PCORI - New Funding Cycle Aug. 6th

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is about to open its new funding cycle on August 6th. PCORI is a viable sponsor for healthcare research that focuses on and meaningfully engages patients.

PCORI's priority areas along with estimated budget percentages:

• Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options (42%)
• Improving Healthcare Systems (21%)
• Communication/Dissemination Research (10.5%)
• Addressing Disparities (10.5%)
• Improving Methods for Conducting Patient Centered Outcomes Research (16%)

The PCORI blog has offered a sneak preview of some of the changes for this cycle, which include,

• Letters of Intent (LOIs) will now go through a competition to determine responsiveness and fit and those selected will be invited to submit a full proposal
• The engagement template is now integrated into the proposal
• The Research Strategy page limit is increasing from 15 to 20 pages
• The biosketch is revised to allow for more patient/stakeholder information
• There are less fields on the PCORI online application

ORDE held a Know Your Agency Lunch last year with PCORI-funded researcher and Associate Professor, Amanda Dempsey, who offered the following tips when applying to PCORI:

• Read the directions REALLY, REALLY carefully
• Read the priority areas REALLY, REALLY carefully
• Repeat the language from the RFA/PA in the grant
• Try to find a PCORI grant reviewer to give feedback on study ideas
• Try to find some patients to give you letters and quotes
• Put everything in a patient-centered frame

Be sure to watch the Upcoming Opportunities page on the PCORI website for the PCORI Funding Announcements (PFA's), five of which will be released on August 6th (with required letters of intent due September 5th)..

Resources:
How applicant feedback will inform our new funding cycle - PCORI Blog
Know your Agency Brief: PCORI - ORDE