Office-Wide Innovative Solutions Opening for Proactive Health Office (PHO)

The Proactive Health Office (PHO) at ARPA-H is seeking solutions to improve the healthspan and health outcomes of Americans prior to the onset of disease and/or the development of diminished quality of life from illness. Specifically, PHO hypothesizes that 1) population-level improvements in access to and uptake of disease prevention and wellness-promoting behaviors and 2) development of novel early-detection methods and prophylactic interventions could drastically improve the health of American throughout their lives, and 3) that system level innovations are required for delivery of proactive health effectively. Solution summary submissions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov Questions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Ask-A-Question/ Proposal submission should be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Submit-Proposal/ Amendment 1 is effective immediately; however, if an entity has previously submitted a solution summary and/or a proposal, the base solicitation will be followed for those submissions. If a solution summary is submitted; however, a proposal has not been submitted yet, the proposal will be evaluated in accordance with this amendment. The amendment: Removes the option to submit a proposal through Grants.gov in Section 1 and Section 4.4. Removes the option for a proposer to submit a solution summary and proposal at the same time. Language is deleted in Section 2.2 and Section 5.1. Removes duplicative language about the type of eligible proposers in Section 3.1 because language is found in Section 2.2. Incorporates language in Section 3.2 to show �FFRDCs and government entities, including federal government employees, are not permitted to respond to this solicitation�� and includes information on how handle unique proposal situations. Incorporates language in Section 3.5 to encourage submission of research ideas notwithstanding any potential ARPA-H award limitations. Incorporates language in Section 4.1 to expand on...