February 16, 2001
AHRQ Announces Patient Safety Research Grants
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced Feb. 2 that it is seeking applications from non-profit organizations to fund up to 13 demonstration projects that will assess the effectiveness of various methods of collecting and using information to reduce medical errors and their impact. AHRQ expects to award up to $25 million each year for these grants over the next 3 years. This is the third in a series of six requests for applications to be released in FY 2001 under the agency's new patient safety and medical errors research program.
Letters of intent for the demonstration projects are due April 2, 2001, and applications are due April 27. In addition, a special technical assistance workshop for interested applicants is scheduled for March 16 at AHRQ's offices.
Information: Lisa Krever, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 301-594-6625.
