Description
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is seeking applications for the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology program. This program aims to support innovative and breakthrough solutions to maximize the potential of health IT and achieve a transformed healthcare delivery system. The program will focus on three areas of interest: accelerating the use of agentic artificial intelligence solutions in clinical care and/or clinical trials, expanding Lantern's API monitoring capabilities, and assessing laboratory interoperability gaps. Applicants must submit their applications by July 16, 2026, and the award is expected to be made on September 26, 2026. The project period is 24 months, and the estimated funding for this program is $2,000,000.
• The program will support up to three cooperative agreements.
• The award ceiling is $1,000,000, and the award floor is $500,000.
• Eligible applicants include nonprofits, state governments, Native American tribal governments, and public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
• The program will focus on areas where breakthrough improvements are needed to address problems that have impeded the innovative use of health IT.