Dear Colleague,
As the new fiscal year approaches, we are excited to let you know about the many training and career development opportunities we are offering. We highly encourage you to share this information with colleagues or students. At present, we continue to be very interested in receiving and funding dissertation, fellowship, and career development grant applications. Below are links to each of our programs, which describe content, eligibility, and coverage. In addition, we have included links to four special emphasis notices, highlighting several content areas of specific interest to
- Health Services Research Dissertation Awards
Please note that dissertation grant opportunities are available to all full-time students working on their dissertation research, including National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral fellows who are at the dissertation stage, as well as students who are not or were formerly on an NRSA grant.
o http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm#HSRDA
- Fellowship Grants
We offer two types of fellowship grants: predoctoral awards to promote diversity in health services research and postdoctoral awards for both clinical and research scientists.
· Scientist Awards
We recently expanded our career development opportunities to include support for Mentored Research Scientists. This opportunity will run parallel with our ongoing Mentored Clinical Scientist program. In addition, we are continuing our Independent Scientist Development Program, which is open to both clinical and research doctorates.
- Mentored Research Scientists—http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-022.html
- Mentored Clinical Scientists—http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm#MCSDA
- Independent Scientist Awards—http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/rsrchtng.htm#ISA
· Special Emphasis Notices
We are interested in applications that address areas encompassed in our current research portfolios, which include Comparative Effectiveness, Health IT, Patient Safety, Prevention/Care Management, Value, and Innovations/Emerging Issues in Health Care. In particular, we would like to draw your attention to four Special Emphasis Notices we have published. These encourage submission of mentored and independent career development applications in four areas and encourage dissertation applications that pertain to Health Information Technology. The Notices and appropriate links follow:
o Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development (K) Grants Focused on Prevention & Healthcare Management of Complex Patients—http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-08-004.html
o Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development (K) Grants Focused on Comparative Effectiveness Research—http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-08-003.html
o Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care Settings—http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-08-002.html
o Special Emphasis Notice:
If you have particular questions you would like to raise regarding any of these opportunities, please contact the appropriate staff person associated with each program, which can be found at http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/trgstaff.htm.
Once again, thank you and I look forward to receiving your grant applications.
Sincerely,
Francis Chesley, Jr., M.D.
Director
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations
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