COORDINATING CENTER FOR THE AHRQ CENTERS FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTICS PROGRAM

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	Federal Grant Title:	COORDINATING CENTER FOR THE AHRQ CENTERS FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTICS PROGRAM
	CFDA Number:	93.226
	CFDA Description:	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes
	Federal Agency Name:	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-HS-03-007
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Aug 06, 2003
	Creation Date:	Aug 23, 2003
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 24, 2003
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Aug 23, 2003
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments County governments City or township governments Special district governments Independent school districts Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Small businesses Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invites applications from non-profit and for-profit organizations to act as the coordinating center for the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs)Program. The program consists of seven geographically dispersed research centers receiving multi-year funding. CERTs is an ongoing multi-year program that supports research demonstration centers. Detailed information on the program can be obtained at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/certsovr.htm. Congress expanded the authority of AHCPR under the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-115), to conduct a demonstration program to conduct research and provide objective information on therapeutics. The centers (CERTs) were created under Sec. 409, which adds a new section (Sec. 905) to the authorizing statute for AHRQ (Public Health Services Act Title IX--42 U.S.C. 299 et seq.). AHRQ administers the demonstration program, in close consultation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The program's legislative mandate is to conduct state-of-the-art research to increase awareness of (1) new uses of drugs, biological products, and devices; (2) ways to improve the effective use of drugs, biological products, and devices; and (3) risks of new uses and risks of combinations of drugs and biological products. Further, the legislation directs CERTs to provide objective clinical information to the following individuals and entities: (1) health care practitioners and other providers of health care goods or services; (2) pharmacists, pharmacy benefit managers and purchasers; (3) health maintenance organizations and other managed health care organizations; (4) health care insurers and governmental agencies; and (5) patients and consumers. Additionally, the centers are to investigate various ways to improve the quality of health care while reducing the cost of health care through an increase in the appropriate use of drugs, biological products, or devices, and the prevention of adverse effects of drugs, biological products, and devices and the consequences of such effects, such as unnecessary hospitalizations. Finally, the CERTs will conduct research on the comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and safety of drugs, biological products, and devices. For the purposes of this document, therapeutics are defined as drugs, biologics, and devices. A CERTs research center is defined as an organization with a core group of investigators with either institutional or similar kinds of professional bonds who have strong experience in the area of research in therapeutics. The research center may be a consortium of organizations, although it is expected that members of a consortium will provide collateral or supplemental support to the applicant organization. The role of coordinating center (CC) is not to lead the program, but to facilitate the leadership of the CERTs Steering Committee (SC), consisting of the research centers , government agencies, and other members, through logistical support and active participation in committee.
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