PCORI grant funding opportunities in CER to open Jan 9
The following PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs)—to be released Jan 9, 2024—invite applications for high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects.
Broad Pragmatic Studies
The Broad Pragmatic Studies (BPS) PFA identified Special Areas of Emphasis for this submission, including the topics of Long COVID, Social Needs/Social Determinants of Health, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
For more information, visit: www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/broad-pragmatic-studies-funding-announcement-2024-standing-pfa-cycle-1-2024
Phased Large Awards
The Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research (PLACER) PFA will address critical decisions faced by patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, and the health and healthcare community and for which there is insufficient evidence.
For more information, visit: www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/phased-large-awards-comparative-effectiveness-research-placer-cycle-1-2024
Both funding opportunities enable the support of PCORnet® studies using PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to advance PCORI's National Priorities for Health. PCORnet is accessible to all investigators interested in using the PCORnet infrastructure, which was designed to improve the nation's capacity to conduct large-scale patient-centered health research.
UNC is a participating PCORnet site under the STAR CRN. Mike Kappelman, MD is the UNC site principal investigator leading and promoting PCORnet as a national data infrastructure resource for all researchers within UNC interested in using the PCORnet Common Data Model (CDM) to their research questions, from observational studies to large-scale multi-network comparative effectiveness trials.
We invite any interested UNC researchers to submit for the grant opportunities above for Cycle 1 2024.
Office Hours
TraCS is offering office hours on Jan 12, 2024 from 3 - 4 p.m. to answer questions about these opportunities before submission. Presenters:
Michael Kappelman, MD
Nisha Datta, MS
Kellie Walters, MPH
Penny Wang, MS
