Evidence Synthesis Awards

ARRA Awards

This page provides information on contracts and grants awarded with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for research that compares the effectiveness of different medical options.

Enhance the Current Evidence-based Practice Centers

This effort will increase the number of comparative effectiveness reviews conducted through AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program, thereby increasing the information base of research synthesis available to support decisions in clinical and other health care decision settings. Select for a fact sheet on this topic.

Award Type: Contracts

Awardees:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
  • Duke University EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
  • Johns Hopkins University EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
  • Minnesota EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
  • Oregon Health & Science University EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
  • Research Triangle Institute EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
    Link to Award Notice: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/HHSA290200710055i_6_ANDHHSA290-2007-10056-I_5.html
  • Tufts EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009
    Link to Award Notice: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/HHSA290200710055i_6_ANDHHSA290-2007-10056-I_5.html
  • Vanderbilt University EPC
    ARRA EPC Comprehensive Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care
    Award Amount: Approximately $3,000,000
    Award Date: October 26, 2009

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

Current as of October 2010
Internet Citation: Evidence Synthesis Awards: ARRA Awards. October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/arra/awards/awevsyn.html