About us
HealthPartners Research Foundation (HPRF) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to conducting high-quality, public-domain health research within the greater HealthPartners organization. Research is directed by HealthPartners' medical, dental and mental health professionals in their particular field of expertise and interest, often in collaboration with other academic and research organizations throughout the world.
HPRF administers both external and internal grants for investigators. The external grants are funded by a number of different external funding agencies, while internal grants are awarded by HPRF itself. There are two types of internal grants, the Discovery grant and the Partnership grant. The Discovery grant is awarded to fill a gap in scientific knowledge, while the Partnership grant is designed to address an issue related to the strategic or annual plan of the organization, division or department, and is focused on improving direct care or practice. Both are open to any HealthPartners employee.
HPRF is one component of a larger organization consisting of HealthPartners, Regions Hospital and affiliated clinics defined as an affiliated covered entity under HIPAA regulations. The HPRF link with the HealthPartners clinics and Regions Hospital enables researchers to explore the feasibility of protocol design and identify potential participants for study proposals.
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