The purpose of the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program is to fund research focused on achieving breakthrough advances to address well-documented problems that have impeded adoption of health IT and to accelerate progress towards achieving nationwide meaningful use of health IT in support of a high-performing, continuously-learning health care system. 

ONC expects to award four cooperative agreements:

1. Security of Health Information Technology
2. Patient-Centered Cognitive Support
3. Healthcare Application and Network Platform Architectures
4. Secondary Use of EHR Data

Learn more about the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects Program:

• Funding Opportunity Announcement:  Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects Program [MS Word doc - 372 KB]
  
  To apply for this funding opportunity, you must do so via Grants.gov.  Please go to http://www.grants.gov/search/basic.do and search for CFDA#: 93.728
  
  
• Facts-At-A-Glance [PDF - 548 KB]
   
• Frequently Asked Questions
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• ONC hosted two technical assistance calls to answer questions related to the SHARP Program on December 22, 2009 and January 4, 2010.  View slides and transcripts from the calls.

For questions relating to the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects Program, email wil.yu@hhs.gov.