“Please note that all applicants must explicitly state the area of interest for which they are applying. Applications that do not clearly state their intended area of interest will not be considered.”

“The PD/PI is expected to contribute a minimum of 20% effort annually throughout the course of the cooperative agreement. If less time is allocated, an explicit justification of the lower level of effort shall be included.”

“The federal award may require the recipient to have access to information relating to any and all aspects of grants management operations that may be of a technical, legal, sensitive and/or confidential nature and which may be the sole property of the U.S. Government. To mitigate risks associated with such access, the recipient shall ensure that all its personnel, including chief executives, directors, consultants, sub recipients, or any other personnel substantially involved in the performance ”

“The maximum length allowed for the project narrative is 35 pages. A project narrative that exceeds the 35-page limit will not be accepted. Resumes of key personnel (personnel required for the project), are not counted as part of the project narrative and are not included in the 35-page limit.”

“Applicants may submit no more than 30 pages of appendix material. Appendix material should be used to provide additional materials (for example, key papers or reports or excerpts) that will be of assistance in evaluating the merit of the application. Do not use the Appendix to circumvent the page limitations of the project narrative component. Applications that use appendix material as a mechanism to exceed the page length limitations of the project narrative will not be considered for award.”

“Funds cannot be used for the following purposes: To supplant or replace current public or private funding; To supplant ongoing or usual activities of any organization involved in the project; To purchase or improve land, or to purchase, construct, or make permanent improvements to any building; To reimburse pre-award costs”

“A Kick-Off Meeting no later than two (2) weeks after award date with members of each recipient team and ONC is required. The purpose of this meeting is to establish points of contacts, expectations, and set-up regular check-in calls. A monthly (minimum) check-in meeting to be scheduled with project team and your ONC Project Officer to discuss implementation trajectory, accomplishments, next steps, challenges, barriers, and recommendations to address challenges and barriers.”

“Draft of the Final Report shall be submitted to ONC at least three (3) months prior to the end of the grant period of performance project period in Microsoft Word and include the following elements... A final version of report that incorporates project official feedback shall be submitted to ONC for review and approval by your project by no later than 90 days after the end of the grant.”

“Expenditures shall be reported, on a semi-annual basis, using the SF-425, Federal Financial Report (FFR). Reports are due to HHS no later than April 30 of each year the award is active for funds expended between October and March, and no later than October 31 for funds expended between April and September. The semi-annual FFR will be submitted using the Payment Management System (PMS). ONC will not accept reports sent directly to the ONC Grants mailbox.”

“The applicant shall notify the ONC grants management officer (GMO) when they believe an actual or potential COI may exist. If, after award, a recipient discovers a COI, with respect to the assistance agreement, it shall make an immediate and full disclosure in writing to the ONC GMO. The disclosure shall include identification of the actual or potential conflict, the manner in which it arose, and a description of the action the recipient has taken, or proposed to take, to avoid, eliminate, or ne”

“ONC expects to issue one cooperative agreement award per area of interest (the "Area of Interest"), up to $1 million per award, totaling up to $2 million for the two awards in fiscal year 2022. These awards will have a two-year project and budget period at initial award. However, applicants are encouraged to submit their applications based on a five-year budget period. Additional funding for years three to five may be provided, contingent upon availability of funds, meaningful progress, and ONC ”

“Create and implement closed loop referral technology in a real-world environment involving at least one health system or community health center, their EHR developer, and at least one CBO. The awardee will be expected to provide feedback on the challenges and successes that the health system or community health center and CBO experience while using the technology in underserved communities.”

“Demonstrate a path to scalability by implementing the proposed PGHD technology solution in at least two separate healthcare locations or by demonstrating how the same proposed PGHD technology solution can be used for two different use cases.”

“Develop at least one manuscript that details the demonstration project results and submit to appropriate journal.”

“Applicant and their proposed project team must demonstrate familiarity with an understanding of the following: The EO 14110, the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence; The ONC HTI-1 final rule, specifically the requirements for Predictive DSI; Experience evaluating and developing improvement strategies for data quality; Experience in developing and deploying AI tools using data derived from EHRs”

“Applicants and their proposed team must demonstrate familiarity with the following: Health IT standards and health IT technology including content and exchange standards and implementation specifications; Behavioral healthcare systems and technology; Behavioral healthcare settings and their interoperability gaps and needs”

“Applicant and their proposed project team should demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of the following: Experience with developing applications using HL7® FHIR® Release 4.0.1. Familiarity with HL7® FHIR® Subscriptions capability. Experience with engaging health IT standards community. Experience with developing patient-facing apps using HL7® FHIR®”

“The technical solution must include at least one use case that demonstrates beneficial interactive exchange with third-party client applications over query-based exchange.”

“Describe in detail one or more technical barriers currently impeding entities that could be IAS Providers from participating in TEFCA; or that impede QHINs, Participants, or Subparticipants from becoming IAS Providers and offering IAS services to individuals; or both.”

“Identify an approach to improve IAS exchange while adhering to data security and privacy standards, including ensuring consistency for covered entities' compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule where applicable, its implementing regulations, and other relevant regulations.”