Funding Awards

Helping Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Make Treatment Decisions

The American Heart Association and PCORI are excited to announce a major step in a multiyear partnership to identify and fund cardiovascular health research that will make a difference in patients’ lives.
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How to Get Updates on PCORI-Funded Research Results

Published: 
April 13, 2018
Blog Topics: 
Research
Funding Awards
As more of our funded studies produce and publish results, we’re working to ensure our stakeholders are aware of this progress as soon as possible. It’s part of our mandate to conduct research that helps patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare decisions.
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Refreshing the Engagement Awards Program

Published: 
February 12, 2018
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH,
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Dissemination
Funding Awards
The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded $48 million to fund more than 250 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). We’re pleased with our program’s accomplishments...
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Patients Become Partners in PCORI Peer Review

Published: 
February 1, 2018
Author(s): 
Marina Broitman, PhD,
Kira Lesley,
Whitney McInvale, MPH,
Blog Topics: 
Research
Dissemination
Guest Blogs
Funding Awards
Peer review—independent assessment by recognized experts—is central to the research process, from deciding which study proposals to fund to evaluating articles for publication in scientific journals. At PCORI, our authorizing law requires the completed research we fund to undergo peer review, which...
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Funding the Next Generation of Learning-Health-System Researchers

Published: 
October 23, 2017
Author(s): 
Gopal Khanna, MBA,
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Executive Director's Blog
Guest Blogs
Funding Awards
The healthcare community is finding common ground when it comes to identifying essential elements of a learning health system (LHS). At their core, organizations that apply LHS principles are committed to improving patient care through the generation, adoption, and application of evidence to...
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Implementing Shared Decision Making: A New PCORI Initiative

Published: 
July 19, 2017
Author(s): 
Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD,
Christopher Gayer, PhD
Blog Topics: 
Research
Application Process
Funding Awards
Helping patients use evidence to make informed healthcare decisions that best match their values and preferences is one of PCORI’s major goals. This is an important focus because even with evidence from comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, choosing between treatments or other...
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Engagement Project Yields Unexpected Dividends

Published: 
June 9, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
When she applied for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, Sharron Close, PhD, of Atlanta never dreamed it would lead her all the way to the Georgia capitol and Governor Nathan Deal. Close, a researcher at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, was leading a PCORI-...
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Updates to the Engagement Awards Program

Published: 
June 7, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH,
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Since our establishment, PCORI has been committed to meaningful involvement by patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders throughout the research process. As part of our Engagement program, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards have supported more than 200 projects...
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Engaging Communities in Asthma Studies: How We Can Make a Difference

Published: 
May 2, 2017
Author(s): 
Alex D. Federman, MD, MPH,
Bradley Kramer, MPA
Blog Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Guest Blogs
Funding Awards
While the United States has some of the best asthma care in the world, that care is not equally accessible to all children and families. Some communities have historically been left behind as we study what works in asthma care. But we are taking steps to change that through purposeful action to...
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Streamlining Our Application Process

Published: 
April 17, 2017
Author(s): 
Brigette Scott, MA
Blog Topics: 
Research
Application Process
Funding Awards
Through the years, we’ve been grateful to receive feedback about the application process for our research awards. You’ve told us that changes to our application process occur too frequently, are often confusing and inconsistent, and should be better communicated in advance of any major releases...
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