Research Award
The NIHCM Foundation Research Award recognizes outstanding published work from researchers that can help managed care organizations, policymakers, and related stakeholders improve the affordability and quality of U.S. health care.
Application Information
The 31st Annual Research Award application window is now open! Applications will close on March 28, 2025.
31st Annual Research Award Process
Prize
A $20,000 prize will be presented to the winner.
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Award FAQEligibility
- Articles must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal during calendar year 2024 either in print or online. (An article cannot be submitted in more than one competition year.)
- All research articles must address some aspect of health care management, financing, delivery and organization, affordability, and/or rising health care costs; with an eye toward how this research can help managed care organizations, policymakers, and related stakeholders improve the affordability and quality of U.S. health care.
- Entries should focus on health care in the United States.
Entry
- Deadline: March 28, 2025
- Entry is free
- Limit three entries per entrant
- Please contact Mikayla Thompson at mthompson@nihcm.org if you are unable to submit or have any questions.
Selection Criteria
- Originality and creativity of the research.
- Entry produces impact or insights that may improve health care management, are relevant to the private sector, generate new evidence on health care affordability and how rising health care prices affect quality and access, and/or inform health care policy along these dimensions.
- The best and most impactful entries can help managed care organizations, policymakers, and related stakeholders improve the affordability and quality of U.S. health care.
Judges
Ge Bai
Johns Hopkins University
Laurence Baker
Stanford University
May Tsung-Mai Cheng
Princeton University
Martin Gaynor
Carnegie Mellon University
Paul Ginsburg
University of Southern California
Vicky Gregg
Guidon Partners
Joseph Newhouse
Harvard University
Mark Pauly
University of Pennsylvania
Kosali Simon
University of Indiana Bloomington
Christopher Whaley
Brown University