purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to seek health services research grant applications focused on AHRQ research priorities, including improving healthcare quality and patient safety, improving healthcare delivery and practice improvement, and enhancing whole-person healthcare delivery. AHRQ supports research in all healthcare settings, including the hospital, long-term care, ambulatory care, home healthcare, pharmacy, and care transitions between settings. Research may involve many partners and other groups, including patients, families, clinicians, non-clinical healthcare staff, policymakers, payers, healthcare organizations, providers and accreditors, local and State governments, the Federal Government, and others.

Government

• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Special district governments
• Public and Indian housing authorities
• City or township governments
• County governments
• State governments

Nonprofit

• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
• Other Native American tribal organizations
• Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Miscellaneous

• Other

Education

• Independent school districts
• Public and state institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

Business

• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses