# Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (93.226)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-226-research-on-healthcare-costs-quality-and-outcomes/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $686 million in 791 grants, about $867,535 per award.

## Objectives

To support research and evaluations, demonstration projects, research networks, and multidisciplinary centers and to disseminate information on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care involving: (1) The quality, effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of health care services; (2) quality measurement and improvement; (3) the outcomes, cost, cost-effectiveness, and use of health care services and access to such services; (4) clinical practice, including primary care and practice-oriented research; (5) evidence evaluation; (6) existing and innovative health care technologies including artificial intelligence and telehealth, facilities and equipment; (7) health care costs, productivity, organization and delivery, and market forces; (8) health promotion and disease prevention, including clinical preventive services and nutrition; (9) health statistics, surveys, database development, and epidemiology; (10) digital healthcare research; (11) patient safety research, including healthcare-associated infections; (12) education and research on therapeutics, including overmedication of children; (13) inner city and rural areas; (14) priority populations as enumerated in statute and as allowed by applicable law; (15) training not including in other assistance listings; (16) quality measures; and (17) diagnostic accuracy, all of which are to be conducted in accordance with gold standard science.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $135 million | 370 |
| 2022 | $143 million | 394 |
| 2023 | $153 million | 411 |
| 2024 | $164 million | 418 |
| 2025 | $90.8 million | 205 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $46.0 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | $23.6 million |
| Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc | Massachusetts | $22.2 million |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | $19.4 million |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | $18.5 million |
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | $18.3 million |
| Northwestern University | Illinois | $17.4 million |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Oregon | $17.3 million |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Texas | $15.0 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | $15.0 million |
| University of Utah | Utah | $13.0 million |
| Medstar Health Research Institute Inc. | Maryland | $12.9 million |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $12.6 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | $12.4 million |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minnesota | $12.3 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | $11.9 million |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | $11.1 million |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Tennessee | $10.9 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | $10.4 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | $10.4 million |