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The Greater Value Portfolio grant program by the Donaghue Foundation funds research projects for two years, offering up to $400,000 per award. The program is designed to foster the development and testing of innovative approaches and tools to enhance the value of healthcare services. Specifically, it supports research targeting issues like high healthcare costs, unwarranted price variations, racial and ethnic disparities, and the lack of transparency in healthcare pricing and outcomes. The grant encourages projects that test new models of care, reduce unnecessary treatments, provide tools for better healthcare decision-making by consumers, promote patient-clinician conversations about treatment options, and interventions aimed at increasing healthcare equity. Applicants are expected to ensure their research methodologies do not inadvertently contribute to health inequities.