AHRQ-funded research helps answer practical questions about how health care can be safer, more effective, and more affordable. On July, 15, 2026, researchers began receiving notices that funding for AHRQ grants already underway would not continue.
This tracker documents research grants that have been canceled, the funding affected, and the patients, families, and communities the work was meant to help.
AHRQ-funded research helps answer practical questions about how health care can be safer, more effective, and more affordable. On July, 15, 2026, researchers began receiving notices that funding for AHRQ grants already underway would not continue.
This tracker documents research grants that have beencanceled, the funding affected, and the patients, families, and communities thework was meant to help.
The canceled research reaches across the health care system.
These are some of the people it was meant to help.
In its cancellation letters, AHRQ said it was ending these grants to redirect resources toward its stated priorities, including patient safety, antibiotic resistance, telehealth, and autism. But much of the research it canceled was doing exactly that work. The agency cut studies in the very areas it said it wanted to protect.
a trial across 40 hospitals testing how to use antibiotics more appropriately.
a study built on AHRQ's own National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety.
a program using telehealth to manage asthma in children whose families face a language barrier.
a study giving families of hospitalized children access to their care team's notes to catch safety problems.
a tool using AI to catch dangerous iron deficiency in pregnancy before delivery.
a study to improve early autism screening and diagnosis using digital tools.
The canceled grants were awarded to researchers and institutions across the country.
If your AHRQ grant received a cancellation or non award notice, tell us. Sharing your grant number, project title, and cancellation notice can help us build a more complete public record.
We can provide data, background, and connections to affected researchers who have agreed to speak.
Documenting canceled grants, supporting affected researchers, and making this information available to the public requires ongoing resources.
The list below includes the canceled grants we have verified. Every grant included in the list is reflected in the totals and charts on this page. We name individual projects only when the researcher has given us permission to do so. As more researchers agree to be identified, additional projects will be added.
Journalists have reported on the canceled grants and interviewed affected researchers using data from this tracker.
AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services research, the field that studies how health care is delivered and how it can be improved. We compiled this tracker using cancellation and non award notices shared directly by affected researchers, along with federal grant data.
Already invested refers to funding awarded and spent during the project periods before cancellation.
Remaining committed funding lost refers to funding committed to the grants for the remainder of their project periods but no longer available.
Total value of affected awards is the combined value of the funding already invested and the remaining committed funding.
Figures are updated as additional grants are verified and may change as new information becomes available.
To report a canceled grant or correction, contact advocacy@academyhealth.org.
