Open Competition: Implementation of Findings From PCORI's Research Investments PCORI Funding Announcement — Cycle 3 2026
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Funds multicomponent implementation projects that move specific named PCORI-funded findings into practice, with a rigorous evaluation plan. Cycle 3 2026 evidence areas include pediatric OCD treatment, direct hospital admission for children, early palliative care in advanced cancer, and school-based caries prevention.
- Indicative award
- up to $1.8M (total award)Applicants may propose budgets up to $1.8 million in total direct costs. No minimum published; total funds available not stated on the page.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, May, SepPublished deadline: 2026-09-09 — passed. Kept for reference; check the funder's page for the next cycle.PFA opened Aug. 4, 2026. LOI deadline Sept. 9, 2026, 5 pm ET; LOI status Oct. 14, 2026; invited application deadline Jan. 12, 2027, 5 pm ET. Eligible-evidence areas change each release of this PFA.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior, Early-career faculty, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Open competition — applicants need no prior association with the underlying PCORI studies and no previous PCORI funding. Projects must implement only the evidence named in this cycle, must document leadership and frontline buy-in from implementation sites across multiple health systems, and must include a rigorous evaluation plan. LOI required before an invited full application.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- implementation science · evidence uptake · program evaluation · pediatric mental health · palliative care
- Apply at
- https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/announcement/open-competition-implementation-findings-pcoris-research-investments-pcori-funding-announcement-cycle-3-2026
- 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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