AHQR clarifies grant app rules under stimulus
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued on May 26, 2010, a notice about its expectations with the completion of grants awarded from the funding provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).
AHRQ issued the notice, as listed below, for these reasons:
- To reaffirm to AHRQ grantees that the primary goals of all AHRQ Recovery Act awards are to create U.S. jobs and accelerate the pace of health services research;
- To remind project directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs) and grantee institutions that AHRQ fully expects Recovery Act grantees to expend project funds in a timely and expeditious manner in accordance with the expected pace of research;
- To remind grantees that all Recovery Act expenditures remain subject to terms and conditions on the Notice of Award, including the AHRQ-HHS Standard Terms and Conditions for ARRA Awards (see http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/arraterms.htm) and all referenced regulations and OMB Circulars;
- To notify grantees that AHRQ Recovery Act grants will not be issued under Expanded Authorities; and
- To notify grantees that AHRQ expects all grant activities to be completed consistent with the schedule of the approved project period.
AHRQ has received funds from ARRA to stimulate job creation and economic development activity related to health services research for the nation.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued on May 26, 2010, a notice about its expectations with the completion of grants awarded from the funding provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).Article Limit Reached
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