Funding by Topic: Health care quality

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. You can also browse a list of inactive funding programs.

National Funding Programs

AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13)
Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 7, 2013
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support
Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Health Impact Project
Funding to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policymakers.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthcare X Prize
The Grand Challenge for this Healthcare X PRIZE will be to create an optimal health paradigm that empowers and engages individuals and communities in a way that dramatically improves health value.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: X PRIZE Foundation

Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Demonstration Projects (R18)
Funding for demonstration projects to allow States and health care systems to develop, implement and evaluate medical liability models that put patient safety first and work to reduce preventable injuries.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Dec 23, 2009
    Application Deadline: Jan 20, 2010
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants (R21)
Funding for planning grants from States and health care systems for patient safety and medical liability innovations that put patient safety first and work to reduce preventable injuries.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Dec 23, 2009
    Application Deadline: Jan 20, 2010
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety II (R18)
Funding to support Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) grant applications to implement safe practice interventions.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)
Funding to support the development and enhancement of expertise in health IT and related disciplines, including research and evaluation methods.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

State and Regional Funding Programs

California Endowment Grant Programs
Grants to expand access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved and to improve the health status of all Californians.
    Geographic Coverage: California
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: California Endowment

California Endowment Grant Programs
Grants to expand access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved and to improve the health status of all Californians.
    Geographic Coverage: California
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: California Endowment

Investigator Initiated Research Program
Funds Michigan-based applied research projects addressing the quality and cost of health care and appropriate access.
    Geographic Coverage: Michigan
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Physician Investigator Research Award
Funding for Michigan physicians to explore a research idea concerning quality, cost or appropriate access to care.
    Geographic Coverage: Michigan
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

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