This document provides an introduction to stakeholder-engaged research. It discusses promoting outcomes that are important to patients, ensuring stakeholders have relevant information to make medical decisions, and getting all stakeholders working toward common goals. It notes initiatives like the NIH Roadmap and Affordable Care Act that promote stakeholder engagement. It identifies interested organizations like PCORI, AHRQ, CMS Innovation Center, and foundations. It outlines funding opportunities for stakeholder-engaged research through these organizations, totaling billions of dollars through 2019.