Research Done Differently
PCORI was established to fund research that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed decisions about the healthcare choices they face every day, guided by those who will use that information.
More About PCORI
Our Executive Director outlines PCORI’s creation and mission to fund research that helps people make better-informed healthcare decisions based on their needs and preferences.
A patient coinvestigator on a PCORI-funded study says patient engagement in research helps researchers ask the right questions.
Our Research Priorities: Our National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda serves as a framework to guide our funding of comparative clinical effectiveness research that will give patients and those who care for them the ability to make better-informed health decisions.
Our Research Funding: PCORI has funded $2.8 billion in research and related projects, including those that support the methods and capacity for conducting that research. We also provide funding to help more patients and other stakeholders become involved in the research process.
