Building Evidence: Effective Palliative/End of Life Care Interventions (R01)

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number	PAR-13-289
Companion Funding Opportunity	None
Number of Applications	See Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)	93.361
Funding Opportunity Purpose	This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research that develops and tests optimal palliative and end-of-life care interventions (models of care) based on measurable outcomes. Palliative Care and End-of-Life (PCEOL) interventions are increasingly needed for all individuals with Life Limiting Illnesses (LLI's) in some form or other, including those who are culturally diverse or aging. Adverse impacts have been shown to extend to the caregivers and families of patients with LLI’s. Many individuals with LLI's also may concurrently be suffering from multiple complex comorbidities (MCC's), placing an increasing burden on health, health systems and costs. Few prospective interventions/models of care, especially those utilizing a randomized trial design, are testing the effectiveness of palliative and end-of-life care interventions. A wide variability exists among interventions delivered under the umbrella of “palliative or end-of-life care”. In addition, a variety of outcomes are being (or have been) assessed by different studies, when increasingly, the scientific need in this area is to examine and test a finite number of key outcomes (i.e., health, morbidity, quality of life, satisfaction with care) that are comparable across trials, studies, and programs.

Key Dates

Posted Date	July 26, 2013
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)	September 8, 2013
Letter of Intent Due Date(s)	30 days prior to the application due date
Application Due Date(s)	October 8, 2013,  June 9, 2014,  October 8, 2014,  June 9, 2015,  October 8, 2015,  June 9, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)	October 8, 2013,  June 9, 2014,  October 8, 2014,  June 9, 2015,  October 8, 2015,  June 9, 2016, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.