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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hello Fellows,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Please see the below AACOM Information Alert regarding changes in AHRQ funding awards due to budget constraints, in case you did not receive it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mary-Lynn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Mary-Lynn Bender<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Assistant Director of Government Relations<br>
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine<br>
5550 Friendship Blvd., Suite 310<br>
Chevy Chase, MD 20815<br>
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Tel: (301) 968-4193<br>
Fax: (301) 968-4101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mlbender@aacom.org">mlbender@aacom.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mary-Lynn Bender [mailto:mlbender@aacom.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary-Lynn Bender<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AACOM Information Alert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>AHRQ Announces Funding Award Changes Due to Budget Constraints</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/AUHUQZXHNP/7746265891" target="_new"><o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p>(December 22, 2011) <b>The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has announced its intent to temporarily suspend individual career development Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) due to budget constraints.</b> This change applies to the
February 12, 2012 new application receipt date and March 12, 2012 receipt date for resubmission applications. For more information, view the official grant policy notice published in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guide: <a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/NQCZQZXHNQ/7746265891">Suspension
of AHRQ Individual Career Development (K) FOAs for February 5, 2012 Receipt Date</a>, (NOT-HS-12-003).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The FOAs include: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>PAR-09-085 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
</b>(<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/EELBQZXHNR/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-085.html</a>)<br>
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<b>PAR-09-086 Independent Scientist Award (K02)</b> (<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/IPDPQZXHNS/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-086.html</a>)
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<b>PAR-09-087 Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01)</b> (<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/AIZPQZXHNT/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-087.html</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For more information, please contact: <br>
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Kay Anderson, PhD<br>
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations<br>
Phone: 301-427-1555<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:kay.anderson@ahrq.hhs.gov">kay.anderson@ahrq.hhs.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>AHRQ has also announced that it will no longer be co-sponsoring the R01, R03, and R21 program announcements, "Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy" (PAR-10-133, PAR-10-134, and PAR-10-135). This does not affect participation by Institutes of the
NIH, which will still be funding applications to these program announcements.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Health literacy applications that respond to AHRQ program announcements can still be submitted. These include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Understanding User Needs and Context to Inform Consumer Health Information Technology (IT) Design (R01) - PA-11-199 (<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/EADKQZXHNU/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-199.html</a>)<o:p></o:p>
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AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01) - PA-09-070 (<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/MPWMQZXHNV/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-070.html</a>) - NOTE: total budget limited to $250,000 per year in total costs
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AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03) - PAR-10-168 (<a href="http://capwiz.com/aacom/utr/1/BSTQQZXHIJ/HNWAQZXHNW/7746265891">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-168.html</a>)<o:p></o:p>
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