Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) National Pediatric Readiness Coordinating Center Cooperative Agreement
This cooperative agreement funds a national coordinating center to assess and expand pediatric readiness in hospital emergency departments and pre-hospital EMS systems.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV
⚑ Eligible applicants are limited to state governments and accredited schools of medicine; public R1 universities are not directly eligible unless they fit the accredited school of medicine category. · Cooperative agreement with substantial federal involvement implied by the instrument. · Focus is implementation/coordination and readiness assessment, not research or clinical trials.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
Description
The Emergency Medical Services for Children National Pediatric Readiness Coordinating Center (EMSC NPRCC) demonstration program will work to assess and expand "Pediatric Readiness" in hospital emergency departments (ED) and pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) systems. Because children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics, specialized emergency care is needed. Pediatric Readiness ensures that every EMS and fire-rescue agency and ED has the pediatric-specific leadership, competencies, policies, equipment, and other resources needed to provide high-quality emergency care for children, no matter where they live, attend school, or travel in the United States.
Eligibility
The eligible applicants are state governments and accredited schools of medicine.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <mchbguidance@hrsa.gov>
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
18/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a public health and emergency care coordination cooperative agreement, but it is primarily a service/demonstration program focused on implementation support for pediatric emergency systems rather than research. IPPRA’s survey, behavioral, and policy research strengths could be adjacent to readiness evaluation, but the opportunity is not a strong topical match and eligibility is restricted to state governments and accredited schools of medicine, so a public research institute would not be eligible.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a public health and emergency care coordination cooperative agreement, but it is primarily a service/demonstration program focused on implementation support for pediatric emergency systems rather than research. IPPRA’s survey, behavioral, and policy research strengths could be adjacent to readiness evaluation, but the opportunity is not a strong topical match and eligibility is restricted to state governments and accredited schools of medicine, so a public research institute would not be eligible. |
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This opportunity is about pediatric emergency preparedness, EMS/ED readiness, and implementation support, which has some overlap with IPPRA’s public health and crisis-response interests. However, it is primarily a clinical/health-systems cooperative agreement with little direct behavioral, policy, or survey-research component, and eligibility is restricted to state governments and accredited schools of medicine, so a public policy research institute at a state university would not be eligible as the lead applicant. |