Addressing Sensory Health Needs Across the Lifespan PCORI Funding Announcement -- Cycle 2 2026

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Receiving Invited Applications Addressing Sensory Health Needs Across the Lifespan PCORI Funding Announcement -- Cycle 2 2026

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Cycle 2 2026 Special Office Hours Opportunity

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April 1, 2026 Preannouncement Applicant Town Hall

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View recording/slides Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline

April 28, 2026; 5 pm (ET) LOI Status Notification

June 2, 2026 Application Deadline

Sept. 1, 2026; 5 pm (ET)

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This PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) invites applications for high-impact patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects that focus on advancing care and outcomes across the lifespan for people living with sensory health conditions. Proposed patient-centered CER projects should inform health decisions for people with sensory disorders, their families and care partners in the United States experiencing high burdens and practice variations in sensory health care and outcomes. Research Initiative Highlights

Sensory health needs encompass a broad range of conditions that can be present from birth, develop during childhood or adulthood or occur later in life. PCORI’s description of sensory health includes conditions affecting one or more of the body’s sensory systems, such as visual, auditory, olfactory, touch, taste, proprioceptive, vestibular and interoceptive systems. In addition, sensory health conditions can lead to differences in communication, mobility, orientation, balance and accessing information. Moreover, there are variations across the care continuum in access to care, quality of care and outcomes due to factors such as geographic location and income. Significantly, sensory conditions have a wide-ranging impact and have been shown to increase mortality, impair cognitive function, diminish health-related quality of life and lead to poor mental health outcomes. Across the lifespan, individuals at risk of sensory health conditions need increased access to…

Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health.

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This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Addressing Sensory Health Needs Across the Lifespan PCORI Funding Announcement -- Cycle 2 2026 is administered by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), listed via Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.