This Federal Grant Opportunity, HRSA-25-044 and HRSA-25-045, is seeking to establish two cooperative agreement centers focused on telehealth research and rapid response. The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is the federal agency administering this opportunity. The Telehealth Research Center will conduct clinically-informed and policy-relevant health services research to expand the evidence base for telehealth, while the Telehealth Rapid Response Center will provide stakeholders with expedited data analyses and short-term research studies on telehealth policies and regulations. Key requirements include maintaining national datasets, publishing research findings, and collaborating with HRSA's Office for the Advancement of Telehealth. The application deadline is April 15, 2025, with an expected award date of August 1, 2025 and project start date of September 1, 2025.
Each center will receive $950,000 in FY2025 funding for a 5-year period of performance through August 31, 2030. Eligible applicants include public/private institutions of higher education, non-profits, for-profits, government entities, and tribal organizations. The centers must have dedicated staffing, including principal investigators with at least 8 years of telehealth research experience, and robust data analysis capabilities.