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Funding opportunities for telehealth and broadband related programs.

Funding opportunities

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Telehealth Resource Center Program

Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

These telehealth resource centers will provide training and support, disseminate information and research findings, promote effective collaboration, and foster the use of telehealth technologies to provide health care information and education for health care providers who serve rural areas, frontier communities, and medically underserved areas, and medically underserved populations. National Telehealth Resource Centers help provide telehealth support and technical assistance to organizations that receive funding as a regional center as well as providing support to health care providers across the country. One award will focus on telehealth policy and the other will focus on telehealth technology.

Regional Telehealth Resource Centers

Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

These telehealth resource centers will provide training and support, disseminate information and research findings, promote effective collaboration, and foster the use of telehealth technologies to provide health care information and education for health care providers who serve rural areas, frontier communities, and medically underserved areas, and medically underserved populations. Regional Telehealth Resource Centers are geographically located to facilitate activities at the local level and to make sure resources are distributed evenly.

Telehealth Research Center

Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This funding opportunity aims to support activities to expand the evidence base to inform policy and programs for telehealth services in underserved populations in the United States. The Telehealth Research Center will conduct clinically informed and policy-relevant health services research to expand the evidence base for telehealth services.

Telehealth Rapid Response Center

Agency
Health Resources and Services Administration
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This funding opportunity aims to support activities to expand the evidence base to inform policy and programs for telehealth services in underserved populations in the United States. The Telehealth Rapid Response Center will conduct rapid telehealth data analyses and short-term, issue-specific telehealth research studies to provide stakeholders and the public with resources to understand the impact of telehealth policies and regulations. It will also provide information to improve telehealth access for underserved populations in the United States.

Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This grant provides funding to further develop affordable medical technologies, such as telehealth, that will help reduce disparities in access to healthcare and health outcomes among disadvantaged groups. The applicant should aim to address one of the following categories that can impact healthcare disparities: physical, knowledge, infrastructure, economic, and/or cultural.

Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address and Reduce Health Care Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This funding opportunity supports research that examines the impact of leveraging health information technology (health IT) to reduce disparities in access to and utilization of health care services, patient-clinician communication, and health outcomes for populations that experience health disparities in the U.S. Special areas of interest include the evaluation of telehealth policies on access to care, the impact of telehealth care delivery models on quality of care and interventions to address the challenges that can impact telehealth engagement and adherence to treatment plans.

Seeking Products to Address Social Needs impacting Substance Use Disorders (SUD) (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

United States small business concerns (SBCs)

Summary

This funding opportunity is aimed at supporting small business concerns (SBCs) in the development of technologies to address health-related social needs (HRSN) impacting substance use disorders (SUD) other than alcohol use disorder.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Assessing Real-World Effectiveness and Implementation of Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication among Rural Communities

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This Notice of Special Interest seeks to support research on the real-world effectiveness of telehealth collaboration among health care providers, specifically provider-to-provider telehealth, to improve access to critical health expertise in remote communities. The research aims to advance health equity and access to care, investigate the effectiveness of provider-to-provider telehealth in managing rural populations' health, and develop implementation strategies in settings where clinical effectiveness is established.

Health and Health Care Disparities Among Persons Living with Disabilities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This funding opportunity aims to fund innovative research focused on addressing health and well-being among individuals with disabilities, particularly at the intersections of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

Interventions to expand cancer screening and preventive services to ADVANCE health in populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required)

Agency
National Institutes of Health
Expires
Eligibility

U.S. organizations, both private and public

Summary

This opportunity works to address barriers to cancer screening and preventive services in populations experiencing health disparities. Projects should include barriers and facilitators at various levels, such as patient, clinician, health care setting, and neighborhood/community, and may include telehealth implementation.