Engagement and Resources
Published January 23, 2023
By AACOM Government Relations
OME Advocate Osteopathic Representation Osteopathic Research
Reminder: Submit Recommendations on NIH Peer Review Process and Attend Free Virtual Conference
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued an RFI on its proposal to revise its peer review framework for research grant applications. AACOM is concerned with the disparity in NIH funding for COMs and worked with Congress to twice pass legislation acknowledging the benefits of osteopathic research and directing the NIH to report back on COM funding. AACOM sees this RFI as an opportunity to continue the push for osteopathic research funding and encourages COMs to submit comments by the March 10, 2023 deadline. Please share your comments or suggestions with AACOM at aacomgr@aacom.org. To learn more about NIH’s current grant policies, and to engage with NIH experts, attend their free, two-day virtual grants conference on February 1-2, 2023.
Osteopathic Medical Students: Reminder to Apply for the 2023-24 Osteopathic Health Policy Internship
AACOM is currently accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Osteopathic Health Policy Internship (OHPI) Program, a unique eight-week virtual internship for osteopathic medical students. Each OHPI will gain first-hand experience working virtually at the national level where they will be immersed in health and higher education policy development, analysis and implementation. Interns will actively participate in building support for AACOM’s policy priorities, including the FAIR Act, increasing NIH funding for osteopathic researchers and more. Applications are due Friday, February 17, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET. Learn more.
HRSA Seeks Public Input on Healthy Start Initiative Program Development
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently issued an RFI on the design, implementation and evaluation of the Healthy Start program. Healthy Start is a community-based program dedicated to reducing disparities in maternal and infant health. HRSA funds 101 Healthy Start grantees toward that goal. Comments are being accepted through February 3, 2023. Please let us know at aacomgr@aacom.org if you or your organization plan to comment.
Funding Opportunity: Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program
HRSA is awarding up to $800,000 for the Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program to improve healthcare in rural areas by providing targeted, in-depth technical assistance to rural hospitals within communities struggling to maintain healthcare services. The recipient will work with individual hospitals to address challenges to sustaining access to essential healthcare services, understand community health needs and resources and find ways to ensure communities can keep needed care locally, whether it is with a more limited set of services provided by the hospital, or by exploring other mechanisms for meeting community healthcare needs. Apply by March 7, 2023.
Applications Now Open for the Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research Centers Grant
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute invite applications from qualified institutions to create Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research Centers to support the professional development of scientists to conduct research that accelerates progress towards an integrated learning health system. Letters of intent are due by February 10, 2023, and applications are due by March 24, 2023. Apply now.