Commonwealth Fund Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program

The Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, an initiative of the New York City-based Commonwealth Fund, is accepting Letters of Inquiry for projects designed to improve the quality of primary health care in the United States, including efforts to center care around the needs and preferences of patients and their families.

The program supports efforts to strengthen primary care by promoting the collection and dissemination of information on patients’ healthcare experiences and on physician office systems and practices that are associated with high-quality patient-centered care; assist primary care practices with the adoption of practices, models, and tools that can help them both become more patient-centered and coordinate more closely with hospitals, specialists, and other public and private healthcare providers in their communities; and inform the development of policies to encourage patient- and family-centered care in medical homes.

For eligibility and application guidelines as well as descriptions of previously funded projects, see the Commonwealth Fund Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Internal Deadline for applications.  Please contact Matt Winfrey, Eppley Cancer Center for information.

The NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA) represent an ongoing program to provide two year grants of $75,000, per annum, for direct research expenses to promising young investigators across a broad range of oncology specialties and areas of interest. The awards may include funds up to $16,000 for data collection and research support (e.g., biostatistics) and $3,000 for IRB review and continuing review. Non‐research related expenses will be covered to a maximum of 8% within the overall budget. A separate administrative allowance, in addition to the $75,000 per annum award, may be provided for the expenses of participating in the annual NCCN meeting during the second year of the award. The award is open to physicians, scientists, and nurses working in an oncology laboratory, clinical research or clinical setting, or cancer control program in one of the NCCN’s 21‐member institutions, who (1) have a first full‐time appointment as an Assistant Professor, Instructor, or an equivalent level, or (2) are MD’s, PhD’s or, for oncology nurses, have an appropriate ‐ level advanced degree. The award may be used to fund salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows and/or research assistants; data collection and entry; patient costs; analysis; computer costs; necessary purchased services, e.g., surveys; and supplies.

NCCN Fdn RFP 2013

Round 8 grants: July 10, 2013 (3:00 p.m. ET)
RWJF New Connections grants awarded through HER: Mar 27, 2013 (3:00 p.m. ET)

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

This call for proposals is for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are: Round 8 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.

More details and how to apply for:

• Round 8 grants
• RWJF New Connections grants awarded through Healthy Eating Research