Fragmentation in healthcare is a serious issue many clinicians experience. It can range from a patient struggling to navigate follow-up appointments after leaving the hospital to a specialist lacking access to critical information. Care transitions create gaps that can lead to confusion, delayed treatment, duplicative services, preventable adverse events, increased burden on providers, and poor patient outcomes. Fragmentation can occur between organizations, within health systems, across care teams, or through disconnected workflows, technologies, and patient experiences.
Over the past five years, the Copic Medical Foundation has invested $3.7 million in 23 projects focused on one critical challenge: reducing fragmentation in healthcare delivery. In 2026, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive review of that work to better understand what approaches were creating meaningful and sustainable impact. The findings were clear. Regardless of specialty, patient population, or care setting, the strongest projects shared a common goal—strengthening connections between patients, providers, organizations, and community resources.
Those insights have helped shape the Foundation’s 2027 Request for Proposals for grant funding. As healthcare delivery continues to grow more complex, we remain focused on supporting innovative, systems-level solutions that improve coordination, continuity of care, patient safety, quality, and healthcare outcomes.
2027 Grant Funding Opportunity At-a-Glance
Focus Area
Reducing fragmentation in healthcare delivery through sustainable, systems-level solutions that improve coordination, continuity of care, patient safety, quality, and healthcare outcomes.
Typical Grant Size
$50,000-$250,000
Who Should Apply
Nonprofit organizations, hospital systems, universities, or organizations working with an eligible fiscal sponsor, that can demonstrate measurable impact, sustainability, and broader applicability.
Where to Find Information
www.copic.com/foundation
Application Portal Opens
November 2, 2026
Application Deadline
January 15, 2027 at 5:00 p.m. MST
Questions or Proposal Discussions
gr****@***ic.com
What We’re Looking For
Projects that:
• Improve care coordination or continuity of care
• Address a clearly defined systems-level challenge
• Improve patient safety, quality, or healthcare outcomes
• Demonstrate sustainability beyond Foundation funding
• Can be replicated or adapted by other organizations
• Contribute meaningful learning to the healthcare community
Competitive proposals should demonstrate measurable improvements in healthcare delivery, a credible path to sustainability beyond Foundation funding, and the potential for replication or broader adoption by other organizations. Examples of previously funded projects and their impact can be found on the Foundation’s website.
