Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement: Implementation Awards -- Cycle 3 2026

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Upcoming Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement: Implementation Awards -- Cycle 3 2026

Dissemination and Implementation

Cycle 3 2026 Notice of Upcoming PCORI Funding Announcement Key Dates PFA Opens

Aug. 4, 2026 Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline

Sept. 9, 2026; 5 pm (ET) LOI Status Notification

Oct. 14, 2026 Application Deadline

Jan. 12, 2027; 5 pm (ET)

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) intends to release a Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) Aug. 4, 2026, to move evidence developed from PCORI-funded patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) toward practical use in improving health care and health outcomes. PCORI will fund projects that aim to implement patient-centered CER results obtained from PCORI-funded research in real-world practice settings, and in selected cases, projects that focus on planning for implementation of these findings or on the dissemination of these findings.

This preannouncement provides potential applicants additional time to identify collaborators; obtain pertinent patient, community and partner input; and create responsive, high-quality applications.

Applicants will have the opportunity to propose: Implementation Projects

Implementation projects may have budgets up to $1.8 million in direct costs and project durations of up to 48 months. Dissemination Projects

PCORI will consider supporting dissemination projects with the primary goal of spreading knowledge and awareness of evidence from PCORI-funded research and increasing targeted end users’ motivation and ability to use it. Dissemination projects may have budgets of up to $300,000 in total costs and project durations of up to 36 months. Implementation Planning Projects

PCORI will consider supporting Implementation Planning Projects to complete either preparatory activities identified as necessary for successful future efforts to implement results obtained from PCORI-funded research or work essential to wider-scale uptake of results obtained from PCORI-funded research following a successful PCORI-funded implementation project.

Applicants must…

Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health, Public Policy and Governance.

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.

Agency

Limited Competition PCORI Funding Announcement: Implementation Awards -- Cycle 3 2026 is administered by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), listed via Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.