Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation
This grant program is to increase solid organ donation and to improve understanding of how to increase solid organ donation.
The goal of the grant program is to assist eligible entities in the evaluation of, or the implementation and evaluation of, highly promising strategies and approaches that can serve as model interventions for increasing solid organ donation.
Projects may focus on community education and outreach initiatives or hospital based efforts focused on family consent for donation when a death has occurred.
Projects may also increase knowledge of opportunities to donate specific organs or organ sections while living and the process, risks, and benefits of living donation.
The goal of the grant program is to assist eligible entities in the evaluation of, or the implementation and evaluation of, highly promising strategies and approaches that can serve as model interventions for increasing solid organ donation.
Projects may focus on community education and outreach initiatives or hospital based efforts focused on family consent for donation when a death has occurred.
Projects may also increase knowledge of opportunities to donate specific organs or organ sections while living and the process, risks, and benefits of living donation.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Estimated Funding: $1,250,000
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Estimated Funding: $1,250,000
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=F8504355-F59D-4473-856C-D1936530A7C6
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants include Federally-designated organ procurement organizations (OPO) and other nonprofit private or public entities eligible for funds under section 377A(a)-(b) of the PHS Act, (42 U.S.C.
274f-1(a)-(b)).
Eligible applicants that are public and nonprofit private entities may include state and local governments, Indian Tribal Governments, institutions of higher education, other nonprofit organizations such as faith-based and community-based organizations and Tribal organizations.
For-profit organizations may participate in a grant project but are not eligible to apply as the applicant institution.
If the applicant is an Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) member, and/or if the applicant is working with a consortium that includes OPTN members, the applicant and all other OPTN members involved in the project are expected to be in compliance with the final rule governing the operation of the OPTN (42 CFR Part 121) or visit http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=F8504355-F59D-4473-856C-D1936530A7C6
Contact:
CallCenter@HRSA.GOVCallCenter@HRSA.GOV
Agency Email Description:
Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772;301-998-7373 or email
Agency Email:
CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
Date Posted:
2011-07-19
Application Due Date:
2011-11-30
Archive Date:
2012-01-29
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