falls on a weekend or Federal holiday , the application deadline is automatically extended to the next Organizations must submit applications to Grants. gov (the online portal to find and apply for grants across all Federal agencies).

Applicants must then complete the submission process by tracking the status of the application in the eRA Commons , NIH's electronic system for grants administration. AHRQ and Grants. gov systems check the application against many of the application instructions upon submission.

Errors must be corrected and a changed/corrected application must be submitted to Grants. gov on or before the application due date and time. If a Changed/Corrected application is submitted after the deadline, the application will be considered late.

are responsible for viewing their application before the due date in the eRA Commons to ensure accurate and successful submission. Information on the submission process and a definition of on-time submission are provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide. 5.

Intergovernmental Review This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental For efficient grant administration, AHRQ grant administration procedures will be used and conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions, cost principles, and other considerations described in the HHS Grants Policy Statement. The Grants Policy Statement can be found at https://www. ahrq.

gov/funding/policies/hhspolicy/index. html . Research Service Award (NRSA) policies apply to this program.

See also F32 webpage. Pre-award costs are not allowable. Concurrent Awards: A NRSA appointment may not be held concurrently with another federally sponsored fellowship, traineeship, or similar Federal award that provides stipend or otherwise duplicates provisions Requirements and Information Applications must be submitted electronically following the instructions described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.

Paper applications will not be accepted. Applicants must complete all required registrations before the application due date. Section III.

Eligibility Information contains information about registration. For assistance with your electronic application or for more information on the electronic submission Electronically . If you encounter a system issue beyond your control that threatens your ability to complete the submission process on-time, you must for Applicants Experiencing System Issues .

For assistance with application submission, contact the Application Submission Contacts in Section VII . The PD/PI and any sponsor(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF424(R&R) Application Package .

Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to AHRQ. The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the application is the same number used in the organization's profile in the eRA Commons and for the System for Award Management (SAM).

Additional information may be found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide. tips for avoiding common errors. Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness and compliance with application instructions by the Center for Scientific Review and responsiveness by AHRQ.

Applications that are incomplete, non-compliant and/or nonresponsive will not be reviewed. AHRQ supports research, evaluations, and demonstration projects concerning the delivery of health care in inner-city and rural areas (including frontier areas), and health care for priority populations.

Priority populations include low income groups; minority groups; women; children; the elderly; and individuals with special health care needs, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who need chronic care or end-of-life health care. 42 USC 299(c).

Women and members of minority groups are included in all AHRQ-supported research projects involving human subjects, unless a clear and compelling rationale and justification is provided that inclusion is inappropriate, e.g. because of the lack of connection between the study and the health of women or particular minorities.

Investigators should review the document entitled, "AHRQ Policy on the Inclusion of Priority Populations," which is available https://grants. nih. gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-03-010.

html . Applicants under this FOA should consider and discuss including priority populations in the research design as specified in this Notice. Plan for Sharing Research Data The precise content of the data-sharing plan will vary, depending on the data being collected and how the investigator is planning to share the data.

Applicants who are planning to share data may wish to describe briefly the expected schedule for data sharing; the format of the final dataset; the documentation to be provided; whether or not any analytic tools also will be provided; whether or not a data-sharing agreement will be required and, if so, a brief description of such an agreement (including the criteria for deciding who can receive the data and whether or not any conditions will be placed on their use); and the mode of data sharing (e.g., under its own auspices by mailing a disk or posting data on its institutional or personal website or through a data archive or enclave).

Investigators choosing to share under their own auspices may wish to enter into a data-sharing agreement. References to data sharing may also be appropriate in other sections of the The reasonableness of the data sharing plan or the rationale for not sharing research data will be assessed by the reviewers. However, reviewers will not factor the proposed data sharing plan into the determination of scientific merit or the priority score.

Public Access to AHRQ-Funded Scientific Publications Investigators should review the document titled 'AHRQ Announces new Policy for Public Access to AHRQ-Funded Scientific Publications' which is available at ( http://grants. nih. gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-16-008.

html ).

For all research arising from AHRQ support, this policy requires that AHRQ-funded authors submit an electronic version of the author's final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central (PMC) to be made publicly available within 12 months of the publisher's The AHRQ confidentiality statute, 42 USC 299c-3(c), requires that information that is obtained in the course of AHRQ-supported activities and that identifies individuals or establishments be used only for the purpose for which it was supplied.

Information that is obtained in the course of AHRQ-supported activities and that identifies an individual may be published or released only with the consent of the individual who supplied the information or is described in it. There are civil monetary penalties for violation of the confidentiality provision of the AHRQ statute. 42 USC 299c-3(d).

In the Human Subjects section of the application, applicants must describe procedures for ensuring the confidentiality of the identifying information to be collected. The description of the procedures should include a discussion of who will be permitted access to this information, both raw data and machine readable files, and how personal identifiers and other identifying or identifiable data will be restricted and safeguarded.

Identifiable patient health information collected by grantees under this FOA will also be obtained and managed in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, 45 CFR Parts 160 and