Funding-Limited
Submission – HRSA - Telehealth Network Grant Program (HRSA 12-092); March 26, 2012
Description
This
announcement solicits applications for the Telehealth
Network Grant Program (TNGP). The primary objective of the TNGP is
to demonstrate how telehealth programs and networks
can improve access to quality health care services in rural and underserved
communities.
Grants
made under this authority will demonstrate how telehealth
networks improve healthcare services for medically underserved populations in
urban, rural, and frontier communities. TNGP networks are used to:
(a) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of health care
services; (b) improve and expand the training of health care providers; and/or
(c) expand and improve the quality of health information available to health
care providers, and patients and their families, for decisionmaking. However,
as noted below, because of legislative restrictions, grants will be limited to
programs that serve rural communities, although grantees may be located in
urban or rural areas.
Applicants
may apply for the TNGP in one of two areas: 1) Telehealth
Networks (TNGP-TH) – grants for the use of electronic information and
telecommunications technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical
health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health,
and health administration. 2) Telehomecare
Networks (TNGP-THC) – grants to evaluate the cost and effectiveness of
remote vital sign monitoring of individual patients and the delivery of
healthcare services to individuals in their place of residence by a healthcare
provider using telecommunications technologies to exchange healthcare
information over a distance. A “place of residence” is broadly defined to
include assisted living facilities and other congregate arrangements where
people live.
Institutional
Limit: An
organization may only be included in one application as an applicant,
participating network member, or an affiliated organization for one type of
grant (TNGP-TH or TNGP-THC). Due to limited availability of funding under this
grant competition, only one grant award (TNGP-TH or TNGP-THC) will be
made to an “applicant”.
Internal
Competition: Because
HRSA limits the number of proposals, the University of Kentucky has
established an internal selection process. Prospective applicants interested
in responding to this program should send a pre-proposal with the following
information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their
Associate Dean for Research by Monday, March 26, 2012:
A
committee will be appointed to review the information and make a
recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms.
Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.)
HRSA
Deadline:
April 13, 2012