initiative. Specifically, ARPA-H is issuing its first funding opportunities through an Agency-wide Open Broad Agency Announcement and an idea competition called the “ARPA-H Dash,” in addition to releasing its site selection strategy.
Hub site No. 1 will be in the National Capital Region and focus on stakeholder engagement and operations adjacent to the majority of our nation’s regulatory and legislative partners and many businesses — critical partners needed to support transitioning new health capabilities to reach everyone who needs them.
Hub No. 2, a customer experience hub, will drive user testing, adoption, access, and trust of ARPA-H projects, taking a human-centered approach to design products and services that people need and want to use. It will also take a proactive approach to enhance clinical trials, reach representative patient populations, and capture outcomes data for future research.