Jenna McCart, Editor
Focus on Funding is published by SDSU Research Foundation as a service to San Diego State University and staff. Additional information about the opportunities described in this publication can be obtained by contacting the Office of Communications at jmccart@foundation.sdsu.edu or 594-2458.
June 2011 - Volume 6, Issue 9
Notices
See you in September!
Summer has arrived and our June issue of Focus on Funding will be the last issue before the fall semester 2011. Our next issue will be published in September 2011. If you are interested in identifying funding opportunities, or have proposal ideas you would like to discuss, please contact Jenna McCart or Debbie Brighton. Have a safe and happy summer!
Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development and Dissertation Grants focused on Health Information Technology (IT)
The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ achieves this mission by supporting a broad program of health services research and by working with partners to promote improvements in clinical and health systems practices that benefit patients.
AHRQ’s Health Information Technology (Health IT) Portfolio is part of the Nation’s strategy to put information technology to work in health care. In order to grow research capacity in the application of information technology in health care, AHRQ intends to support research career development grants and dissertation grants focusing on health IT.