HITECH Funding Opportunities from ONC
These are the eight funding programs from the Office of National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT. Excerpted from ONC Web site on Dec 22, 2009. Links for upcoming technical assistance calls or slides and transcripts where available.
Currently Available Funding Opportunities
Health Information Technology Extension Program (cycle 2)
Objective: This program provides grants for the establishment of Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers that will offer technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care providers’ efforts to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
Application Deadline:
Cycle 1: Full Applications – November 3, 2009
Cycle 2: Preliminary Applications – December 22, 2009; Full Applications – January 29, 2010
Curriculum Development Centers
Objective: This funding opportunity, one component of the Health IT Workforce Program, will provide $10 million in grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to support health information technology (health IT) curriculum development.
Application Deadline: January 14, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 4, 2010)
See slides and transcript from Dec 17, 2009 technical assistance call.
Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals
Objective: This program, one component of the Health IT Workforce Program, seeks to rapidly create health IT education and training programs at Community Colleges or expand existing programs. Community Colleges funded under this initiative will establish intensive, non-degree training programs that can be completed in six months or less.
Application Deadline: January 22, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 6, 2010)
Slides and Transcript from Technical Assistance Call Dec 16, 2009.
Program of Assistance for University-Based Training
Objective: The purpose of this program, one component of the Health IT Workforce Program, is to rapidly increase the availability of individuals qualified to serve in specific health information technology professional roles requiring university-level training.
Application Deadline: January 25, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 6, 2010)
Technical Assistance call on Dec 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm and Jan 5, 2009 at 3:00 pm EST plus Slides from Dec 23 call.
Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-Degree Training
Objective: This funding opportunity, one component of the Health IT Workforce Program, will provide $6 million in grants to an institution of higher education (or consortia thereof) to support the development and initial administration of a set of health IT competency examinations.
Application Deadline: January 25, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 8, 2010)
Technical Assistance Call on Jan 6, 2010 at 1:00pm EST. Details to come.
Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program
Objective: The purpose of these awards is to fund research focused on achieving breakthrough advances to address well-documented problems that have impeded adoption: 1) Security of Health Information Technology; 2) Patient-Centered Cognitive Support; 3) Healthcare Application and Network Platform Architectures; and, 4) Secondary Use of EHR Data.
Application Deadline: January 25, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 4, 2010)
Technical Assistance Call: Dec 22, 2009, and Jan 4, 2010 at 2:30 pm plus Slides from Dec 22 call.
Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program
Objective: This program will provide funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of meaningful health IT.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2010 (Letter of Intent due January 8, 2010)
Slides and Transcript from Technical Assistance Call Dec 14, 2009.
Closed Funding Opportunities (Pending Award)
State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program
These grant programs will support states and/or State Designated Entities (SDEs) in establishing health information exchange (HIE) capacity among health care providers and hospitals in their jurisdictions. Such efforts at the state level will establish and implement appropriate governance, policies, and network services within the broader national framework to rapidly build capacity for connectivity between and among health care providers. State programs to promote HIE will help to realize the full potential of EHRs to improve the coordination, efficiency, and quality of care.
Awards expected in early 2010.
