American Cancer Society

Applications are invited for research projects on national, state, and/or local policy changes and response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.

ACS is interested in evaluating the impact of the many changes in the healthcare system, focusing on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Efforts focusing on improving access to care may also impact inequities that contribute to health disparities. Public health public policy initiatives such as the new federal and state marketplaces that have expanded insurance coverage and Medicaid expansion in some states create natural experiments ripe for evaluation.

ACS is keenly interested in supporting rapid learning research to study the effects of health policy changes on patients, providers, and health systems, including but not limited to facilitators and barriers to care; unintended consequences; differential experiences, and outcomes of patients seeking or receiving care; best practice models for quality care; and economic impact.

Eligible applicants must be faculty at a U.S. academic institution or eligible nonprofit. Full-time independent investigators at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply.

Grant awards of two to three years have maximum direct costs of $200,000 per year (with 20 percent allowable indirect costs), and awards of four years have maximum direct costs of $165,000 per year (with 20 percent allowable indirect costs).a