Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R18) | PA 17 007

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding opportunity titled "Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R18)" (Funding Opportunity Number PA 17-007) supports large, applied health services research projects that test, demonstrate, and spread practical approaches to preventing and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The emphasis is on real-world implementation: projects are expected to move beyond smaller pilot studies and instead evaluate strategies that can be adopted in routine healthcare settings, with a clear focus on how healthcare organizations can successfully put proven or promising infection-prevention methods into practice, measure results, and disseminate what works to other sites.

This opportunity uses the R18 grant mechanism, which is typically associated with demonstration and dissemination work in health services research. In plain terms, AHRQ is looking for projects that not only generate evidence, but also show how to apply that evidence at scale, in day-to-day clinical operations. The FOA highlights broad areas of HAI research eligible for support, centered on prevention and reduction strategies. While the specific priority topics and required elements are detailed in the full FOA, the core theme is improving patient safety by reducing infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving healthcare, often through changes in care processes, organizational practices, implementation approaches, and spread strategies.

The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant in the health activity area, with CFDA number 93.226. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). The FOA also notes additional eligible applicant types, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), eligible agencies of the federal government, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (other than federally recognized), and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs). A key restriction is that non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible, meaning the work and the applicant organization must be U.S.-based as defined in the FOA.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on 2016-10-13, and the listed original closing date is 2021-06-15. The provided source data does not specify an award ceiling or the expected number of awards, so applicants would need to consult the full FOA text for budget limits, anticipated funding levels, project period expectations, review criteria, and any special submission requirements. Overall, the grant is aimed at supporting sizable, practice-focused research efforts that can demonstrate effective HAI prevention methods in the field and actively disseminate the findings and implementation lessons so that successful approaches can be replicated across healthcare settings.

• The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (R18)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.226.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-10-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).

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