Engagement Award: Capacity Building -- Spring 2026 Cycle

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Receiving Invited Applications Engagement Award: Capacity Building -- Spring 2026 Cycle

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Spring 2026 Cycle Key Dates PFA Open

Jan. 21, 2026 Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline

March 30, 2026; 5 pm (ET) LOI Status Notification

Within 60 calendar days of LOI deadline Application Deadline

July 13, 2026; 5 pm (ET)

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The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program is accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) for the Engagement Award: Capacity Building funding opportunity. This opportunity aims to build the capacity and skills of patients, families, caregivers and individuals within the broader healthcare community to engage in all phases of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).

All proposed projects must show how they will help to build capacity for patient-centered CER. Proposed projects last up to two years and cannot exceed $300,000 in total costs.

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This recording introduces the Spring 2026 Cycle Engagement Award: Capacity Building funding announcement. View or download the slides here. Engagement Award Program Information

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) may award up to $25 million in fiscal year 2026 as part of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program. This program supports projects that encourage active, meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers and the broader healthcare community as integral members of the patient-centered CER enterprise. The Engagement Award Program does not fund research studies.

About Patient-Centered CER

Comparative clinical effectiveness research, or CER, is research which compares two or more medical treatments,…

Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health, Education and Training.

Funding amount

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.

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Engagement Award: Capacity Building -- Spring 2026 Cycle is administered by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), listed via Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.