Does the funding include direct and indirect costs?
$3.5 million dollars in total costs will be awarded in fiscal year 2001. Assuming we receive an appropriate number of strong applications, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) expects to fund approximately 10-15 studies. This means that each site could potentially receive in the range of $200,000 – $350,000 in total costs. It is not the Agency’s intent to necessarily give equal amounts of money to each funded project. Question: If we receive $300,000, does that mean $300,000 per year or $300,000 divided over the length of the project (e.g., $100,000 per year)? Answer: We currently anticipate available funding of $3.5 million per year for up to 5 years to support this RFA. However, due to rapid innovations in technology and the fact that we would like to see research findings ultimately translated into practice in a timely manner, we are specifically looking for projects of 2 or 3 years in length. Therefore, in the example given above, the investigators could expect to
