Significant disparities in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity persist among Black or African-American people, American Indian/Alaska Native people, Hispanic people, people with disabilities, residents of rural areas, and people of lower socioeconomic status. Because social determinants of health are recognized as important drivers of disparities in health outcomes, addressing these disparities requires evidence-based solutions that comprehensively address both the clinical and social needs of communities impacted by these disparities.

The Partnering Research and Community Organizations for Novel Health Equity Research: Addressing Social and Clinical Determinants of Maternal Health Targeted PCORI Funding Announcement (Partner Targeted PFA) seeks to fund high-quality, comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies that focus on multicomponent, multilevel interventions simultaneously addressing health conditions and social determinants of health to improve maternal health outcomes.

The Partner Targeted PFA, which supports PCORI’s National Priorities for Health, including Achieve Health Equity, intends to fund CER studies in which community organizations are full partners in the work, are in leadership roles, and are partners in critical decision making alongside research organizations. While the funding announcement will be released in January 2023, this preannouncement is provided to allow potential applicants additional time to identify collaborators, obtain stakeholder input on potential CER studies, and develop responsive, high-quality proposals.

LOI Deadline: Feb. 7, 2023