Telehealth Research Center | HRSA 25 045

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 25 045

The Telehealth Research Center grant opportunity (HRSA-25-045) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary funding program that will support a single awardee through a cooperative agreement to carry out clinically informed, evidence-based telehealth research focused on underserved populations in the United States. The overall intent is to strengthen the national evidence base so policymakers, providers, and other telehealth stakeholders can make better decisions about telehealth policy, program design, and service delivery, especially where access barriers and disparities are most pronounced. In practical terms, HRSA is looking for research that tracks current telehealth trends and produces actionable findings about what is working, for whom, under what conditions, and at what cost.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity is paired with a related competition for a Telehealth Rapid Response Center (HRSA-25-044). While the Rapid Response Center is designed for quick-turn analyses and short, issue-specific studies that help the field understand the immediate effects of telehealth policies and regulatory changes, the Telehealth Research Center (HRSA-25-045) is positioned as the deeper research engine. The Research Center is expected to address persistent knowledge gaps around telehealth effectiveness, costs, and models of care delivery, including questions tied directly to telehealth technologies and modalities. A major responsibility described in the notice is conducting and maintaining a comprehensive evaluation of nationwide telehealth investments in rural and underserved areas and populations, suggesting an emphasis on systematic, ongoing assessment rather than one-off studies.

The research agenda HRSA outlines for the Telehealth Research Center emphasizes outcomes that matter to decision-makers at local, state, and federal levels. Specifically, the center’s work should examine how telehealth in rural and underserved communities affects access to care, population health and health indicators, health care spending (both for payers and for patients), quality of care, value-based care efforts, and the clinical delivery of services. The notice also signals interest in evidence that helps the field understand telehealth disparities and access barriers, the telehealth workforce/provider landscape, the implications of telehealth flexibilities, and how telehealth is being used across different specialties and through different modalities.

Eligibility is broad, but limited to domestic organizations. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations including small businesses, and government entities at the state, county, city/township, and special district level. Independent school districts can apply, as can Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations. “Domestic” is defined to include the 50 states and a range of U.S. jurisdictions and associated states and territories (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). Individuals are explicitly not eligible to apply.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is identified as HRSA 25 045 under CFDA 93.211, with funding issued as a cooperative agreement, meaning HRSA anticipates substantial involvement with the awardee during the project period (for example, through collaboration on priorities, deliverables, or dissemination). HRSA expects to make one award under this specific Telehealth Research Center opportunity, with an award ceiling listed at $950,000. The application deadline listed is April 15, 2025, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of January 14, 2025.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Telehealth Research Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.211.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-04-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $950,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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