Office of Research

Resilient and Responsive Health Systems (RRHS) Initiative

This announcement solicits applications for the Resilient and Responsive Health Systems (RRHS) Initiative, a five-year program to strengthen human resources for health (HRH) in order to address public health challenges like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Liberia, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan and to achieve health system resiliency.  This RRHS Initiative seeks to address fundamental health systems constraints that impede the availability of and access to quality health services by supporting the implementation of countries’ national health strategies and recovery plans to respond to emerging epidemics, prevent, manage and control HIV and other diseases, and improve population health outcomes. The resilience of a health system is its capacity to respond and adapt to planned and unplanned needs, and the ability to absorb shocks, such as a disease outbreak, natural disaster, or conflict.

 

Multiple submissions from an applicant for this announcement are allowable if the applicant is applying for more than one RRHS focus country.

 

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach, and list the focus country
  2. Biosketch or CV of the PI

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday July 7, 2016. Full proposals are due to the sponsor 8/5/16, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 7/28/16 for processing, if given the go ahead by the Proposal Review Committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

HRSA-17-007

Deadlines
07/07/2016 UW Internal Deadline Closed
07/28/2016 OSP Deadline
08/05/2016 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Funding amount

$9,500,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1 (1 per focus country)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.