Funding-Limited Submission - National Technical Resource Center for Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention (HRSA-15-085); November 14, 2014

Description: The purpose of the University Newborn Hearing Screening Program is to utilize specifically targeted and measurable interventions to increase the number of infants who are followed up for rescreening, referral, and intervention after having not passed a physiologic newborn screening examination prior to discharge from the newborn nursery. The focus of the Center will be to provide to state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs training and technical assistance for planning, policy development, implementing innovations and quality improvement methodology to reduce their loss to follow-up rate/loss to documentation (LTF/D), i.e. the number of infants who do not receive timely and appropriate screening follow-up and coordinated interventions. The goals of the Center are to: (1) improve the performance of state EHDI programs in decreasing the loss to follow-up rates by 5% per year, especially in rural and underserved communities; and (2) increase to 100% the number of state EHDI programs that have incorporated quality improvement methodology and processes into their operations. HRSA will make one cooperative agreement for up to $1,200,000/year for 5 years.

Institutional Limit: Multiple applications from an organization are not allowable.

See the complete program announcement for additional details and requirements:

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=264609

Internal Competition: Because HRSA limits the number of proposals to one per organization, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program should send the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, September 30, 2014:

• Names and departments of the Project Director and project personnel;
• Title of the program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• A brief description (2 pages maximum) of the proposed project, including the need for the project, goals, objectives, and proposed activities.

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: November 10, 2014