Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)
	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:	PAR-08-269
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 03, 2008
	Creation Date:	Oct 03, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 16, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Nov 16, 2011
	Archive Date:	Dec 17, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized).
Grant Description: Purpose. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support short-term preparatory, pilot or feasibility studies that will inform larger scale real world health IT implementation and use or the conduct of more comprehensive health IT implementation research.
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