Leading Edge Acceleration Projects for Health IT (LEAP)

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Office of the National Coordinator (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet. Estimated posting date: Mar 1, 2023 (this estimate has passed and the agency has not posted it yet).

The agency expects to make 2 awards.

Eligible applicant types include nonprofits, for-profit companies, tribal governments & organizations and colleges & universities.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

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• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

This is a competitive funding opportunity open to public or non-profit privateinstitutions, such as a university, college, or a faith-based or community-based organization; units oflocal or state government, eligible agencies of the federal government, Indian/Native American TribalGovernments (federally recognized, other than federally recognized, and tribally designatedorganizations).For-profit organizations may participate in projects as members of a consortia or as a sub-recipientonly. …

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology (Health IT) to address well-documented and fast emerging challenges inhibiting the development, use, and/or advancement of well-designed, interoperable health IT, which is scalable across the health care industry. Solutions are expected to further a new generation of health IT research and inform the development, implementation, and refinement of standards, methods, and techniques for overcoming major barriers and challenges in an innovative fashion as they are identified. It is critical that the field of health care innovate and leverage the latest technological advancements and breakthroughs far quicker than it currently does to optimize real-time solutions, especially in areas which are ripe for acceleration. …

Read the full forecast on Grants.gov →