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Funding Opportunity for Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health IT (LEAP)

This opportunity from the Office of the National Coordinator seeks proposals for Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT). - Government Buyer: - Office of the National Coordinator (federal office) - Project Focus: - Advance research and innovation in interoperable, scalable Health IT - Address major barriers to Health IT adoption and standards - Inform development, implementation, and refinement of Health IT standards, methods, and techniques - Eligibility: - Public and private institutions of higher education - Native American tribal organizations - Nonprofits - Units of local or state government - Eligible federal agencies - Federally recognized Native American tribal governments - For-profit organizations and foreign institutions may participate only as consortium members or sub-recipients (not as direct applicants) - Notable Requirements: - Projects must propose innovative approaches to overcoming Health IT challenges - No specific OEMs, vendors, products, or purchase quantities are identified in this notice

Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology to address challenges inhibiting the development and advancement of interoperable health IT scalable across the healthcare industry. The projects aim to further a new generation of health IT research and inform the development and refinement of standards and techniques to overcome major barriers innovatively. The funding opportunity is competitive and open to public or non-profit private institutions, units of local or state government, eligible federal agencies, and Native American Tribal Governments. For-profit organizations and foreign institutions may participate only as consortium members or sub-recipients, but their applications will not be reviewed if submitted independently.

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