Transcript Unlocking the Keys to Funding Opportunities - IEEE-USA

Unlocking Funding
Opportunities: Keys to
Information and Resources
Holly E. Russo, RN, MS
November 06, 2000
Organizations involved in planning, delivering, tracking
and improving health are all finding ways in which to
employ technology in their processes from medical
records automation, to distance education, all are
participating in improving the health care system in some
way for the American people.
Ideas are not lacking….
 But the monies needed
to implement
technology into care
processes are limited.
Funding Agencies/Organizations
 Government
– Most abundant source.
– A great deal of
materials and
information are
available in a variety of
formats.
– Information about
eligibility and review
procedures is readily
available.
 Foundations
– Funding depends on
matching specific
interests.
– Some foundations
make money available
to serve specific
populations, or
geographic area.
– Tend to respond more
quickly to new ideas
and unique needs.
Don’t overlook however,
Business and Industry
 Identification of corporations, associations
or organizations that will sponsor an activity
or research project is difficult.
 Finding a funding source will take time,
initiative, and persistence.
 Information about review procedures may
not be readily available.
Where do you start on your quest
for information?
 A good place is the
Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance
(CFDA)
http:www.gsa.gov/fdac/queryfdac.htm
 Funding will vary
according to what is
appropriated to each
of the federal
agencies.
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth
 The goal of this program
is to improve access to
quality health care
services for rural residents
and reduce the isolation of
rural practitioners and
foster integrated systems
of care through the use of
technology.

www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/telehealth/grantee.h
tm
Office of Rural Health Policy
 Funds are available for
projects to support the
direct delivery of health
care and related services,
to expanding services, or
to enhance health care
service delivery of
specific services rather
than the development of
organizational capabilities.
Technology Opportunities
Program, NTIA, DOC
 TOP promotes the
widespread
availability and use of
advanced
telecommunications
technologies in the
public and nonprofit
sectors.
 www.ntia.doc.gov
National Institute of Standards
Technology, DOC, Advanced
Technology Program (ATP)
 NIST’s Advanced Technology Program
supports strategic high-risk in cutting edge
technologies through a government/private
sector partnership program.
 www.atp.nist.gov
Office of Mental Health Research
 Supports research grants
to study mental health
problems and risk
associated with rural life;
ways that the incidence
and prevalence can be
assessed and lowered; and
ways that service delivery
can be made more
accessible and delivered
more economically in
rural areas by using
telecommunications.
National Library of Medicine,
NIH, DHHS
 Four Programs
– Internet Connections
– Information Access
– Information Systems
– Small Business
Innovation Research
Program
National Library of Medicine
Programs
 Internet Connection
– Under this program
NLM funds domestic
public and private,
non-profit institutions
engages in health
science administration,
education, and
research.
 Information Access Grant
– Under this program
NLM funds health
institutions which have
a need for short term
assistance to achieve
better access to and
delivery of health
science information
through
telecommunications
technologies.
NLM Programs Continued
 Information Systems
Grant Program
– Provides funds to
academic health
science institutions and
large hospitals
 Small Business
Innovation Research
Program
– Provides support for
research and
development of new
technologies, which
have the potential to
succeed as commercial
products.
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
 National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS-
Multimedia Technology Grants
 Informatics for the National Heart Attack
Alert
High Performance Computing
and Communications, NII, NLM
 Supports projects that develop and demonstrate
the use of NII in health care, clinical research and
public health—I.e., supports test bed networks for
linking hospitals, clinics, physician offices, health
professional schools, health science libraries,
universities, and/or public health authorities.
 See specific applications outlines on the NLM
web site
HPPC-Biomedical Applications
for the NGI, NLM, NIH
 Supports projects that demonstrate the use
of the NGI capabilities in health care, pubic
health and health education, and
biomedical, clinical, practitioners’ offices,
health professional schools, health sciences
libraries, universities, and/or public health
authorities to demonstrate revolutionary
applications in health care, health education
and medical research.
Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research, DHHS
 Research projects examine the availability,
quality and costs of health care services;
ways to improve the effectiveness and
appropriateness of clinical practice,
including the prevention of disease, and
other areas of health services research.
 www.ahcpr.gov/
National Science Foundation
 NSF invests in research and education
projects in science and engineering,
including computers, Information science
and Engineering, Social, Behavioral, and
Economic Sciences.
 www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm
Defense Advanced Research
Projects; Dual Applications
Program
 DUAP introduces dual use research and
development approaches into the military
services by developing technologies that are
military useful and commercially viable for
the direct benefit of military use.
 www.darpa.mil/baa
Rural Utility Service (RUS),
USDA
 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant
Program
– Supports projects to encourage, improve and
make affordable for applicants the use of
telecommunications, computer networks, and
related technologies for rural communities to
improve access to education and/or health care
services.
– www.usda.gov/rus/dlt/dml.htm
Foundations
 According to Miner &
Miner (1999) there are
over 43,000 private
foundations in the
United States.
 Annually they award
over 8 billion dollars.
Foundations must
 Give away 5% of their
market value assets or
interest income each
year, whichever is
greater.
 Follow the 5% rule or
they risk losing their
tax-exempt status.
Information about Foundations
can be located…
 First try the Foundation
Center at 1-800-424-9836
or visit the web site
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/con
tents.html
Another helpful website in
which to locate
foundations is the
Foundation Finder @
http://lnp/fdncenter.org/finder.html
 Council on
Foundations web site
http://www.cof.org/links
Business and Industry
 Business and Industry that may be
stakeholders in the problems identified may
want to be part of the solution, to serve on
advisory boards, and provide financial
support.
 Don’t overlook any of the possibilities.
Universal Service Fund, Universal
Service Administration Company
 A resource that should be mentioned is funding available
to aid in connectivity charges—The Universal Services
Fund.
– Monies are used to support the difference between urban and rural
telecommunications costs for eligible services.
– Eligibility is limited to public and non-profit health care providers,
post-secondary educational institutions offering health care
instruction, teaching hospitals, or medical schools, community
health centers of health centers providing health care to migrants,
local health departments or agency's, community mental health
centers, non profit hospitals, rural health clinics, consortia of health
providers consisting of one or more of these entities.
For more info: 1-800-229-5476 or www.rhc.universalservice.org
Other Resources
 There are many resources available that
have not been discussed—some are in
electronic form and others are available in
paper format.
 Reports, Funding Guides, Handbooks are all
helpful in identifying funding opportunities
and developing strategies.
Next Steps
 Identify potential funding sources in which
you meet the established eligibility criteria.
 Review what is included under eligible
costs by these funders.
 Next, create a yearly calendar indicating the
dates when applicant guidelines and or
Requests for Proposals are to be announced,
and when applications are due.
Identify
 What has been funded in the past, and by
whom.
 Look at what others have done, speak to
them—many times this leads to new ideas
or refinement of original ideas.
 Speak to the program officers or lead
contacts in the organizations you are
interested in.
For additional Information
 See Telemedicine and
Telehealth:
Opportunities and
Funding Sources
article made available
to you today.