This solicitation is closed.

Deadline:

April 14, 2010 - Closed

Program Area:

Public Health

Purpose:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to build the evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal and policy solutions to improve public health. RWJF is equally interested in identifying and ameliorating laws and legal practices that unintentionally harm health. As public health practitioners, policy-makers and others consider how laws influence the public’s health, they need evidence to inform questions such as: How does law influence health and health behavior? Which laws have the greatest impact? Can current laws be made more effective through better enforcement, or do they require amendment? The purpose of RWJF’s Public Health Law Research program is to answer such questions by building a field of research and practice in public health law.

Program Information:

• Call for Proposals


• Overview

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:

Preference will be given to those applicant organizations that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a tribal group recognized by the U.S. federal government, or affiliated with a tribal group. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of this program is the United States; studies involving other countries will be considered only to the extent they may directly inform U.S. law and policy. Selection criteria can be found in the complete call for proposals.

Key Dates:

• March 17, 2010—Web conference for interested applicants.
• April 14, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.
• Early June—Applicants notified if invited to submit full proposals.
• June 17, 2010–Web conference for full proposal applicants. Registration is required.
• July 21, 2010 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
• September 30, 2010—Finalists notified.
• November 15, 2010—Funding initiated.

Total Award:

• Short-term studies: Up to 18-month awards of up to $150,000 each.
• Complex and comprehensive studies: Up to 30-month awards of up to $450,000 each.
• Up to $3.5 million will be available under this call for proposals for research studies.

Contact:

Public Health Law Research Grant Solicitation Helpdesk
phlr@temple.edu
Office: (215) 204-2134
http://www.publichealthlawresearch.org

Related Materials:

• View National Program Office

Other Versions:

• Public Health Law Research (May 19, 2009, Closed)