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Recognizing that technology must play a role in controlling health care costs, the National Science Foundation and The Whitaker Foundation developed a joint grant program, Cost Effective Health Care Technologies. The goal of this novel program, announced in 1993, was to motivate the community to undertake research that addresses the problem of escalating health care costs. Following the receipt of over 350 letters of intent and 106 full applications, 12 projects were funded at a total cost of over $1.4 million. The program was successful in sensitizing the bioengineering community to the need of using technology not only to increase the quality of care but also to contain its costs. If approved by both organizations, the program will be continued for 1994-95.
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