FW: $20 million in RFAs for behavioral economic techniques to increase the uptake of Comparative Effectiveness Research (corrected version)

From: Grossman, Michael <MGrossman_at_gc.cuny.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:07:21 -0500

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From: King, Jonathan (NIH/NIA/ERP) [E] [mailto:kingjo_at_nia.nih.gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:55 AM
To: King, Jonathan (NIH/NIA/ERP) [E]
Cc: Bhattacharyya, Partha (NIH/NIA/ERP) [E]
Subject: $20 million in RFAs for behavioral economic techniques to increase the uptake of Comparative Effectiveness Research (corrected version)
Importance: High

In collaboration with AHRQ, two closely related Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) have been released. One FOA supports large scale clinical trials on increasing uptake of drugs, procedures, ways of organizing health care, behavioral interventions, etc. The other FOA supports pilot research on this topic. Both FOAs use the new ARRA-specific RC4 mechanism that allows projects to be up to three years in length.

The Clinical Trials FOA provides $15 million in funding for two trials. For more information see:

ARRAOS: Recovery Act Limited Competition:
Behavioral Economics for Nudging the Implementation of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Clinical Trials (RC4)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-10-001.html

The Pilot Research FOA provides $5 million in funding to support 4-5 smaller projects. For more information, see:

ARRAOS: Recovery Act Limited Competition:
Behavioral Economics for Nudging the Implementation of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Pilot Research (RC4)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-10-002.html

We invite and encourage you to apply for these unique funding opportunities and/or spread the word to others you think are well-equipped to apply. Because of the time limitations to make these awards, the application deadlines are approaching very rapidly; for Trials, the application due date is April 7, 2010, and for Pilot Research, the due date is March 19, 2010. Note also that you should monitor the funding opportunity URLs as we expect some amendments, clarifications, and amplifications may be released.

Dr. Jonathan King is the NIH contact for both of these RFAs; please feel free to ask any questions you may have about these funding opportunities. Dr. Partha Bhattacharyya, a health economist in our Division copied on this email, is also able to answer questions about these.

Jonathan W. King, Ph.D.

National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Division of Behavioral and Social Research
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Email: kingjo_at_nia.nih.gov<mailto:kingjo_at_nia.nih.gov>

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