Community Health Peer
Learning Program
National Call for Applications:
Participant and Subject Matter
Expert (SME) Communities
September 23, 2015
Program Information & Guidance
For Application
Application Due Date: November 10, 2015
Anticipated Award Date: January 8, 2016
Community Health Peer Learning Program National Call for Applications: Participant and Subject Matter Expert (SME) Communities
Why Apply
AcademyHealth envisions a future where individuals and communities are made healthier by the use of evidence in decision-making.
Many types and sources of data are needed to support this vision, but
these data must be shared with those who can use it to improve individual and population health. It is with this vision and motivation
that we are excited to announce our partnership with the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
to launch the Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP).
The CHP program acknowledges the challenges associated with
Health IT-enabled, community-based transformation, and seeks to
ensure that communities undertaking such efforts have invested in
cultivating partners and developing strong and coordinated strategies
to guide implementation and hasten success.
With a total of $2.2 million, the CHP program will work with 15
competitively selected communities; ten Participant Communities will
receive awards to accelerate progress toward a specified communitylevel population health challenge, and five Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Communities will receive awards to share their lessons learned, document emerging best practices, and contribute to learning guides.
Communities involved in the CHP program will be able to take advantage of a tailored, coordinated and responsive network – providing
the expertise and resources necessary for participating communities to
strengthen connections with partners, expand data sharing and use, and
develop and begin piloting high-impact Community Action Plans for
addressing a specified community-level population health challenge.
Opportunity Overview
Title: Community Health Peer Learning Program – Communities
for Connected Health
Issuing Organization: AcademyHealth
Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement Subaward
Approximate amount of funding available: $1,250,000
Anticipated number of awards: Up to fifteen (15) awards; ten (10)
Participant Communities and five (5) SME Communities
Approximate Range of funding per award: $50,000 (SME) to
$100,000 (Participant)
Period of Performance: 17 months
National Call for Applications Opens
September 23, 2015
Informational Webinar
(to be recorded and archived)
October 13, 2015 at 1 p.m. ET
Notice of Intent to Apply Due
October 16, 2015 at
11:59 p.m. ET
Applications Due
November 10, 2015 at 11:59
p.m. ET
Estimated Award Announcements
January 8, 2016
Contact Information: Inquires related to this funding opportunity
should be submitted to CHPinfo@AcademyHealth.org.
You may also visit the program website:
www.academyhealth.org/CHPhealthIT
Executive Summary
This funding opportunity is a full and open competition that will result
in up to fifteen awards: ten to Participant Communities, and five to
SME Communities. These awards will range from $50,000 to $100,000,
and be released through sub-contractual cooperative agreements with
AcademyHealth, which serves as the National Program Office for the
Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP).1
The CHP program will leverage and build upon health care delivery
and practice transformation programs that have been introduced
or have been updated since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was
signed into law on March 30, 2010. The goal of the CHP program
is to help communities advance the triple aim of improved care and
smarter spending that results in healthier people. Toward this end,
the CHP program will establish a national peer learning collaborative
to identify data solutions, accelerate local progress, and disseminate
lessons learned and emerging best practices to communities through
the development of useful resources that help to address population
health challenges.
Up to ten Participant Communities will receive awards of $100,000 to
engage in an 17 month process during which they will design - and
begin implementing – concrete and high-impact Community Action
Plans (CAPs) for improving community health through the expanded
collection, exchange and use of data. Participant Communities will
identify a population health management challenge, and establish
strategies to create actionable and measurable plans for improvement.
Participant Communities will be assisted by a coordinated set of supports and services delivered through AcademyHealth and its partners,
and informed by public and private sector initiatives and programs.
Important Dates: The following table sets out the required submission and other useful target dates related to this opportunity.
1. The Community Health Peer Learning program is funded through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) under (CLP-CL-15-001) the authority of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Division A, Title XIII - Health Information Technology, Subtitle C—Public Health Service Act (PHSA), Title XXX, Subtitle B, Section 3011.
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An additional five SME Communities will receive awards of up to
$50,000 to engage in the development of topical Learning Guides
designed to provide useful guidance, and to facilitate sharing of
lessons learned on relevant population health topics. Those selected
as SME Communities will provide concise and substantive evidence
about their experiences - sharing both successes and disappointments - addressing population health management challenges
through expanded use of health data.
Collectively, CHP program awardees, Participant and SME Communities, will contribute to the growing evidence base on Health
IT-enabled community-based transformation, which encompasses
both health data capture and exchange. CHP program awardee
experiences and observations also will help to inform national
health care delivery system reform strategies for population health
management and improvement.
Background and Purpose
The initial Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) programs, such as the Beacon
Community Collaborative Agreement Program, yielded major
accomplishments; collectively the 17 Beacon Communities touched
nearly 9,000 care providers and over 8 million patients, and generated
measurable improvements in cost, quality and population health. The
program and its participants also generated key lessons and illuminated important opportunities for further investment. Several communities learned, for example, that downstream success for Health
IT-enabled community-based transformation is closely linked to
early attention to identification, engagement and commitment of
necessary partners, as well as alignment around a core set of shared
and achievable strategic objectives; absent this critical work, the
socio-cultural and technical challenges cannot be surmounted.2
The CHP program builds upon the success of the previous Beacon
Communities by focusing on improvement of a discrete population health challenge experienced at the community level. These
funds will help communities continue to learn, grow, and improve
the health of residents by addressing population health challenges
through improved data aggregation, exchange, and analysis.
The CHP program acknowledges that strategic thinking and planning are essential drivers of Health IT-enabled community-based
transformation and delivery system reform, and that data sharing
and use to improve community health are both difficult and resource
intensive. As such, the CHP program expects Participant Communities to anticipate and invite a substantial level of cross-organization
and/or sector partnership to achieve stated community population
health management objectives. By the end of the 17 month program,
Participant Communities will have collaboratively developed,
externally vetted, and initiated implementation of aspects of their
CAPs to advance their stated population health goals.
In support of CHP Participant and SME Community program
work, AcademyHealth will serve as the CHP National Program
Office (NPO). The CHP NPO will be led by AcademyHealth and
strengthened by its partners – the National Partnership for Women
& Families, and NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC). The
CHP NPO will direct all aspects of the CHP program, including this
call for applications and subsequent award process. Once awards are
made, the NPO will leverage and cultivate cross-community partnerships to tackle population health challenges through peer learning,
subject matter expert guidance, and stakeholder engagement. The
NPO will also work with partners and awarded CHP Communities to
translate individual community-level progress into data solutions, best
practices, and tools that can be shared with communities nationwide
to accelerate similar achievements and health data sharing successes.
Project Approach
The CHP program will work with a total of fifteen communities
- ten Participant Communities and five SME Communities - to
improve community health through the expanded sharing and use
of electronic health data. All awarded communities will designate a
lead organization to coordinate and oversee CHP activities, and will
work with the CHP NPO to fulfill programmatic obligations.
For the purposes of this funding opportunity, the following
definitions apply:
• Community: The term “community” is a geographically-defined
area that shares common characteristics, values and experiences,
and is committed to advancing progress toward a specific population health management challenge.
• Health Data: The term “health data” applies to data from a
range of sources and sectors, both within (e.g., patients, payers, providers) and outside (e.g., social services, community
resources, education) of healthcare. These data can be captured
in many formats and through different systems, but must be
generated and shared electronically.
• Data Sharing: The term “data sharing” refers to the electronic
exchange of data, but does not otherwise apply constraints as to
how the data are conveyed (e.g., via HIE, secure email).
• Data Types: The CHP program encourages broader collection
and exchange of any data type (e.g., claims, EHR, patient-generated) so long as it is a) electronic and b) supports a population
health improvement objective.
2. McCarthy, D and A. Cohen, The Colorado Beacon Consortium: Strengthening the Capacity for Health Care Delivery Transformation in Rural Communities, The Commonwealth Fund, April 2013. 3
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• Participant Community: Refers to the 10 communities awarded
through the CHP program to identify and address a specific
population health management challenge through the improved
capture and sharing of electronic health data.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) Community: Refers to the five
communities awarded through the CHP program to inform
development of useful resources.
Applicant Type
Participant Communities: Ten Participant Communities will be
selected to engage in the CHP program. These Participant Communities may range in scale (i.e., size of affected population), composition (i.e., number and nature of involved partners), and scope
(i.e., focus of population health challenge). Regardless of possible
distinctions among these 10 communities, all will work to address
one (each) specific population health challenge through a community-based, collaborative approach. Given this focused attention on
one specific population health challenge, we encourage prospective
Participant Communities to explicitly convey in their applications
how they will establish accountability for achievement of their
stated population health management goal.
Awarded Participant Communities will:
• Identify a specific population health management challenge to
be improved through expanded capture, electronic exchange and
use of electronic health data;
• Create measurable, actionable and high-impact CAPs to
enhance data collection, aggregation, portability, and analysis
supporting resolution of the identified population health management challenge;
• Establish structures and processes under which designated com-
• Begin implementing CAPs;
– Participant Communities will be assessed on the development
of complete CAPs, and also on related metrics (e.g., expanded
data sharing) that reveal the extent to which communities
have made progress on plan implementation. Some of these
metrics will be defined once communities are selected.
• Build sustainable capacity to continue with and build upon
the work supported through active participation in the
CHP program.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Communities: Five SME Communities
will be selected to engage in the CHP program. These SME Communities should bring substantive expertise and recent experience
relevant to the task of collecting, sharing and using data to address
population health management challenges. Organizations with
experience in related initiatives (e.g., Beacon Community Collaborative Agreement Program, Aligning Forces for Quality) are
encouraged to apply.
Awarded SME Communities will:
• Provide concise and substantive evidence on their experiences –
both successful and disappointing - addressing population health
management challenges through improved capture, sharing and
use of electronic health data;
• Provide content for and participate in periodic population health
and health data themed webinars;
• Contribute to the development of one in-depth Learning Guide
per SME Community on a topic of relevance to that community
and the greater CHP program; and
munity partners agree to actively engage in the CHP program to
address their stated community population health management
challenge;
• Prepare for and provide input during two in-person convenings.
• Work to strengthen existing and cultivate new relationships with
Participant Communities: All Participant Communities will be
required to deliver the following products as part of their commitment to the CHP program:
• Actively participate in ongoing learning activities and conven-
• A high-impact CAP for achieving the community’s stated
• Work collaboratively with the CHP NPO to capture, translate
• An approved work plan and budget of $100,000; and
entities that can help to support and/or advance progress toward
resolution of the stated population health challenge;
ings, both virtual and in-person;
and share lessons learned;
• Periodically report on progress, challenges and technical assistance needs via established channels;
Project Deliverables and Reporting Requirements
population health improvement goal;
• Brief monitoring reports, documenting milestones, challenges,
technical assistance needs, and lessons learned.
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Participant Communities will also be supported by the NPO in
producing additional resources, including but not limited to:
Key Dates and Deadlines: See page nine of this Call for
Application.
• PowerPoint slide decks characterizing the CHP program and
Proposal Requirements and Program Criteria
Participant Communities’ initiatives;
• Participant Community profiles; and
• “Bright spot” profiles highlighting Participant Community challenges, accomplishments, next steps, etc.
Participant Communities will also engage in program evaluation
activities that include but are not limited to completion of assessments of community partner perceptions of and experiences with
the CHP program process and interactions with the NPO.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Communities: All SME Communities
will be required to deliver the following products as part of their
commitment to the CHP program:
• An approved work plan and budget of $50,000;
• At least one brief (3-5 pages) summary characterizing a relevant
key achievement and/or lesson learned related to the capture,
sharing and use of electronic health data, and
• Brief monitoring reports documenting progress.
SME Communities will also be supported by the NPO in producing
additional resources, including but not limited to:
• At least one in-depth learning guide for public dissemination
where the community is responsible for contributing substantive information supporting resource development specific to
a population health management challenge addressed through
increased health data collection, sharing and use; and
• Periodic webinars throughout the course of the 17 month program.
SME Communities will also engage in program evaluation activities that include but are not limited to completion of assessments of
community partner perceptions of and experiences with the CHP
process and NPO.
Evaluation and Monitoring: As a condition of accepting CHP
funding awards (whether Participant or SME), all communities
must participate in designated forms of assessment and evaluation.
Awardees are expected to meet the NPO’s requirements for the submission of brief narrative and financial reports on a quarterly basis,
as well as periodic information requests and collaborative discussion necessary to support the CHP program, advance the learning
process, and ensure achievement of identified population health
management challenges.
The CHP program Call for Application (CFA) requires applicants
to prepare a proposal containing the materials requested below. All
completed submissions will be considered by a panel of reviewers (three reviewers for each submission) and scored according to
established review criteria. A review committee will work with the
NPO to review applicant scores. Applicants scoring above a certain
threshold, will be contacted by the NPO for one-on-one phone
interviews to inform final decisions. Throughout this process, the
NPO will adhere to its established organizational protocols and
procedures.
Participant Communities: Proposals from Participant Community
applicants should include the following:
• A short abstract of 500 words maximum (not included in
10 page limit)
• A project narrative (see details below)
• A summary budget and budget narrative (see budget template)
• Letters from the leadership of community partners that
specifically commit to:
– Initiate new or expanding existing data sharing arrangements
– Provide staff and other relevant resources to the CHP project
– Engage partners needed to plan for, pilot and sustain progress
The Participant Community project narrative should not exceed
10 pages of text, and it is strongly suggested, though not required,
that pages indicated in parentheses be used to guide section length.
Narratives should include the following:
• A vision for the project and description of the specific community
population health challenge to be addressed, including the proposed data sources and types to be exchanged and used (2 pages)
• A brief description of the proposed work plan and timeline
(1-2 pages)
• An articulation of key assets / features that are unique to the
community and will help to drive success (1-2 pages)
• An articulation of the proposed approach to engaging existing
and cultivating new community partners (1 page)
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• A description of the proposed approach to sustainability plan-
ning, covering plans for maintaining and expanding health data
sharing efforts in support of the population health improvement goal (1 page)
• A short list of key concerns, potential roadblocks, and technical
assistance needs (1 page)
• A statement that articulates the applicant’s perceived value of
participation in the CHP. (1 page)
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Communities: The proposal for
SME Communities should include the following:
• A short abstract of 500 words maximum (not included in
8 page limit)
• A project narrative (see details below)
• A summary budget and budget narrative (see budget template)
• Letters of commitment from key staff who will be sharing technical expertise and contributing to related CHP program products,
activities, and events.
The SME Community project narrative should not exceed eight
pages of text, and should include:
• A short statement of commitment to CHP program objectives
(1/2 page)
• A description of relevant community achievements and
qualifications (2-3 pages)
• A description of key community assets / features / achieved
outcomes (1-2 pages)
• A defined bulleted list of key lessons learned from past endeavors
(1 page)
• A defined bulleted list of ongoing or completed sustainability
activities/projects which arose from successful health data
sharing achievements and outcomes (1 page)
• A brief description of relevant subject matter expertise specific to
health data collection, sharing and use in support of population
health management (1 page)
Appendices (inclusive of CVs) are permitted and the total Appendix should not exceed 20 pages. Each Resume/Curriculum
Vitae (CVs) should not exceed three pages in length. Appendices
should be used for inclusion of Letter of Commitment (LOCs),
maximum three-page Resumes/CVs, and other relevant documentation supporting the application.
For Participant Communities, total proposal length will not
exceed 30 pages: 10 page proposal narrative maximum and up to
20 pages for Appendices. For SME Communities, total proposal
length will not exceed 28 pages: 8 page proposal narrative maximum and up to 20 pages for Appendices. Appendices should not
be used to exceed the proposal narrative maximum requirement.
Budget Template and Budget Narratives are not included in the
maximum allowable proposal submission length. Budget Narratives
should not exceed two pages and should add clarity to how funds
will be allocated to Proposal Narrative activities.
Eligibility Criteria: Applicants may submit as either a Participant
Community or a SME Community; a single community will not
be eligible for both. Community eligibility criteria for the CHP
program are as follows.
Participant Communities: To be considered for this opportunity,
Participant Communities must designate a lead organization that
meets the criteria specified below. This organization - along with
named collaborators - should address in their CHP proposal the
shared resources, preferences, needs, risks, and other relevant factors affecting 1) capacity to envision positive change in the health
of their community; and 2) ability to come together under the CHP
program to develop a coherent, strategic and durable approach to
addressing their stated population health management challenge.
Though we will not apply hard and fast rules with respect to
geographic area and population size, we discourage entire states
and – in most cases – counties from applying for this opportunity.
Applicants will present their vision for addressing the identified
population health management challenge, and also articulate an initial
plan for action, including information about existing relationships and
infrastructure on which to build; relevant experience, qualifications,
and expertise of individual and organizational partners; and
demonstrated leadership and capacity to affect the desired change.
All submitted proposal materials for both Participant and SME
Communities should use the default 1.0 inch margins, 1.5 line
spacing, and 11 point Arial font.
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To be eligible for this award, Participant Community applicants must:
• Designate as the lead organization an entity that is sustainable
with an ongoing and operational commitment to improve community health and/or well-being;
• Be 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 nonfunctional integrated
Type III supporting organizations;3
• Be based in the United States or its territories;
• Engage, as formal partners or collaborators, community organizations representing at least two distinct sectors (e.g., education,
transportation) or stakeholder groups (e.g., patients, providers);
• Demonstrate current or past experience (both positive and disappointing) collecting, exchanging, and using health data; and
• Commit to actively participate in collaborative peer learning
and other CHP activities described within this CFA and during
the program.
Participant Communities: All Participant Community proposals will
be evaluated and scored by three independent reviewers. Proposals
should demonstrate and will be scored based upon the following
characteristics (relative weight in parentheses):
• Alignment with eligibility criteria (NA - not considered
if ineligible)
• Strong, feasible, and collaborative vision coupled with
capacity to affect desired change (30 percent)
• Organizational commitment and readiness to engage and
implement (25 percent)
• Established structure and processes to ensure accountability
(15 percent)
• Understanding of CHP opportunity and appreciation of capacity for data sharing to advance the stated community population health goal (15 percent)
• Extent of anticipated benefit to applicant assuming achievement of
progress toward population health objective (15 percent)
SME Communities: To be considered for this opportunity, SME
Communities must meet the criteria specified below. Applicants
should describe their resources, qualifications and capacity to deliver timely and relevant substantive expertise.
Subject Matter Expert Communities: All SME Community proposals will be evaluated and scored by three independent reviewers.
Proposals should demonstrate and will be scored based upon the
following characteristics (relative weight in parentheses):
To be eligible for this award, SME Community applicants must:
• Alignment with eligibility criteria (NA - not considered if
• Be 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 nonfunctional integrated
Type III supporting organizations;4
• Be based in the United States or its territories;
• Demonstrate current and past experience effectively collecting,
exchanging, and using health data to advance population health;
• Commit to actively participate in collaborative peer learning
and other SME related CHP activities described within this
CFA and during the program.
Selection Criteria: Applicants may submit as either as a Participant
Community or a SME Community. The selection criteria applied for
purposes of program selection and award differs, as described in the
following sections.
ineligible)
• Organizational track record, and commitment / readiness to
engage and support CHP (40 percent)
• Nature and depth of individual and organizational expertise of
those named in the application (30 percent)
• Understanding of CHP opportunity and role of SME
Communities in the program (15 percent)
• Demonstrable ability to contribute to the advancement and
understanding of how data can be collected, exchanged, and
used to address population health management challenges at
the community-level. (15 percent)
Budget Scope and Requirements: CHP program funds will be
awarded through AcademyHealth to lead communities as cost
reimbursable cooperative agreement subcontracts. Total funds for
the budget period must not exceed $100,000 for Participant Communities and $50,000 for SME Communities. Indirect costs may be
requested, but are not required; requested indirect costs must come
from the total award amount and cannot exceed 10 percent.
3. Though they cannot serve as lead organizations under this award, for-profit organizations can partner with CHP Participant Community leads to support their applications.
4. Though they cannot serve as lead organizations under this award, for-profit organizations can partner with CHP SME Community leads to support their applications.
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Allowable Expenditures
Applicants must download, complete, and upload the standard budget
template into the online submission form. The CHP program budget
template requires cost information for the following allowable costs:
• Personnel
• Fringe
• Consultants5
• Travel5
• Telephone Costs
• Books and Journals
Costs that are budgeted in support of the proposed CHP
community efforts are considered allowable when they are
necessary, reasonable, and allocable to the specific project.
Examples of non-allowable costs include (not exhaustive):
entertainment, food for meetings, equipment,6 indirect costs
greater than 10 percent, and alcohol.
Budget Form: All applications submitted must provide a budget for the
proposed work specifying the amount of time required to complete
the project, and rates for key personnel. Applicants must download,
complete, and upload the CHP budget template into section 3 of the
online submission form. Allowable costs within the budget must be
reflected in the following categories: Personnel, fringe, travel, supplies,
contractual (if applicable), and other. All categories must be clearly
described under “item” and include the price, quantity and total.
• Mechanism of Support: Projects will be awarded to the lead
community organization as a subcontract to AcademyHealth.
Any subawards and contracts to collaborating institutions must
be made by the lead applicant’s institution.
• Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: It is
anticipated that the CHP Program will support 15 communities
for approximately $625,000 annually. Because the nature and
scope of proposed programs will vary, the total amount awarded
and the number of awards will depend upon the number, quality,
and costs of the applications received. The expected range of
funding is for five, $50,000 SME Community subawards and ten,
$100,000 Participant Community subawards.
• Indirect costs are limited to 10 percent. Any requested indirect
costs must come from the total award amount.
Budget Narrative
Submissions must provide a budget narrative for the proposed work
to describe the specific tasks, timeline, and detailed information about
roles and expertise provided by Community lead organizations and
partners. This budget detail is not included in the page length limits
specified for the proposal narrative. Applicants must upload the budget narrative into the online submission form.
The Budget Narrative should be no longer than three pages and
should describe the following items:
• Personnel and their expertise, time allocation, and
responsibilities;
• Project tasks (a general timeline may be provided here); and
• Other direct costs, if applicable.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to submit a Notice of Intent to apply
for either the Participant Community or SME Community funding
opportunity. This notice should consist of a letter (no more than two
pages) including information about the award type (i.e., Participant or
SME), the lead organization, assembled partners, likely data sources,
and the anticipated population health improvement objective. The
Notice of Intent should be submitted via email to CHPinfo@AcademyHealth.org by no later than 11:59 ET on October 16, 2015.
The application process will be managed via the Academyhealth
website, which will provide complete instructions and examples.
All prospective applicants should log into the system and familiarize themselves with online submission requirements well before the
submission deadline.
All submissions are due by November 10, 2015 at 11:59 pm ET.
Staff may not be able to assist all applicants in the final 24 hours
before the submission deadline. In fairness to all applicants, the
program will not accept late submissions; proposals received past
the indicated deadline will not be reviewed.
• Budget and Project Period: The total funds for the projects
must not exceed $50,000 for SME Communities and $100,0000
for Participant Communities for the 17 month program period.
Proposals with a total award request that exceed the specified
level will not undergo peer review.
5. Requires additional review and approval from AcademyHealth.
6. Equipment is defined as an article of tangible nonexpendable property having a useful life of more than one year and a cost of $5,000 or more per unit.
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Application Materials
Key Dates and Deadlines
Applicants will submit a fully developed proposal and should contain the following information about the community’s proposal:
Important Dates: The table below sets out the required submission
and other useful target dates related to this funding opportunity.
• Participant Community:
Short abstract: 500 words
Project narrative: 10 pages
Summary budget and budget narrative: 3 page narrative and
template pages
Appendices: 20 pages. Letters of Commitment from the
leadership of community partner and resumes/CVs no longer
than 3 pages each.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) Community:
Short abstract: 500 words
Project narrative: 8 pages
Summary budget and budget narrative: 3 page narrative and
template pages
Letters of Commitment from key staff who will be sharing
technical expertise and contributing to related CHP program
products, activities, and events.
Online Submission
Applications for this funding opportunity must be submitted via
the online submission form on AcademyHealth’s website. If an
electronic submission is not feasible, please contact the NPO at least
five business days prior to the application deadline.
To submit an application:
• Visit http://www.academyhealth.org/Applications/Forms/
FormDisplay.cfm?FormID=63655
• Complete all fields in the online form and upload all required
documents
• When the form is complete, click ‘Submit.’
You will receive an email confirmation from
CHPinfo@AcademyHealth.org with a brief summary of your
application once your submission has been received.
All proposals for this solicitation must be submitted via the online
system. All applicants should log in to the system and familiarize
themselves with the online application requirements will before
the final submission deadline. Staff may not be able to assist all
applicants in the final 24 hours before the submissions deadline. In
fairness to all applicants, late submissions will not be accepted.
National Call for Applications Opens
September 23, 2015
Informational Webinar for Applicants.
October 13, 2015 at 1:00
p.m. ET
Notice of Intent to Apply Due
October 16, 2015 at 11:59
p.m. ET
Applications Due
November 10, 2015 at 11:59
p.m. ET
Award Announcements
January 8, 2016
Awards Begin
January 2016
Grantee Kick-off Meeting (details
forthcoming)
Spring 2016
Contact Information: Inquiries related to this opportunity should
be submitted to the National Program Office at AcademyHealth.
Email: CHPinfo@AcademyHealth.org
You may also visit the program website:
www.academyhealth.org/CHPHealthIT
About AcademyHealth
AcademyHealth is a leading national organization serving the fields of
health services and policy research and the professionals who produce
and use this important work. Together with our members, we offer
programs and services that support the development and use of rigorous, relevant and timely evidence to increase the quality, accessibility,
and value of health care, to reduce disparities, and to improve health.
A trusted broker of information, AcademyHealth brings stakeholders
together to address the current and future needs of an evolving health
system, inform health policy, and translate evidence into action.
Questions?
Please direct questions to CHPinfo@AcademyHealth.org. Be
sure to include your preferred contact information. All questions
with answers will be posted publicly on the AcademyHealth CHP
website, located at www.academyhealth.org/CHPhealthIT as CHP
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
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