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Approach and initiatives
RWJF supports five major types of research.
RWJF directs a wide range of research initiatives that cut across its program areas. Research may involve a small, ad hoc project or a large multisite national initiative.
Here are the five main types of research projects we support:
Targeted Research: While most Foundation-sponsored research is applied, our targeted research projects are quick strikes that fit squarely with the current strategic directions of our program areas. Aimed either to provide fast answers to urgent analytic questions or to provide facts that reinforce the messages of our portfolios, most of these projects are small in nature (below $150,000) and are completed on short time frames.
Research and Policy Analysis: Much of our research falls into a broad category of research and policy analysis. This category includes health services research, behavioral research, some evaluative research and policy analysis. Grants in this area span from exploratory research to broaden our knowledge about a problem to more advanced research that seeks a better understanding of the implications of alternative solutions to a problem. Work on policy analysis and research typically focuses on supporting informed decision-making rather than promoting or examining a particular policy. For example, our Bridging the Gap initiative focuses on the role of policy and environmental factors in youth substance abuse.
Research-Driven Demonstrations: Research-driven demonstrations, are projects that seek to answer a particular research question. Unlike our other demonstrations, the research objectives take precedence over the programmatic ones. One of our high profile research-driven demonstrations, Cash & Counseling, was a randomized trial designed to test the effects of allowing disabled Medicaid beneficiaries to manage cash allowances in lieu of receiving agency-delivered services.
Research Training: Many of our training and education initiatives involve developing future researchers or supporting individuals to advance understanding of health and health care problems as they grow in their careers. For example, our Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program supports individuals to think broadly about the future of health and health care.
Syntheses: Research syntheses weigh existing evidence surrounding policy concerns and identify for decision-makers what's known, and what's not, about these complex policy issues. Learn more about RWJF syntheses.