Deadline: 14 December 2018

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is seeking proposals for a program entitled “Health Data for Action (HD4A): Leveraging Health Data for Actionable Insights (Data Access Award)” that  aims to reduce the barriers often faced in accessing rich data by serving as a conduit between data owners and interested researchers.

The Health Data for Action: Leveraging Health Data for Actionable Insights (Data Access Award) (HD4A) program will support innovative research that uses the available data to answer important research questions. Applicants under this Call for Proposals (CFP) will write a proposal for a research study using data from one of the following four data providers: the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), OptumLabs, CareJourney, or athenahealth. The proposed studies should enable relevant, innovative, and actionable research that uses the available data to answer important, policy-relevant questions. Successful applicants will receive access to these data, which are described in greater detail in the CFP.

Total Awards

• Successful applicants will be given access to the selected dataset at no cost to the grantee.
• No financial awards of any kind, including salary support, will be given under this CFP.
• Data access will accommodate studies of up to 12 months.
• RWJF anticipate awarding up to nine projects using HCCI data; up to six projects using OptumLabs data; up to six projects using CareJourney data; and up to five projects using athenahealth data.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

• Researchers, as well as practitioners in the public and private sector working with researchers, are eligible to submit proposals through their organizations.
• Projects may be generated from disciplines including health services research; economics; sociology; program evaluation; political science; public policy; public health; public administration; law; business administration; or other related fields. Use of the data under this CFP is restricted to noncommercial purposes.
• Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
• Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

Eligible Country: United States

For more information, please visit Health Data for Action.