Grant Programs

Opportunities for pre-application technical assistance are listed below.  Below is the recording and transcript of the technical assistance call, September 4, 2012.

Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation funds research projects to implement and evaluate promising strategies and approaches for either:  (1) reducing the gap between the demand for organ transplants and the supply of organs from deceased donors by identifying successful strategies that can serve as model interventions to increase deceased organ donation or, (2) increasing the knowledge of options available through living donation among patients who may need transplants and/or individuals considering serving as a living donor.  Accordingly, this program will support sound applied research efforts to test the effectiveness of strategies that target any of  three program objectives addressing the goals listed above. Public and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Applications for the 2013 competition are due November 30, 2012.

> Project Summaries (PDF - 195 KB)

> 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement and Program Details (HRSA-13-150)

> Pre-Application Technical Assistance Conference Calls

The Division of Transplantation (DoT) will conducted two Pre-Application telephone conference to provide technical assistance (TA) and consultation for individuals who may wish to submit an application for the Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation Grant Program. This year DoT also conducted a webinar providing information regarding the grant program. The webinar was targeted to individuals who are new to both the grant program and to the field of organ donation. A link to the recording of the webinar will be listed here when available. 

> Technical assistance telephone session, September 4, 2012.

Listen to the Audio (MP3 - 52 Minutes) | Read the Transcript (PDF - 146 KB)

 A series of webcasts provided by HRSA on the grants submission process are available at http://services.choruscall.com/links/hrsagrants2011.

Public Education Efforts to Increase Organ and Tissue Donation funds the replication of successful strategies or models for increasing organ and tissue donation. No new grants will be funded for this grant program in 2013.

> Project Summaries (PDF - 121 KB)

> 2012 Funding Opportunity Announcement and Program Details (HRSA-12-032)

> Technical assistance telephone session, September 20, 2011.

    Listen to the Audio (MP3 - 72 Minutes) | Read the Transcript (PDF - 153 KB)

Clinical Interventions to Increase Organ Procurement funds highly promising research into improvements in clinical management of deceased organ donors. This program has provided support for the implementation and evaluation of highly promising strategies and approaches serving as model interventions for identifying appropriate organ donor candidates, evaluating donated organs, maintaining donor clinical stability and optimizing methods for organ procurement. This grant program was not funded for FY 2012.

> Project Summaries

Reimbursement of Travel and Subsistence Expenses Toward Living Organ Donation Program supports a national program to provide reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses to individuals making living donations of their organs. In September 2006, HRSA awarded a 4-year cooperative agreement to the Regents of the University of Michigan (UM) for this purpose. The University of Michigan in collaboration with The American Society of Transplant Surgeons establishes the National Living Donor Assistance Center to carry out the Program’s purpose.  The cooperative agreement with UM was renewed for another four years in September 2010. For more information about the program, visit www.livingdonorassistance.org . 

State Donor Registry Support Program funded states to develop or enhance a donor registry in which residents enter their consent to be a donor. This grant program is no longer offered.

> Project Summaries

Media-Based Grassroots Efforts to Increase Minority Solid Organ Donation funded projects to promote organ and tissue donation in minority populations through combined media and grassroots campaigns. Projects were required to spend a minimum of 75 percent of their budget on television and radio advertising. This grant program is no longer offered.

> Project Summaries