Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), (http://www.ahrq.gov)

Small Grant Program for Conference Support

Purpose: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announces its continued interest in supporting conferences through its Small Grant Program for Conference Support. AHRQ seeks to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

The types of conferences eligible for support include:

• Research development – conferences where issues or challenges in the practice and delivery of health care are defined and a research agenda or strategy for studying them is developed;
• Research design and methodology – conferences where methodological and technical issues of major importance in the field of health services research are addressed or new designs and methodologies are developed;
• Dissemination and implementation conferences – where research findings and evidence-based information and tools are summarized, communicated and used by organizations and individuals that have the capability to use the information to improve the outcomes, quality, access to, and cost and utilization of health care services; and/or,
• Research training, infrastructure and career development -conferences where faculty, trainees and students are brought together with stakeholders to develop, share or disseminate research products, experiences, curricula, syllabi, training competencies.

Application Due Date(s):

• In 2009: October 20, December 21;
• In 2010: February 22, April 20, June 21, August 20, October 20, December, 20;
• In 2011: February 22, April 20, June 21, August 22, October 20, December 20;
• In 2012: February 21, April 20, June 20, August 20, and October 22

Peer Review Date(s): Generally two months after receipt date

Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): Generally three months after peer review date

Expiration Date:  October 23, 2012