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Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT is sponsored by Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). This funding opportunity accelerates the use of standards-based agentic artificial intelligence technologies to advance clinical care and enable innovation, enhance the Lantern tool's ability to monitor FHIR endpoints, and assess laboratory data quality.
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Grants Management & Process LEAP in Health IT Notice of Funding Opportunity The Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity will address well-documented and fast emerging challenges that inhibit the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT.
It is expected to further a new generation of health IT development and inform the innovative implementation and refinement of standards, methods, and techniques for overcoming major barriers and challenges as they are identified.
2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) ONC published a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-26-001 .
The goal of the funding opportunity is to accelerate the use of standards-based agentic artificial intelligence technologies to advance clinical care and enable innovation, enhance the Lantern tool’s ability to monitor FHIR endpoints by adding a secure, community‑driven feedback layer, and to assess laboratory data quality and implement existing solutions to improve small independent laboratories’ adoption and use of standard codes.
Area 1: Accelerate the use of agentic artificial intelligence solutions in clinical care. Area 2: Expand Lantern’s API monitoring capabilities by integrating secure, community-driven feedback that complements existing automated checks.
Area 3 : Assess laboratory interoperability gaps to improve the adoption and use of standard terminology among small, independent laboratories The application period closes at 12:00 PM ET on July 16, 2026. Notice of Funding Opportunity (2026) View the full Notice of Funding Opportunity [PDF – 797 KB] Read Frequently Asked Questions Informational Session (2026) An informational session was held on June 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET.
Presentation Slides [PDF – 1. 1 MB] 2025 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) ONC published a Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-22-001 .
In fiscal year 2025, ONC seeks applications pursuant to the LEAP in Health IT notice of funding opportunity for projects that address one of the following areas of interests: Area 1: Demonstrate readiness of FHIR®-based Subscriptions capability as a foundational health IT capability for improved interactivity with third-party applications.
Area 2: Identify and test innovative technical approaches that would inform future changes to the TEFCA TM infrastructure to increase adoption of Individual Access Service (IAS). The application period closed at 12:00 ET on April 25, 2025.
Special Emphasis Notice (2025) View the full Special Emphasis Notice [PDF -339 KB] Informational Session (2025) An informational session was held March 6, 2025 1:00 PM ET Presentation Slides [PDF – 608 KB] 2024 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) ONC published a Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-22-001 .
In 2024, ONC is particularly interested in applications whose specific aims address one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Develop innovative ways to improve healthcare-data quality to support responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in healthcare Area 2: Accelerate adoption of health IT in behavioral health settings The application period closed on July 12, 2024 .
All Questions about this SEN should be submitted to ONC-LEAP@hhs. gov View Questions and Answers to the SEN Special Emphasis Notice (2024) View the full Special Emphasis Notice [370 KB] Informational Session (2024) An informational session was held on at 1:00 PM Eastern on May 21, 2024.
Slides from Informational Session [PDF – 15 MB] 2023 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) ONC published a Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-22-001 .
In 2023, ONC was particularly interested in applications whose specific aims address one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Exploring the Use of Advanced Fast Health Care Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) Capabilities Area 2: Identifying Data Quality Improvements for USCDI Data Elements The application period closed on June 12, 2023.
Special Emphasis Notice (2023) View the full Special Emphasis Notice [PDF – 476 KB] View Responses to Questions about Special Emphasis Notice Informational Session (2023) An informational session was held on April 25, 2023 . Presentation Slides [PDF – 14.
6 MB] 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) ONC published a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding opportunity NAP-AX-22-001 .
In 2022, ONC is particularly interested in applications whose specific aims address one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Address Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)Through Innovative, Open-Source Technology Tools, and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Area 2: Demonstrate the Use of Equity-Enhancing Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) for Clinical Care and Research Notice of Funding Opportunity (2022) View the full Notice of Funding Opportunity Read Frequently Asked Questions Informational Session (2022) An informational session was held on June 28, 2022.
A video recording of the informational session is below. Information Session Presentation Slides [PDF – 14.
3 MB] 2021 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) The 2021 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) asked for applications whose specific aims address one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Referral Management to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Aligned with Clinical Care Area 2: Health IT Tools to Make Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Data Research – and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Ready Special Emphasis Notice (2021) View the full Special Emphasis Notice [PDF- 295 KB] Read Frequently Asked Questions Informational Session (2021) An informational session was held on March 9, 2021.
A video recording of the informational session and the presentation slides are below.
Information Session Presentation Slides [PDF – 945 KB] 2020 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) The 2020 Special Emphasis Notice asked for applications whose specific aims addressed one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Advancing Registry Infrastructure for a Modern API-based Health IT Ecosystem Area 2: Cutting Edge Health IT Tools for Scaling Health Research Area 3: Integrating Health Care and Human Services Data to Support Improved Outcomes View the full Special Emphasis Notice [PDF- 264 KB] View recording of informational session View session slides from informational session [PDF – 12 MB] 2019 Special Emphasis Notice (SEN) The 2019 Special Emphasis Notice asked for applications whose specific aims addressed one of the following areas of interest: Area 1: Standardization and Implementation of Scalable Health Level 7 International’s (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) Consent Resource Area 2: Design, Develop, and Demonstrate Enhanced Patient Engagement Technologies for Care and Research View the full Special Emphasis Notice [PDF – 250 KB] View recording of informational session 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) The 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity was specifically interested in innovative solutions and breakthrough advances in the following areas of interest: Area 1: Expanding the scope, scale, and utility of population-level data-focused application programming interfaces (APIs).
Area 2: Advancing Clinical Knowledge at the Point of Care. View recording of informational session View the full Notice of Funding Opportunity [PDF – 568 KB] Thank you for visiting the HealthIT. gov website!
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Domestic public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with prior funding under specific Public Health Service Act programs (2011–2025). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The published deadline was July 16, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT is funded by Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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