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On May 3, PCORI opened its second funding cycle of the year and started accepting Letters of Intent for several PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs), which include calls for: Research studies…

Healthy kidneys are key to healthy bodies — acting as a filter so that the nutrients we need to stay in our bloodstream are kept circulating while waste products are…

My time on the PCORI Patient Engagement Advisory Panel (PEAP), as both a member and chair from 2017 to 2020, has had a tremendous impact on my thinking about patient…

Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award program has awarded more than $130 million to fund more than 637 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes…

Conducting clinical research studies often takes years, from recruiting participants to analyzing data. It can often take many more years for new evidence from research to inform health care and…

WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened the application periods for eight funding opportunities that offer up to $297.5 million in total funding. The latest PCORI Funding Announcements…

PCORI is always looking for ways to respond to stakeholder feedback and enhance our processes to achieve our mission more effectively. I am pleased to report on some recent and…

WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved two slates of research funding awards totaling $49.5 million to support nine new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER)…

WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved an award slate with $32.7 million for a large, multi-phase comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) study to compare…

Delivering on its commitment to develop an extensive pipeline of funding opportunities made earlier this year, PCORI opens its third funding cycle on September 7. The funding cycle includes nine…

As the nation’s primary funder of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research, PCORI examines the important questions that patients face and helps create an informed healthcare system. Congressional reauthorization in 2019…

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $254 million in funding for 28 new research studies aimed at eliminating disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality, preventing suicide among young people, and improving behavioral health, maternal and infant outcomes, cancer care, surgical care and outcomes for people with chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Emphasizing interest in improving postpartum outcomes for women experiencing disparities in health care, nonsurgical options for women with urinary incontinence, and interventions targeting mental health conditions in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began accepting proposals for research designed to help patients and those who care for them to make better-informed health care decisions.

An array of PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) open for Letters of Intent (LOI) on Tuesday, May 4, including three targeted announcements seeking projects on areas of acute interest. Two of…

More than a dozen topics ranging from healthy aging to prevention of drug addiction among adolescents and from telehealth to addressing bias, racism and discrimination throughout the health care continuum will be the focus of efforts to develop future research funding opportunities from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) following approval at today’s PCORI Board of Governors meeting.

The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program today introduces two special funding opportunities to build capacity to support patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR). These PFAs call for proposals related to COVID-19…

ABC News’ flagship morning program Good Morning America recently featured an online story on care for people with Down syndrome that highlighted a PCORI-funded project. The story about 28-year-old Cristina…

PCORI's Online System will open on May 7, 2024, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for several research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFA), which will fund proposals for high-quality…

About 37 million Americans live with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may not know about their options for treatment or the benefits and harms of each choice. A PCORI-funded research…

PCORI will be hosting several virtual applicant town halls for prospective applicants to learn more about the new Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) that open on May 7. Attendees will…

Although new results from an ongoing PCORI-funded study into whether some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can safely stop taking certain kinds of medications as they age weren’t conclusive in…

For older adults, guidelines recommend clinicians and patients work together to make decisions about colorectal cancer screening (CRC). However, these conversations must consider several factors and can be challenging. The…

On May 7, 2024, PCORI will begin accepting Letter of Intent (LOI) submissions for the Broad Pragmatic Studies PCORI Funding Announcement (BPS PFA) under Cycle 2 2024. This PFA seeks…

Some patients who receive chemotherapy develop a serious health problem called febrile neutropenia (FN), which involves having a fever and a low number of a type of white blood cells…

Over-the-counter aspirin is as effective as low-molecular-weight heparin, a commonly used injectable blood thinner, in preventing life-threatening blood clots among patients hospitalized due to a fracture, according to findings from…