America’s Essential Hospitals created this grant tracker as a resource for our members. We regularly review private and government grants for opportunities that align with the missions of essential hospitals. Check this page often for new opportunities and use the “More Info” buttons to see the full details of each grant.
Current Grant Opportunities
Partnering Research and Community Organizations for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Across the Cancer Care Continuum PCORI Funding Announcement (The Cancer Partner PFA)
Seeking applications led by researcher-community partnerships that may focus on a range of research questions and decisional dilemmas relevant to the participating communities that address variations in care and outcomes across the cancer continuum.
Funding Amount:
Up to $60 million for up to 5 years based on needs of the proposed project.
Application period:
Deadline is Jan. 6, 2026 at 5 pm (ET).
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Improving Health Decision Making With Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research: Retrospective Observational Studies Leveraging Existing Data Sources PCORI Funding Announcement
Seeking to fund well-designed, methodologically robust retrospective observational patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies that will produce timely, impactful and patient-centered results to inform healthcare decision making and improve health outcomes.
Funding Amount:
Up to $25 million for up to 18 months based on needs of the proposed project.
Application period:
Deadline is Jan. 6, 2026 at 5 pm (ET).
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Broad Pragmatic Studies PCORI Funding Announcement
Seeks to fund patient-centered clinical effectiveness research (CER) comparing two or more alternatives, each of which has established efficacy and/or is in widespread use; Specifically research that fills pertinent evidence gaps representing decisional dilemmas for patients, caregivers, clinicians, policymakers and other healthcare system stakeholders, with a goal of generating evidence that helps patients and members of the broader healthcare community make informed decisions about their health care and health outcomes. .
Funding Amount:
Varied amount for up to 5 years based on needs of the proposed project.
Application period:
Deadline is Jan. 6, 2026 at 5 pm (ET).
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Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement: Implementation Awards
PCORI will fund projects that aim to implement patient-centered CER results obtained from PCORI-funded research in real-world practice settings, and in selected cases, projects that focus on planning for implementation of these findings or on the dissemination of these findings.
Funding Amount:
Up to $1.8 million in direct costs for up to 48 months for implementation projects.
Application period:
Deadline is Jan. 6, 2026 at 5 pm (ET).
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NIH – Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research
This opportunity seeks applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research.
Funding Amount:
Not applicable.
Application period:
Deadline is November 19, 2026.