The Department of Health and Human Services has officially launched its $5 million extramural program to fund 15 to 20 projects aimed at increasing organ and tissue donation.
The Division of Transplantation of the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Special Programs will administer the new program as part of the Clinton administration's National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative, which was launched in December 1997. "This new effort is aimed especially at learning what works best to increase consent rates," said HHS Deputy Secretary Kevin Thurm.
All applications must be submitted by at least two organizations—one with expertise in research and evaluation and the other with expertise in donation/transplantation. One of the agencies will be designated the applicant, and the applicant must be a federally designated organ procurement organization or other nonprofit, private organization.
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