Patient-centered outcomes research funding

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Comparative effectiveness research where patients and caregivers are partners in the study team from question-setting onward — a structure that rewards the engagement skills social work already teaches.

Indicative award

$500k–$10M (total award)Large multi-year awards; engagement budgets are expected line items, not overhead.

Timing

Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, May, SepNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Cycles several times a year against published priority topics.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation

Eligibility

Partner organisations must be named and compensated in the budget. Proposals without genuine partner involvement are screened out early.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

comparative effectiveness · stakeholder engagement · pragmatic trial · co-design

Apply at

https://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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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