AHRQ Grants Policy Notices

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2018

Date Title
5/9/18 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2018
Notice Number: NOT-OD-18-175
5/2/18 Notice of Early Expiration of PA-15-318 “AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)”
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-008
4/26/18 Salary Limitation on AHRQ FY2018 Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-010
4/26/18 REMINDER - Expiring Funds Alert to AHRQ Grant Recipients who Received Multi-Year Funded Awards
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-009
4/26/18 Registration Process Changes in SAM.gov
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-007
3/13/18 FY2018 - AHRQ to begin allowing Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs of 8% MTDC for consortia located at foreign institutions
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-006
2/20/18 Advance Notice of Transition to the xTRACT System for Preparing Research Training Data Tables
Notice Number: NOT-OD-18-133
2/7/18 AHRQ Notice of Extension of PA-15-179 and PA-15-180
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-004
1/23/18 Reminder to AHRQ Grantees that FY2013 Funds will Expire on September 30, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-005
1/12/18 Reminder: Updated Appendix Policy Eliminates Clinical Trial-Related Materials for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted to Due Dates on or After January 25, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-OD-18-126

2017

Date Title
11/2/17 Reminder: FORMS-E Grant Application Forms & Instructions Must be Used for AHRQ Due Dates On or After January 25, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-003
10/20/17 Notice of Clarification: Research Strategy Page Limit for PA-17-247, Implementation and Evaluation of New Health Information Technology (IT) Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-002
10/20/17 Notice of Clarification: Research Strategy Page Limit for PA-17-077, Utilizing Health Information Technology to Scale and Spread Successful Practice Models Using Patient-reported Outcomes (R18)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-18-001
9/26/17 Notice of Clarification to Eligibility for RFA-HS-17-012 "AHRQ and PCORI Learning Health Systems Mentored Career Development Program (K12)"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-022
9/21/17 Notice: Updates to Active Funding Opportunity Announcements to Prepare for Policy Changes Impacting Due Dates On or After January 25, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-114
9/5/17 Notice of Change of Study Section Assignment for PA-17-246 AHRQ's "Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality and Outcomes"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-020
8/31/17 Delays in Grant Application Submission due to Hurricane Harvey and Subsequent Flooding
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-021
8/10/17 AHRQ Announces Interest in Innovative Methods Research to Increase the Utility of Systematic Reviews 
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-019
8/2/17 Updated Appendix Policy Eliminates Clinical Trial-Related Materials for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted to Due Dates on or After January 25, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-098
7/24/17 Additional Guidance on ‘Full-Time Training’ for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-095
7/24/17 Clarification and Update: Salary Supplementation and Compensation on Research Career Development ("K") Awards
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-094
7/24/17 Notice of Modification to RFA-HS-17-011 "AHRQ National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) Other Award Budget Information"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-018
7/13/17 Salary Limitation on AHRQ FY2017 Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-012
5/30/17 Additional Change to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Policy on Post-Submission Materials
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-066
5/10/17 Notice of Change of Open Date for AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs): PA-17-260 and PA-17-261
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-016
4/27/17 New AHRQ "FORMS-E" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2018
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-015
4/24/17 Expiring Funds Alert to AHRQ Grant Recipients who Received Multi-Year Funded Awards
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-014
4/24/17 Reminder To AHRQ Grantees Whose Existing Non-Competing Grants Were Converted From Pooled Accounts To Subaccounts In FY2015 - Drawing Funds From PMS
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-013
3/29/17 Revision: Notice to Extend PA-14-290 and PA-14-291
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-011
3/20/17 Notice of PA-16-282 and PA-16-283 Cancellation
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-009
2/21/17 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy applied to Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention and Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) FOAs
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-008
2/15/17 Impact of Washington, DC Area Federal Office Operating Status on AHRQ Grant Application Due Dates
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-007
2/6/17 Impact of Washington, DC Area Federal Office Operating Status on NIH Grant Application Due Dates
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-041
1/27/17 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): Implementation and Evaluation of New Health Information Technology Strategies for Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-006
1/13/17 Reminder: New Appendix Policy for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-035
1/4/17 NIH & AHRQ Update Font Guidelines for Applications to Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-030

2016

Date Title
11/25/16 Reminder to AHRQ Grantees that FY2012 Funds will Expire on September 30, 2017
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-004
11/1/16 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): Utilizing Health Information Technology to Scale and Spread Successful Practice Models Using Patient-Reported Outcomes (R18)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-003
10/5/16 AHRQ Policy Guidance Regarding Inflationary Increases (aka, cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs) beginning in Fiscal Year 2017
Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-001
9/29/16 AHRQ Extends Expiration Date for PA-14-002 and PA-14-004
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-021
9/29/16 Notice to Extend PA-14-001 "Exploratory and Developmental Grants to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (R21)"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-020
9/21/16 AHRQ Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-018
9/6/16 AHRQ Retires Policy on Post-Submission
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-017
8/12/16 Changes to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Policy on Post-Submission Materials for Applications Submitted for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-130
8/12/16 New Policy Eliminates Most Appendix Material for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-129
5/18/16 Advancing the Collection and Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes and Patient Contextual Data to Improve Quality and Outcomes in Ambulatory Care through Health Information Technology
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-015
5/4/16 Notice of Update to AHRQ FOA RFA-HS-16-002 "Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP): Dissemination and Implementation of Child Health Quality Measures Cooperative Research Grants (U18)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-014
4/18/16 Optimizing Care for People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions through the Development of Enhanced Care Planning
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-013
4/4/16 Important Information for AHRQ Grantees Regarding FFR Instructions for AHRQ Awards that Transitioned to Subaccounts in the Payment Management System in FY 2015
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-012
4/4/16 AHRQ Announces Interest in Innovative Research in Primary Care
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-011
3/23/16 Reminder: NIH & AHRQ Grant Application Changes for Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
Notice Number: NOT--OD-16-081
3/23/16 Clarifications and Consolidated Biosketch Instructions and Format Pages Available for Applications with Due Dates On or After May 25, 2016
Notice Number: NOT--OD-16-080
3/23/16 AHRQ Announces Interest in Research that Uses Shared Decision Making as a Tool to Improve the Quality of Care for Low Income and Racial and Ethnic Minority Patients
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-010
3/9/16 AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Health IT
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-009
2/19/16 AHRQ Announces New Policy for Public Access to AHRQ-Funded Scientific Publications
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-008
1/14/16 Reminder to AHRQ Grantees that FY2011 Funds will Expire on September 30, 2016
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-007
1/14/16 Salary Limitation on AHRQ FY2016 Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-006
1/12/16 AHRQ Implementation of the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) Requirements
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-005
1/12/16 Extension of Expiration Dates for AHRQ Fellowship (F) and Career Development Award (K) Funding Opportunity Announcements (PA-12-261 and PA-13-039)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-004
1/6/16 Notice to Define the Term 'Rural' for AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement RFA-HS-16-001 "Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Rural Primary Care Practices (R18)"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-16-003

2015

Date Title
12/17/15 Advanced Notice of Coming Requirements for Formal Instruction in Rigorous Experimental Design and Transparency to Enhance Reproducibility: NIH and AHRQ Institutional Training Grants, Institutional Career Development Awards, and Individual Fellowships
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-034
12/15/15 Updates to NIH & AHRQ Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) to Address Rigor and Transparency
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-031
10/13/15 Implementing Rigor and Transparency in NIH & AHRQ Career Development Award Applications
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-012
10/9/15 Implementing Rigor and Transparency in NIH & AHRQ Research Grant Applications
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-011
10/13/15 NIH & AHRQ Announce New Form for PHS Awarding Component and Peer Review Requests
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-008
10/13/15 NIH & AHRQ Announce Transition to New Research Training Table Formats for 2016 and Upcoming Release of the xTRACT System
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-007
10/13/15 NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Post-Award Forms and Instructions
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-005
10/13/15 NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for 2016 Grant Applications
Notice Number: NOT-OD-16-004
9/8/15 AHRQ Implements eRA Commons Financial Conflict of Interest Module for Grantee Reporting under FCOI Regulations
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-016
8/20/15 Change in Budget Limit Change for AHRQ General Research (R01) and Research Demonstration (R18) Grant Applications
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-013
7/29/15 Extension of Expiration Dates for AHRQ Healthcare-Associated Infection R18 and R01 Funding Opportunity Announcements (PA-12-240 and PA-12-241)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-012
6/9/15 Enhancing Reproducibility through Rigor and Transparency
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-103
5/28/15 Important Information Regarding AHRQ Only Non-competing Awards Converted to a Payment Management System Subaccount in FY 2015
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-009
3/4/15 AHRQ Announces Continued Interest in Career Development and Dissertation Awards
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-007
2/10/15 AHRQ Announces Interest in Research About the Epidemiology of Patient Safety Risks and Harms in Ambulatory Health Care Settings
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-006
1/22/15 Reminders Related to the NIH/AHRQ Policy for Application Submission
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-059
1/27/15 Adjustments to NIH and AHRQ Grant Application Due Dates Between February 13 and February 18, 2015
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-057

2014

Date Title
11/26/14 New Biographical Sketch Format Required for NIH and AHRQ Grant Applications Submitted for Due Dates on or After January 25, 2015
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-024
10/17/14 AHRQ Implements the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) and Uniform Progress Report Due Dates
Notice Number: NOT-HS-15-001
4/17/14 NIH and AHRQ Announce Updated Policy for Application Submission
Notice Number: NOT-OD-14-074
2/20/14 Notice of Correction to AHRQ's PA-12-256 "AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)"
Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-009
1/23/14 Notice of Modified AHRQ Application Submission and Referral for Appointed AHRQ Study Section and Special Emphasis Panel Members
Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-006

2013

Date Title
12/18/13 AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Healthcare Delivery System Affordability, Efficiency, and Quality
Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-005
12/11/13 AHRQ Implements the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for AHRQ Fellowship Grantees
Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-003
11/5/13 AHRQ Awards to Transition to Payment Management System Subaccounts in FY 2014 and FY 2015
Notice Number: NOT-HS-14-002
8/21/13 Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development (K08) and Dissertation (R36) Grants Focused on Health Information Technology (IT)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-13-011

2011

Date Title
5/6/11 AHRQ Data and Safety Monitoring Policy
Notice Number: NOT-HS-11-015
3/29/11 Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Individual and Institutional Career Development Award (K) Applications
Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-059
2/25/11 New Page Limits for AHRQ Individual Career Development (K) Award Applications: Due Dates Beginning June 12, 2011
Notice Number: NOT-HS-11-010
2/22/11 Time Limitations for AHRQ Individual Career Development Award Support (K01 and K08)
Notice Number: NOT-HS-11-011
02/15/11 AHRQ Implementation of the Federal Financial Report Mandatory Use of the Federal Financial Report (SF-425) Beginning March 1, 2011
Notice Number: NOT-HS-11-008
Page last reviewed May 2018
Page originally created January 2014
Internet Citation: AHRQ Grants Policy Notices. Content last reviewed May 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/polnotice/index.html