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Opportunity

Valuing Health Equity Challenge Award

Deadline: 12/01/2020

The challenges of COVID-19 have brought the crucial work of our nation’s scientists to the forefront and highlighted the need to address racial inequity in health care.

The PhRMA Foundation has established a new Challenge Award focused on finding solutions to racial health disparities. This Challenge Award aims to inspire bold and vital research on how value assessment can better capture evidence regarding diverse populations and drivers of health disparities.

The PhRMA Foundation seeks papers that describe solutions to the following question: “How can value assessment methods and processes better account for populations that are typically underrepresented in research and drivers of health disparities?”

Duration

1 year

Funding

$5,000USD

Recipients of Challenge Awards will be honored and asked to present their winning papers at a public forum in 2021. Awards will be given in the following amounts:
– The winner will receive $50,000
– The runner up will receive $25,000
– Third and fourth place will receive $5,000
Eligibility

– Award opportunities are open to all individuals and organizations with a specialization in health economics, outcomes research, clinical sciences, health care evaluation, public health, health equity or related disciplines.
– Eligible applicants should be affiliated with an academic institution in the United States, U.S. patient group or organization focused on improving health equity in the U.S.
– Collaboration across stakeholder groups and fields of discipline is encouraged.

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