Engagement Award: Convening Support -- Spring 2026 Cycle
PCORI's Engagement Award: Convening Support funds projects that bring stakeholders together to advance or disseminate patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Letter of Intent) | July 2027 (Application, by invitation only)
Funding Amounts: Up to $125,000 total costs per project (including direct + indirect costs); project period up to 1 year.
Summary: Supports convenings that engage stakeholders to advance or disseminate patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER).
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity; all dates are projected and subject to change.
Description
This funding opportunity supports projects that organize convenings—such as meetings or conferences—to bring together patients, families, caregivers, and the broader healthcare community. The primary goal is to expand engagement in patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) or to actively disseminate findings from PCORI-funded research. Projects must foster meaningful collaboration, shared leadership, and produce deliverables that inform or enable future patient-centered CER. Applicants must select one of two funding tracks: (1) convening around patient-centered CER (to develop research topics, priorities, or engagement plans), or (2) convening around dissemination of PCORI-funded research findings to targeted audiences.
