Active Funding Opportunities

(Front to back) Cole Gomez Maldonado, Travis Willtinson (blue helmet), Thomas Jorgenson, and Mia Russell work to weed an invasive species. The tribe does not attempt to eradicate these plants but rather tries to find a way to live in harmony and balance with it. Location is a 5 acre megawatt solar field built in 2015. It was the first project in the Midwest with a smart inverter code. Photo by Josh Kohanek.

To transform health in our lifetime, RWJF funds research and initiatives focused on achieving health equity. Review our active and upcoming funding opportunities to see where you can play a role in paving the way to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.

Funding Opportunities

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

Seeding Research, Networking, and Capacity Building at Minority-Serving Institutions

This call for proposals seeks mission-aligned institutions interested in participating in cohort-style peer learning to advance their ability to engage in health equity research and apply for competitive funding opportunities in the future. 

Release date: September 10, 2026

About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RWJF is a leading national philanthropy dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime. Through funding, convening, advocacy, and evidence-building, we work side-by-side with communities, practitioners, and institutions to get to health equity faster and pave the way together to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.

Awarded Grants

We have much greater impact together than we could on our own. 

Learn about the kinds of work we support—from advancing equity in scholary publishing, to transforming neighborhoods, to strengthening worker protections across U.S. cities.