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Published: Apr 29, 2008
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research is a national program that aims to build the capacity of the health policy field by offering general research support for innovative ideas that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere.
The program encourages investigators to think creatively about the most important problems affecting American health and health care and to contribute to the intellectual foundation of future health policy. It serves as one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) main vehicles for funding research on broad health policy issues. Grants to investigators range in size up to a maximum of $335,000 and in length from two to four years.
Key Results
(See Project List for links to Grant Results reports on a selection of the research projects funded by the program.)
Program Management
Since January 2001, the national program office has been located at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. Prior to that time, the program was under the direction of a national program office at the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR), now called AcademyHealth after a merger with the Alpha Center for Health Planning.
Funding
The RWJF Board of Trustees originally authorized the program in 1991 and has approved total authorizations of up to $57.3 million though July 2010.
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Listed below are 15 of the grants that supported this project, totaling $7,650,106.
| Grant | Awarded to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (New Brunswick, NJ) ID#: 57118 David Mechanic, Ph.D. 732-932-8415 mechanic@rci.rutgers.edu http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/ |
Approved award: $862,236 Actual award: $747,144 April 2006 to March 2007 |
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (New Brunswick, NJ) ID#: 040839 David Mechanic, Ph.D. 732-932-8415 mechanic@rci.rutgers.edu http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/ |
Approved award: $722,498 Actual award: $588,033 March 2001 to March 2002 |
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (New Brunswick, NJ) ID#: 042273 David Mechanic, Ph.D. 732-932-8415 mechanic@rci.rutgers.edu http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/ |
Approved award: $921,108 Actual award: $779,869 March 2002 to June 2007 |
| Transition activities for technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (New Brunswick, NJ) ID#: 040441 David Mechanic, Ph.D. 732-932-8415 mechanic@rci.rutgers.edu http://www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu/ |
Actual award: $138,442 September 2000 to March 2001 |
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
AcademyHealth (Washington, DC) ID#: 035423 Barbara Kivimae Krimgold 202-387-2829 bkrimgold@cfah.org Alvin R. Tarlov, M.D. 312-321-6128 atarlov@gmail.com http://www.academyhealth.org |
Approved award: $351,050 Actual award: $343,617 September 1999 to February 2000 |
| Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program |
Association for Health Services Research, Inc. (Washington, DC) ID#: 029945 Alvin R. Tarlov, M.D. 312-321-6128 atarlov@gmail.com |
Approved award: $683,886 Actual award: $650,611 August 1997 to July 1998 |
RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.
Grant Results Reports
RWJF produces Grant Results reports on its funded initiatives. External writers and editors read the entire grant to prepare each report, which is then reviewed by RWJF staff and by the director of the initiative. Any reviewer in the chain may ask for changes in the report to improve clarity or accuracy.
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