AHRQ Conference Grant Program (R13) for Advancing Healthcare Research and Quality

1) Research development – conferences where issues or challenges in the practice and delivery of health care are defined and a research agenda or strategy for studying them is developed;

2) Research design and methodology – conferences where methodological and technical issues of major importance in the field of health services research are addressed or new designs and methodologies are developed;

3) Dissemination and implementation conferences conferences where research findings and evidence-based information and tools are summarized, communicated and used by organizations and individuals that have the capability to use the information to improve the outcomes, quality, access to, and cost and utilization of health care services; and/or,

4) Research training, infrastructure and career development – conferences where faculty, trainees and students are brought together with stakeholders to develop, share or disseminate research products, experiences, curricula, syllabi, training competencies. These types of conferences are not for the training of individuals in health services research.