On May 19th, the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 2021 Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge. Through this opportunity, FORE is looking to support “outside-the-box” ideas to solve problems connected to the opioid crisis. FORE will provide grant support for specific projects that can explore and/or evaluate innovative ideas, bring together approaches from several diverse fields, and engage multi-disciplinary teams to solve long-standing issues. Projects should address one of the following three areas:
- Professional Education and Training
- Timely and Actionable Data
- Supporting the Transition from Treatment to Recovery
The full RFP is available here, and our summary can be found here. Interested applicants must submit a Concept Note by July 19th. FORE will subsequently select applicants to submit a Full Proposal, for which applicants will have an additional four weeks. FORE may consider an additional round of this RFP after July 2021.