AHRQ Issues an Updated Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows Program FOA
Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to inform you that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has recently issued and updated a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that announces AHRQ’s intent to continue its individual postdoctoral fellowship program.
It also highlights AHRQ’s particular interest in a
pplications that focus on identified priority areas in one of the six AHRQ portfolios: value, prevention/care management, health information technology, comparative effectiveness, patient safety, and innovations and emerging issues.
The FOA also provides details regarding the transition of grant applications from paper to electronic submission, beginning with the next submission date (August 8, 2009) and continuing with all subsequent standard submission dates.
The updated program announcement and associated internet links can be found at:
If you have questions on this opportunity, please call Shelley Benjamin 301-427-1528 or e-mail her at
Shelley.Benjamin@ahrq.hhs.gov
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We look forward to receiving your applications.
Sincerely,
Francis Chesley, Jr., M.D.
Director
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations
