Explore programs dedicated to developing people, policies, and evidence-based practice to build a Culture of Health.
RWJF is looking for candidates from diverse fields and encourage those who have never received funding from the Foundation to apply. Check our Funding Opportunities page for a full list of grants currently available.
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Leadership
Clinical Scholars
Teams of clinically active practitioners from diverse health care fields gain leadership skills by addressing real-world equity issues.
Funding:
$35K per person/year
Duration up to:
36 months
Eligibility
Interdisciplinary teams of two to five clinically active professionals.
Team members must have active clinical licenses.
Team members with significant community-focused research or program experience.
One team member with a terminal degree in his or her profession.
Details
Design and implement a real-world project.
Develop high-level leadership skills through professional coaching, networking, and an advanced curriculum.
Network and become part of a national group of leaders spanning clinical specialties and regions.
Frame systemic issues and build public will to solve them.
Application Type
Team
Career Stage
Mid-Career
Type of Support
Leadership
Leadership
Culture of Health Leaders
People from any field or profession (across private, public, and nonprofit sectors) collaborate to address persistent health problems.
Funding:
$20K per person/year
Duration up to:
36 months
Eligibility
Individuals from any field, profession, or sector.
People at all points along their leadership path (established or emerging leaders).
Leaders with passion for sustainable impact within their community and commitment to health equity.
People who are highly motivated and poised to collaborate across sectors.
Details
Reach beyond professions and fields to generate sector-spanning solutions.
Influence systems and institutions with expanded community engagement practices.
Demonstrate a deep understanding of the root causes of inequity, Culture of Health, research, and other concepts.
Advocate for systemic change to improve health and health equity.
Application Type
Individual
Career Stage
Any
Type of Support
Leadership
Leadership + Research
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically disadvantaged backgrounds receive research support and study with a mentor.
Grant:
$30K per year
Duration:
48 months
Stipend:
$75K per year
Eligibility
Board-eligible physicians.
General dentists with a master's degree or PhD.
Registered nurses with a research doctorate.
Note: Applicants must apply with a research faculty mentor who has supervisory experience.
Details
Study and conduct research under a senior faculty member.
Must commit to 4 years of consecutive research.
Receive support for transitioning from a newly-trained clinician into an independent investigator.
Hone skills to foster the development of succeeding classes of nurses, dentists, and physicians.
Application Type
Individual
Career Stage
Early Career
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Type of Support
Leadership + Research
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Leadership + Research
Health Policy Research Scholars
Scholars from underrepresented populations and/or disadvantaged backgrounds—in any discipline—advance their policy and leadership skills.
Stipend:
$30K
Duration up to:
48 months
Grant up to:
$10K
Eligibility
Full-time doctoral students entering their second year.
From underrepresented populations and/or disadvantaged backgrounds.
Pursuing a research-focused discipline that can impact health.
Interested in health policy and interdisciplinary approaches.
Details
Apply leadership and collaboration across sectors, professions and disciplines.
Develop a deep understanding of equity, Culture of Health, research and other concepts.
Gain communication and advocacy skills to shape research-based policy.
Stipend is annual for the first four years, with an optional fifth year without stipend.
Application Type
Individual
Career Stage
Student
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Type of Support
Leadership + Research
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Leadership + Research
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Teams of one community partner and two researchers design community-engaged research and apply results to create real change in their community.
Grant up to:
$125K
Duration up to:
36 months
Stipend:
$25K per person/year
Eligibility
Teams of two researchers and one community partner.
Researchers with a terminal degree (PhD, MD, DrPH) or master's with extensive professional experience.
Community partners who are leaders, organizers, advocates, or other community champions.
Interdisciplinary teams that represent a wide range of disciplines.
Details
Complete a research project that addresses one of two annual themes.
Create action-oriented research that benefits the health of community members.
For community partners: increase capacity to work with researchers and use their findings.
For researchers: build expertise in authentically working with and engaging community.
Application Type
Team
Career Stage
Mid-Career
Type of Support
Leadership + Research
Leadership + Research
New Connections
Enhanced research capacity of scholars from underrepresented backgrounds through grantmaking, networking, and career development.
Funding up to:
$50K
Duration up to:
12 months
Eligibility
Applicants who have earned a PhD in the last 10 years.
Early-career scholars who come from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.
People who have not received past RWJF funding.
Details
Participate in career development for diverse early career scholars.
Gain admission into the 900-scholar New Connections network.
Access other network benefits, including: workshops, trainings, network opportunities, and leadership development.
Application Type
Individual
Career Stage
Early Career
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Type of Support
Leadership + Research
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Leadership
Summer Health Professions Education Program
College students interested in the health professions attend a summer program to strengthen academic proficiency and career development.
Funding:
$600
Duration up to:
6 weeks
Eligibility
Undergraduate students, specifically rising college freshmen or sophomores at time of application.
Students who identify with a group that is racially/ethnically underrepresented in the health professions or come from an economically/educationally disadvantaged background.
Have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5.
Details
Strengthen academic proficiency and career development in preparation for health profession school.
Gain clinical exposure through small-group rotations in health care settings.
Attend sessions directed toward exploration of the health professions and the admissions process.
All expenses are covered, plus a $600 stipend upon program completion.
Application Type
Individual
Career Stage
Student
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Type of Support
Leadership
Additional Criteria
Underrepresented Background
Research
Evidence for Action
Innovative research projects that build evidence and are both action oriented and scalable in improving population health or health equity.
Funding up to:
No cap
Duration up to:
36 months
Eligibility
Rigorously designed quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research.
Evidence generated through E4A should aid practitioners and policymakers in setting priorities and allocating resources.
Studies should include measures of health outcomes or behavior factors that are well-established determinants of health.
Interest in projects examining health impacts of interventions that address factors outside of health care services or public health practice.
Details
The primary target is late-stage research that directly tests health outcomes.
A smaller portfolio of grants is dedicated to the development and validation of key measures to improve the assessment of population health, well-being, and equity.
Application Type
Individual + Team
Career Stage
Any
Type of Support
Research
Research
Health Data for Action
Innovative research projects that use rich, unique data sources to draw new actionable insights for health-related policies and programs.
Funding up to:
$150K
Duration up to:
12 months
Eligibility
Researchers, as well as practitioners in the public and private sector working with researchers.
Strong methodology within proposed research design.
Research questions that are highly relevant for health policies and programs.
Ability to create timely reports to share findings widely.
Details
Help build a Culture of Health by using data to unlock answers to important research questions.
Gain exclusive access to rich data to draw actionable insights for health policies and programs.
Each round of funding will provide access to specific data sets made available through partner organizations.
Application Type
Team
Career Stage
Any
Type of Support
Research
Research
Policies for Action
Actionable research projects that demonstrate how public and private sector policies impact population health, well-being, and equity.
Funding up to:
$250K
Duration up to:
24 months
Eligibility
Research projects that can demonstrate what policy levers can drive positive health outcomes.
Research projects with insights that can be implemented, maintained, and scaled.
Applicants must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status.
Applicants with interdisciplinary research teams, from diverse fields, or who are first-time applicants to RWJF are highly encouraged to apply.
Details
Generate actionable evidence about how, and how well, laws and policies work to promote population health, well-being, and equity.
Support provided for collaborative learning, research translation and dissemination, and networking.
Application Type
Team
Career Stage
Any
Type of Support
Research
Research
Systems for Action
Rigorous research projects that identify how to align delivery and financing systems for medical, public health, and social services.
Funding up to:
$250K
Duration up to:
24 months
Eligibility
Research teams from diverse fields that have expertise in medical, public health, and social services delivery and financing systems.
Research topics should fit the program’s current topics of special interest, as listed in each CFP.
Applicants must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status.
Studies should focus on one or more mechanisms for system alignment that relate to the Culture of Health Action Framework’s Action Areas.
Details
Build new scientific evidence on delivery and financing systems innovations that improve health and reduce inequities.
Studies must address at least one focus area in the research agenda, including a focus on one or more novel mechanisms for systems alignment and integration.
Studies should engage all three of the broad sectors referenced in the research agenda, including: 1) medical care; 2) public health, and 3) social community services and supports.