FUNDING-Limited Submission – HRSA – Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement; March 6, 2018

 

Purpose: The purpose of this Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) cooperative agreement, Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement, is to improve quality and health outcomes in rural communities through technical assistance to beneficiaries of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) quality initiatives such as award recipients, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and other rural providers. Assistance will be provided in data collection and analysis, understanding measure specifications, benchmarking, target-setting, and health information technology. It will also include developing, implementing, and adapting efficient and effective improvement strategies for a rural audience and tracking the outcomes of quality improvement efforts.

 

Note: The FY2018 President’s Budget does not request funding for this program. This notice is a contingency action to ensure that should funds become available, HRSA can process application and award funds.

 

Funding Amount/ Project Period: $500,000 per year for five years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit:  1

 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by March 6, 2018:

• Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners;
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

 

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadline:  May 1, 2018