How to Apply—Submitting an Unsolicited Proposal
We require that all applicants initiate an unsolicited proposal—accepted only in the Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations program areas—by submitting a three-page brief proposal using the application form provided below. There are no specific submission deadlines for unsolicited proposals.
Before starting a brief proposal, please review the guidelines of What We Fund for the Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations program areas. To receive a fair and comprehensive review from the Foundation, all proposals must address the strategic objectives of one of these three program areas and fall within the guidelines of the types of proposals that we fund.
Application and Guidelines for Building Human Capital and Vulnerable Populations Solicitations
Follow the instructions outlined in the brief proposal form. You are asked to provide the following information about the project:
- project title
- start and completion dates
- key components or activities
- intended results or products
- intended audiences for any products, and how you will share products with these audiences
- methodologies to be used, if a research or evaluation project
- success measures
- other funding sources anticipated
- relationship to the strategy of Building Human Capital, Pioneer or Vulnerable Populations program area
- brief budget that indicates personnel costs, office costs, purchased services and indirect costs—which may be no more than 12 percent.
RWJF will review complete proposals only. Please provide all requested information.
Clicking on this link will prompt your computer to download a Microsoft Word document. Before completing the form, please save the document to your computer's hard drive, preferably with a new name. Note that some users of older Macintosh OS X operating systems will not be able to download this document due to operating system issues. In those instances, please call RWJF's Office of Proposal Management at (877) 843-RWJF (7953).
Important: This form is only to be used when submitting an unsolicited proposal. Do not use the unsolicited brief proposal form to respond to a call for proposals.
Once you have completed your brief proposal, please submit it as an attachment by e-mail to briefproposal@rwjf.org. If you have any problems sending your brief proposal, please call RWJF's Office of Proposal Management at (877) 843-RWJF (7953).
RWJF will confirm receipt of your brief proposal via e-mail within two weeks.
Submission Guidelines for Pioneer Solicitations
The Pioneer portfolio employs a different proposal process. Please review Pioneer's strategic objectives to determine whether there is a fit between your project and RWJF's Pioneer strategy. As you prepare your brief proposal, please follow the submission guidelines for Pioneer.
The Pioneer Portfolio seeks innovative projects that can lead to fundamental breakthroughs in health and health care. Similar to research and development investments in the for-profit sector, the projects in the Pioneer Portfolio are future-oriented and often look to nontraditional sources and fields to make significant improvements in health.
Learn about the review process for unsolicited proposals.
Questions
If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact our Office of Proposal Management via e-mail or at (877) 843-RWJF (7953), Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time.
