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            Health research funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Health research funding opportunities, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
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				<copyright>Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center</copyright>
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<title>Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO)</title>
<description>Supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects on health care policy and financing issues. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=239 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:19:28 CST</pubDate>
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<title>New Connections:Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming (for Junior Investigators) Round 5</title>
<description>Grants to Junior Investigators from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities to address specific questions posed by one of RWJFs program areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1748 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:55:21 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Delta States Rural Development Network Program Grant Program</title>
<description>Grant to fund organizations located in the eight Delta States which address unmet local health care needs and prevalent health disparities through the development of new and innovative projects. Geographic coverage:  Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee  -- Office of Rural Health Policy </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=378 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:30:49 CST</pubDate>
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<title>AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)</title>
<description>Funding for Large Research (R01) Projects, and expresses AHRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing extramural health services research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation grants. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2059 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:56:39 CST</pubDate>
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<title>AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support</title>
<description>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  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=940 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:45:12 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Commonwealth Fund Health Grants</title>
<description>Supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Commonwealth Fund </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=107 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:00:42 CST</pubDate>
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<title>2011 Alice S. Hersh National Health Policy Conference Scholarships</title>
<description>Scholarship is designed to encourage professional and educational development in health services research and policy among student members of AcademyHealth. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- AcademyHealth </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2241 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:19:21 CST</pubDate>
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<title>AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences (R13)</title>
<description>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  -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=106 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:12:55 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Physician Investigator Research Award</title>
<description>Funding for Michigan physicians to explore a research idea concerning quality, cost or appropriate access to care. Geographic coverage:  Michigan  -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1558 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:38:20 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Investigator Initiated Research Program</title>
<description>Funds Michigan-based applied research projects addressing the quality and cost of health care and appropriate access. Geographic coverage:  Michigan  -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1557 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:37:17 CST</pubDate>
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