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(2002), "AHRQ announces nearly $3 million to build and support research infrastructure", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 15 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2002.06215bab.004
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
AHRQ announces nearly $3 million to build and support research infrastructure
AHRQ announces nearly $3 million to build and support research infrastructureKeywords: Building health services, Development, Research projects, Racial/ethnic minorities
In November, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced the award of nearly $3 million to fund nine projects. These projects will help strengthen the health services' research environments of institutions that serve racial/ethnic minorities and broaden the geographic distribution of health services' research funding. The grants were funded under two AHRQ research infrastructure development initiatives announced in 2001: the Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) and the Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity Program (BRIC).
M-RISP was established to increase the capacity of institutions that serve racial/ethnic minorities and their facility to conduct rigorous health services' research. By supporting institutional infrastructure and individual investigator research projects, M-RISP can lead to successful applications for funding under regularhealth services' research grant mechanisms. Almost $1.2 million will go to three educational institutions that serve minorities located in Hawaii, Tennessee and Texas.
The BRIC program is intended to enhance the competitiveness for research funding among institutions located in states where successful applications for funding has been historically low. Eligibility under the BRIC Program is limited to 17 designated states and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Over $1.7 million for six projects will go to institutions inKentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Utah, and a consortium involving Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.