Requests for Proposals

Health Care Innovation Challenge
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced the Health Care Innovation Challenge from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center, a new initiative designed to test creative ways to deliver high quality medical care and reduce costs across the country. The Challenge will award up to $1 billion in total grants to applicants who will implement the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, particularly those with the highest health care needs. Potential applicants must submit a letter of intent by December 19, 2011, and applications are due by January 27, 2012. Click here to read more.

New tobacco control funding opportunities through the AAP Richmond Center
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence is committed to helping pediatricians, other child health advocates, and researchers gain the knowledge and means to protect children from tobacco and secondhand smoke. To achieve this, the Richmond Center has developed various funding opportunities, including:

• 2012 AAP Visiting Lectureship Program
  The Julius B. Richmond Visiting Lectureship Program provides awards of up to $3,000 each to fund two-day educational programs focusing on the field of tobacco control and child health. The lectureships are designed to promote secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure control and to integrate SHS prevention activities in pediatric education in AAP Chapters and educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad. The call for applications is now open. The deadline for submissions is January 25, 2012. Click here to learn more about this program.
   
• 2012 Julius B. Richmond CATCH Grants
  The AAP Richmond Center will be funding two Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) implementation grants that focus on reducing children's secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure, in addition to medical home access and health insurance. Proposals should focus on SHS rather than smoking cessation, and proposals must meet the eligibility and selection criteria of the CATCH Implementation Funds program, which supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing community-based child health initiatives that increase access to medical homes or health services not otherwise available. Grants of up to $12,000 are awarded to pediatricians on a competitive basis. Submissions are due January 31, 2012. Click here for more details.

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