Overview

• What is Health Services Research?
• Research Portfolio and QUERI: Descriptions of portfolios, QUERI projects and their Central Office contacts

Funding Opportunities

• Solicitations - Scientific merit review research announcements and requests for application in selected research areas

  • New HSR&D RFAs available as of October 1, 2009!

    New requests for funding with instructions for submitting proposals electronically are available on the R&D intranet. Copy and paste this link into your browser http://vaww.research.va.gov/funding/rfa.cfm.
• Programs
  • Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR)
  • Career Development Program
  • Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
  • Service Directed Research (SDR)
  • Service Directed Projects (SDP)
  • Nursing Research Initiative and Nursing Pilots (NRI)
  • Management Research Consultation
• Office of Academic Affiliation Awards

How To Apply

Note: Please contact your local Administrative Officer or the Research Service at your facility to learn about local forms and requirements such as R&D Committee approvals (aka Just-in-Time).

• Submission Calendar
• Intent to Submit Website
• Detailed Instructions for NIH eRA Electronic Submissions and Proposal Guidelines
• Changes to Letters of Intent for Merit Review/Investigator Initiated Research (IIR)
• Policies, Handbooks and Guidelines
• Multiple PI Policy (30KB, PDF)
• Sample Summary Budget Table (25 KB, Excel )
• Forms needed in your application
• Central Office Contacts - Contact information for the various funding programs and portfolios, and for general administrative questions

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• Cost Analyses in HSR&D Studies: Information for Applicants and Reviewers (86 KB, PDF)
• Data Quality: Race and Ethnicity Information in Medical SAS Datasets
• Data Quality Alerts: Information for Applicants and Reviewers (100KB, PDF)
• QUERI Economic Analysis Guidelines (39KB, MS Word)

Other Opportunities and Information

• Training and Fellowships and HSR&D Centers
• Research-related Job Postings

Already Funded?

• Publication Notification
  • Requirement to notify HSR&D of publications and presentations
• Reporting Guidelines
• Final Report Instructions
• Annual Project Abstract and Final Report Abstract Instructions
• Project Modification Instructions (62 KB, Word)

HSR&D Request for Applications

The following RFAs are now available on the RFA page of the ORD intranet site at http://vaww.research.va.gov/funding/rfa.cfm (copy and paste this link into your browser).

• HSR&D Merit Review Award (Parent I01)
• HSR&D Merit Review Award - Pilot Project Program
• VA Nursing Research Initiative (NRI)
• HSR&D Merit Review Award for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research
• HSR&D Review Award for Deployment Health Research (OEF/OIF)