Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants (R21)

The summary for the Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants (R21) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants (R21): Purpose.This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications 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; foster better communication between doctors and their patients; ensure that patients are compensated in a fair and timely manner for medical injuries, while also reducing the incidence of frivolous lawsuits; and reduce liability premiums. Mechanism of Support. This FOA uses the AHRQ Exploratory and Developmental Grants (R21) award mechanism. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA depend upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.Because the nature and scope of the proposed research may vary from application to application, AHRQ anticipates that the size and duration of each award may also vary.The total amount awarded and the number of awards depends upon the numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. Budget and Project Period: The total costs awarded to a grant under this FOA shall not exceed $300,000 for the entire one year project period.AHRQ will not review an application with a budget that exceeds this amount or a project period that exceeds one year.The application may allocate the budget across the project period in accordance with its proposed work plan.

Federal Grant Title:	Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants (R21)
Federal Agency Name:	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-HS-10-022
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.226
CFDA Descriptions:	Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes
Current Application Deadline:	Jan 20, 2010
Original Application Deadline:	Jan 20, 2010
Posted Date:	Oct 20, 2009
Creation Date:	Oct 20, 2009
Archive Date:	Feb 20, 2010
Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$300,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Established health care systems. Roemer defines a health system as having capacities (e.g., hospitals, physicians), activities (e.g., health services), interconnections (e.g., financing, oversight, management), and purpose.30, 31 Its components might include multiple States, localities, Tribal governments, universities, colleges, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organization, community-based organizations, and Federal agencies. Applicants to this FOA must share a long-established, legal entity as sponsor and sufficient service volume to statistically power any proposed intervention. Organizations must also fit under AHRQs grant authorization under 42 USC 299c-5(c), which allows AHRQ to make grants to public and nonprofit entities. Other organizations may participate in projects only as third parties. Because the purpose of this program seeks to improve health care in the United States, foreign institutions may participate in projects only as subcontractors. Organizations described in section 501(c) 4 of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying may not participate.
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