Health Systems Research (HSR) Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development — Health Systems Research
VA's main investigator-initiated health services research grant. Funds studies of cost, quality and access to VA care, including patient safety and emerging topics, often multi-site to support generalizability and dissemination.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The public IIR page publishes no budget cap or project duration. Dollar limits appear only in the RFAs, which VA hosts on its internal (intranet) funding site available to VA investigators.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jun, DecNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The IIR page itself lists no dates. VA facility research-office pages describe HSR merit submission cycles in June and December. Confirm the current receipt date with your VA research office (vhacoscirev@va.gov).
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Intramural VA programme: the principal investigator must be a VA-salaried clinician or social scientist at a VA facility. University-only investigators cannot hold the award and must partner with a VA-appointed PI; the detailed RFAs sit on the VA intranet.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- health services research · quality of care · access to care · patient safety · implementation
- Apply at
- https://hsrd.research.va.gov/funding/iir.cfm
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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