Addressing Current Gaps in our Understanding of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) using American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) CAD Data

• Proposals must be received no later than 3 p.m. Central Time on May 10, 2024. Early submission is encouraged.

• Before beginning an application, review the eligibility and requirements that apply to all AHA research awards at AHA Application Resources page.

• All proposals must be submitted electronically via ProposalCentral. The system will open eight weeks prior to the application deadline to complete your proposal and upload documents. You can begin to create your documents now; please refer to the AHA Application Instructions (PDF). All submissions require a signature from a designated institutional representative.

• Applicants must be AHA Professional Members at the time of application. This must be done online. Join or begin the membership process well before the deadline.

This RFP is by invitation only* to researchers who attended the Data Science Bootcamp to learn how to use the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Data for Research Awards.

The goal of this RFP is to address the impact of social determinants of health on areas related to AFib, CAD, HF, or Resuscitation by using the American Heart Association’s GWTG CAD or HF data linked to SDOH or the AFib or Resuscitation datasets that can be supplemented/linked with publicly available datasets of the applicant’s choice. 

* To be invited to apply, individuals must have received the travel grant to attend the Data Science Bootcamp focused on learning to use the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® data in research applications, successfully attended the workshop, and received a GWTG research certificate.