Are you looking for funding to support health services research? The Donaghue Foundation supports research that organizations can use to improve the value of their health care services. Its focus is reducing (a) high and rising healthcare costs, (b) unwarranted variation and lack of transparency in quality, prices, and outcomes, and (c) racial and ethnic disparities in access, prices, and outcomes. Donaghue Foundation grant programs include:

Greater Value Portfolio Research Grant Awards: $400,000 in direct costs over two years for research that will advance promising approaches to achieving a higher-value healthcare system.

Another Look grant program: approximately $150,00 in direct costs over two years for research that will improve health and quality and equity of care for long term residents in nursing homes, assisted living, and other congregate care facilities.

R3: $80,000 in direct costs to help researchers prepare their health interventions for adoption and use in real-world settings.

Letters of Inquiry are typically due late March or early April, so February is the ideal time to learn more about the foundation’s grantmaking processes and priorities.

BU faculty member Megan B Cole Brahim, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the School of Public Health, will also share her experiences working with the foundation.