Recovery Act Stimulus Funding (AHRQ)

AHRQ Recovery Website
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/cefarra.htm

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is excited about the new opportunities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to provide patients, clinicians, and others evidence-based information to make informed decisions about health care. ARRA contains $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research. Of the total, $300 million is for AHRQ to build on its existing collaborative and transparent Effective Health Care program. This program allows for input from all perspectives into the development of the research and implementation of the findings.

Of the remaining funds, $400 million each will go to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of HHS Secretary. The legislation calls on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to recommend research priorities for these funds and gather stakeholder input. A report is due June 30, 2009. In addition, the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research will be created to offer guidance and coordination on the use of these funds.