The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) awards grants to a diverse selection of Ph.D. candidate health services researchers for 9 - 17 months. Health care services research could be focused on plans for priority populations, as well as inner-city and rural areas. Awards given to support dissertation research which will improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
Eligibility & Requirements
Must be enrolled in a doctoral degree program and have completed all non-dissertation requirements for their degrees. Candidates with more than part-time employment in addition to the requirements of their current, full-time academic student appointments (defined as greater than 20 hours per week), are not eligible. Up to 6 pages for the applicant's Research Strategy component. Research must be focused on health care delivery in the United States. Cannot be awarded to a for-profit organization. 2 letters of support.
Academic Level
Working on Doctoral Dissertation.
Disciplines
Engineering. Life Sciences. Physical Sciences. Social Sciences. Education and Information Studies. Public Affairs. Health Sciences. Public Health. Nursing. Research fields related to health care services such as behavioral sciences, health services research, nursing, social sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, health informatics, engineering, and mathematics.
Agency
Agency for Health Care Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Last Updated :: 07/15/2020
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