The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced the approval of 50 funding awards, totaling $30 million over two years, through its Pilot Projects Program. The approved projects “will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in various aspects of the research and dissemination process”. The organization expects to announce another funding opportunity, Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Methodological Research, later this summer.

The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) has listed available grants for its 2013 grant cycle. The A.S.P.E.N. Rhoads Research Foundation funds “exceptional scientific research projects submitted by early-career investigators of nutrition therapy, metabolic support, and related clinical nutrition topics.”