About HPRF
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.
The Foundation administers both external and internal grants for investigators. The external grants have been funded by a number of different external funding agencies, while internal grants are awarded by the foundation itself. There are 2 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 employee of HealthPartners.
HealthPartners Research Foundation (HPRF) is one component of a larger organization that is defined as an affiliated covered entity (ACE) under the HIPAA regulations. The larger organization consists of HealthPartners, Inc. and Regions Hospital as well as affiliated clinics. The HPRF link with the HealthPartners clinics and Regions Hospital enable researchers to explore the feasibility of protocol design and to identify potential participants for study proposals.
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