Engagement Award: Convening Support -- Spring 2026 Cycle
PCORI's Engagement Award: Convening Support funds collaborative meetings to advance or share patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research through active patient and stakeholder engagement.
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Due Dates: March 30, 2026 (Letter of Intent) | July 13, 2026 (Full Proposal, by invitation) | January 1–May 1, 2027 (Earliest project start window)
Funding Amounts: Up to $125,000 total costs per project (direct + indirect); project duration up to 1 year.
Summary: Supports convenings, meetings, or conferences that bring together patients, caregivers, and healthcare stakeholders to advance or disseminate patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).
Key Information: Projects must focus on one of two tracks: discussion/engagement around CER or dissemination of PCORI-funded research findings.
Description
This funding opportunity from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) supports projects that organize multi-party convenings, meetings, or conferences to advance patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). The primary aim is to foster meaningful engagement among patients, caregivers, families, and other healthcare stakeholders. Projects must either facilitate the development of CER topics and engagement plans or disseminate findings from PCORI-funded research to targeted audiences. All proposals must demonstrate active partnership with patients and stakeholders throughout the project and produce deliverables that inform or facilitate future engagement in patient-centered CER.
Applicants must select one of two tracks:
- Convening Around Patient-Centered CER: Focused on discussion, engagement, and planning around patient-centered CER topics, priorities, or engagement methods.
- Convening Around Dissemination of PCORI-Funded Research Findings: Focused on sharing and promoting uptake of results from eligible PCORI-funded studies with audiences positioned to use these findings.
Projects are expected to align with PCORI’s Foundational Expectations for Partnerships in Research, ensuring representative involvement, early and ongoing engagement, partner compensation, and shared leadership.
