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Engagement Awards FAQs
About PCORI
Who Can Apply?
- Who is eligible to apply for PCORI Engagement Awards?
- Are foreign organizations eligible for funding?
- Can an individual apply for funding?
- Does PCORI make special provisions for new or early-stage investigators?
- Can an organization submit more than one LOI or proposal for an Engagement Award in one cycle?
- Can applicants who have applied for previous PCORI awards also apply for the Engagement Awards?
Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Programmatic Overview
Submission Instructions and the Online Application System
- What information do the Submission Instructions include? Where can I find the instructions?
- Are there any requirements prior to submitting an LOI or application in the online application system?
- How do I submit an LOI and application?
- What information is asked for in the LOI and application?
- My PCORI Engagement Awards Online Application System account is locked. How do I get back in?
- Who can I contact for technical assistance?
Review Criteria
Ideas and Content
- I have a question concerning the suitability of my specific proposed project. Can I speak with someone at PCORI?
- Are all health-related content areas open for consideration for potential Engagement Awards, or do these awards focus on priority areas?
- Is it important to have patient engagement as part of the proposed projects?
- How will PCORI disseminate the results of its Engagement Awards projects?
- What kinds of projects do you not fund?
- How can potential applicants see more examples of Engagement Awards projects?
Engagement Award: Capacity Building
- Will preference be given to any specific geographic, health condition, or population areas?
- Do we need to have members of stakeholder groups/communities involved in the project?
- Why is the PCORI Engagement Awards Evaluation Reporting Tool made available with the PFA?
- Can I use multiple engagement resources and tools to scale up and/or adopt?
- Does the Principal Investigator/Project Lead (PI/PL) of the original PCORI study that developed the resource/tool have to be included in the Capacity Building Engagement Award?
- Can I use a tool/resource that I did not develop?
Engagement Award: Dissemination Initiative
- Will preference be given to any specific geographic, health condition, or population areas?
- Why is the PCORI Engagement Awards Evaluation Reporting Tool made available with the PFA?
- Does PCORI have any examples of funded Engagement Award: Dissemination Initiative awards?
- My community is interested in disseminating PCORI-funded research findings, but don’t have established processes or formal partnerships in place to effectively disseminate the evidence. Are there any other Engagement Award funding opportunities available?
- There are not currently any PCORI-funded research findings available that are of interest to my community. Are there any other Engagement Award funding opportunities available?
- What are some ways to demonstrate that my organization is a trusted source of information for the population we work with?
Engagement Award: Stakeholder Convening Support
- Why is the PCORI Engagement Awards Evaluation Reporting Tool made available with the PCORI Funding Announcement?
- May I include PCORI staff as an active stakeholder/speaker in my project plan?
- Will preference be given to any specific geographic, health condition, or population areas?
- Is there a minimum or maximum number of people that must attend the convening?
- May other sources of funding be used for the proposed project?
- Can funding be used to enhance a convening that’s already planned and funded by a different source?
Engagement Award: Building Capacity for Small Organizations to Engage in PCOR/CER (October 2022 Cycle)
- What is a firm-fixed price contract?
- My organization received a total of exactly $100,000 in funding through two different Engagement Awards. Is my organization eligible to apply?
- My organization was a subcontractor on someone else’s PCORI Engagement Award. Does the money my organization received for this subcontract count towards the $100,000 limit described above?
- What is meant by an average yearly operating budget of $1.5 million dollars or less for the past two years?
- The PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) says that organizations that apply for funding must have a connection with researchers or existing research networks. What does this mean?
- How many researchers do I have to engage?
Engagement Award: Accelerating the Adoption of Tools and Resources (November 2019 Cycle)
- Does PCORI have any examples of projects funded through this PCORI Funding Announcement?
- Can I use a tool/resource that I did not develop?
- Does the PI/PL of the original PCORI study that developed the resource/tool have to be included in the Accelerating the Adoption of Tools and Resources project?
- Does my current project need to be completed before I can apply for this new award?
- Can I use multiple resources and tools to scale up and adopt?
- Why is the PCORI Engagement Awards Evaluation Reporting Tool made available with the PFA?
Engagement Award: Community Convening (November 2019 Cycle)
- Does PCORI have any examples of projects funded through this PCORI Funding Announcement?
- How this is different than the Engagement Award: Conference Support award?
- What is the earliest possible start date? What is the earliest possible convening date?
- Can funding be used to support multiple convenings? Virtual convenings?
- Is there a maximum amount allowed for travel?
- Are there any budget restrictions I should be aware of?