Funder: The Donaghue Foundation
Due Dates: April 30, 2026 (LOI) | August 20, 2026 (Invited application) | January 1, 2027 (Grant term begins)
Funding Amounts: Up to $500,000 per award for two years, plus a 10% indirect cost rate
Summary: Supports research testing practical approaches and tools to reduce low-value care and improve healthcare quality, equity, and affordability.
Key Information: Applicants must partner with a healthcare-service organization or work in a research unit embedded in a healthcare organization.
Description
The Donaghue Foundation’s Greater Value Portfolio supports research that advances a higher-value healthcare system. It funds testing of approaches and tools that healthcare organizations can readily use to improve care for patients and communities. Priorities include high and rising costs, unwarranted pricing variations, racial and ethnic disparities in access, costs, and outcomes, excessive financial burdens on families, inconsistent care quality, and limited price and outcome transparency.
Supported work includes changes to care models, coverage, and systems that reduce inefficiencies, costs, and unnecessary treatments, tests, or screenings whose harms or financial burdens may outweigh their benefits. The program also supports consumer decision tools, patient-provider conversations about treatment trade-offs and financial implications, and interventions promoting equitable access, consistent quality, and pricing that reflects healthcare value.
