Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Capacity Program

The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity Program is a forecasted federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration. The opportunity number is HRSA-27-028, and the Assistance Listing is 93.688, Innovation for Maternal Health. The program is categorized as a discretionary health funding opportunity. Its purpose is to strengthen state, jurisdiction, and Tribal capacity to implement, expand, and sustain Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Patient Safety Bundles, or AIM PSBs, and associated resources across the United States. AIM PSBs promote evidence-informed maternal safety practices intended to improve the quality and safety of maternity care and reduce preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. The forecast identifies an estimated total program funding amount of $8,050,000 and an expected 35 awards. The stated award ceiling is $230,000. Although Grants.gov displays an award floor of $0, that amount is treated as missing because a zero award floor does not establish a meaningful minimum award. The source does not provide additional information about award tiers, allowable expense categories, indirect cost limitations, subaward limits, or other spending restrictions. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies to this opportunity. The forecast therefore indicates that applicants will not be required to provide a financial match or cost share as a condition of funding. Applicant eligibility is unrestricted as to entity type, subject to the additional eligibility clarification in the forecast. Applicants must be capable of carrying out data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiatives in obstetrics and gynecology or maternal health. Because the notice expressly describes eligible applicants as unrestricted rather than limiting eligibility to specified governmental, nonprofit, educational, Tribal, business, or individual applicant classes, the opportunity encompasses the standard applicant categories represented by an unrestricted federal competition. The program purpose is national in scope and specifically concerns implementation, expansion, and sustainability of AIM PSBs and associated resources across the United States. This opportunity remains in the forecast stage, so complete application instructions and application components are not yet available in the provided material. The estimated posting date is January 15, 2027, which is treated as the anticipated application opening date based on the information currently available. The estimated application due date is March 17, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on that date. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the forecast. The source also does not provide application questions, required narrative sections, named forms, required uploads, evaluation criteria, scoring criteria, or other detailed submission mechanics beyond electronic submission by the stated deadline. As of August 27, 2026, the application period has not yet opened. Because the estimated January 15, 2027 posting date is in the future, the opportunity is in the Early Engagement stage and has a Forecasted status. The forecast was originally dated July 31, 2026 and was last updated August 26, 2026. The estimated application deadline is March 17, 2027, the estimated award date is August 2, 2027, and the estimated project start date is September 1, 2027. The fiscal year is 2027, and the listed archive date is September 1, 2028. The source does not state that this competition recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or on another regular schedule, so it is not classified as recurring. The listed grantor contact is the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health within the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Women's Health. The program contact email is Wellwomancare@hrsa.gov, and the telephone number is 301-945-3940. No individual contact person's first and last name is provided. Additional program information is available through the Health Resources and Services Administration maternal health program page identified in the source. Because this is a forecasted opportunity, applicants should recognize that the posting date, application deadline, award date, project start date, funding amounts, number of awards, and other forecast details are estimates and that the provided material does not yet contain the complete application package or final notice of funding opportunity.

Demonstrate capability to carry out data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiatives in obstetrics and gynecology or maternal health, with clear alignment to implementing, expanding, and sustaining AIM Patient Safety Bundles and associated resources.