CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR PATIENT SAFETY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE - CLARIFICATION TO RFA-HS-01-002 Release Date: January 19, 2001 NOTICE: NOT-HS-01-006 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality This Notice refers to the RFA-HS-01-002 Centers of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice published in the NIH Guide October 24, 2000. With this Notice, AHRQ clarifies a section of the RFA APPLICATION PROCEDURES. Centers of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice, RFA-HS-01-002, Page limits for describing each project and the cores within the application: Per the RFA, the APPLICATION PROCEDURES section states in paragraph 7 that there is a 25 page limit for the full program narrative. There is a maximum of 5 additional pages per project to describe each discrete research project. The RFA is silent on the number of pages specifically identified for the core(s). However, the Special Instructions for Preparation of Research Program Project (P01) Applications refers the applicant to the RFA and notes that For each core component, follow the specific instructions for the individual Research Project, Item I of the Special Instructions... This means that each core has a limit of 5 pages. For example, a project with two cores and three projects could have 25 pages for the full program narrative, an additional 10 pages for the cores (i.e., 5 pages per core), and an additional 15 pages for the individual projects (i.e., 5 pages per project). AHRQ’s Special Instructions for Preparation of Research Program Project (P01) Applications (page 4, item 1.7.b) also notes that program aspects descriptions are limited to 1 page. This is part of the 5 pages that may be used to describe individual projects.

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