Deadline:

Jun 3, 2009 - Closed

Program Area:

Pioneer

Purpose:

Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records is a $10-million national program funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Pioneer Portfolio. Project HealthDesign stimulates innovation in the development of personal health record (PHR) systems by transforming the concept of PHRs as data collection tools to PHRs as a foundation for action and improved health decision-making.

In this second round of funding, Project HealthDesign will seek to test whether and how information about patterns of everyday living can be collected and interpreted such that patients can take action and clinicians can integrate new insights into clinical care processes.

Read the news release, New Funding Available to Explore Novel Use of Technologies that Improve Health.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals


• Overview (PDF)

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

Applicants may be either public entities, nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations as defined under Section 509(a), or for-profit entities.

Each team must include a clinical practice partner. Clinical practices could include, but are not limited to, individual or group physician practices, nurse-managed clinics, federally qualified health centers, public health clinics, school-based clinics or hospital-based clinics. Grantee teams may also include informatics professionals, clinicians and experts in design, evaluation and behavioral science. Technical expertise may reside in the team or be acquired through subcontracting to commercial vendors, PHR platform service providers and clinical information technology departments.

Proposals will be selected for funding through a two-stage process. Applicants will initially submit brief proposals, which will be screened and rated by Project HealthDesign’s national program office, RWJF staff and the program’s national advisory committee on each of the following selection criteria:

• potential health impact
• vision
• technical approach
• qualifications of the team
• feasibility and viability
• patient and clinician engagement
• evaluation design 
• partner commitment
• commitment to the program.

Key Dates:

• April 29 and May 7, 2009 (2 p.m. ET)—Optional Web conferences for potential applicants. To register visit the program's Web site www.projecthealthdesign.org .
• June 3, 2009 (2 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
• July 20, 2009—Select applicants notified if invited to submit full proposals.
• September 1, 2009 (2 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
• December 1, 2009—Project start date.
• December 16, 2009—First design workshop.

Total Award:

A total of $2.4 million is available. We anticipate grants of up to $480,000 each will be awarded to five applicants for 24-month projects.

Contact:

Gail Casper, R.N., Ph.D., deputy director
info@projecthealthdesign.org
Office: (877) 674-3170
http://www.projecthealthdesign.org

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office


• View Program FAQs