Strategies to Link, Engage, and Retain Men with HIV in Care: Evaluation Provider
One cooperative agreement funds a single Evaluation Provider to conduct multi-site implementation-science evaluation and evaluation technical assistance for interventions that help men with HIV stay engaged in care, alongside a separately funded implementation technical assistance provider and up to eight implementation sites.
⚑ Single award recipient for the Evaluation Provider; separate companion cooperative agreement funds the ITAP. · Multi-site implementation science evaluation with evaluation-specific technical assistance, not direct service delivery. · Up to eight implementation sites are sub-awarded by the ITAP, not by the EP. · Eligibility is not stated in the notice.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 100 strong | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); social/behavioral work is central; funds evaluation research |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: substantial; funds evaluation research (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to award one cooperative agreement recipient to serve as the Evaluation Provider (EP). This funding opportunity has a companion funding opportunity to fund an Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP). The two recipients will work collaboratively, but conduct distinct activities that support the overall initiative. The proposed initiative will be comprised of one Evaluation Provider (EP), one Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP) funded as a separate cooperative agreement, and up to eight (8) implementation sites sub-awarded by the ITAP. This initiative will use implementation science to adapt, implement, and evaluate the implementation of interventions that serve men with HIV who are not consistently engaged in care or experiencing barriers to staying in care This initiative directly aligns with Ryan White Program 2030 (RWP2030), which is a renewed vision for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). Building on the foundation of the RWHAP and the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative, the RWP2030 framework is designed to sustain high-quality care and treatment for people currently receiving services through the RWHAP while expanding efforts to identify and engage individuals with HIV who are undiagnosed or out-of-care. The funded Evaluation Provider (EP) will lead a multi-site evaluation of the project and will provide evaluation-specific technical assistance (TA) to the implementation sites. The evaluation activities that the EP will conduct will draw from frameworks and approaches developed in the field of implementation science, including HAB"s Implementation Science Framework. The initiative emphasizes: 1) rapid adaptation, implementation, and evaluation; 2) implementation at a broad scale to produce generalizable findings; 3) public release of dissemination products based on human-centered design and adult learning principles, which foregrounds sustainability, rapid dissemination of findings, and replication of best practices.
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Proposal brief
Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
55/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a public health implementation/evaluation opportunity focused on HIV care engagement and retention, with strong human-behavior, communication, and program-evaluation components that fit IPPRA’s research strengths. However, it is primarily a health services implementation/evaluation cooperative agreement rather than a broad policy or behavioral science study, so it is a partial fit rather than a core one. HRSA typically allows universities as applicants or partners in such cooperative agreements, but since eligibility is not explicitly stated here, the score is capped accordingly.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 55 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a public health implementation/evaluation opportunity focused on HIV care engagement and retention, with strong human-behavior, communication, and program-evaluation components that fit IPPRA’s research strengths. However, it is primarily a health services implementation/evaluation cooperative agreement rather than a broad policy or behavioral science study, so it is a partial fit rather than a core one. HRSA typically allows universities as applicants or partners in such cooperative agreements, but since eligibility is not explicitly stated here, the score is capped accordingly. |
| 2026-07-06 | 72 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a strong fit for IPPRA’s public health and crisis-response portfolio because it centers on HIV care engagement, implementation science, multi-site evaluation, and dissemination products designed to improve service delivery and retention in care. IPPRA could credibly anchor the evaluation, survey/behavioral analysis, and human-centered dissemination components, though the opportunity is more applied public health than a pure social-science study. Public universities are not excluded in the notice, and HRSA cooperative agreements commonly allow university applicants, so eligibility appears compatible. |