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Active Funding Opportunities

Active Funding Opportunities

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.

Active Funding Opportunities

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Exploring Equitable Futures

The purpose of this call for proposals is to support projects that seed new and unconventional ideas that could radically advance health equity for generations to come.

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Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows

The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive learning experience at the intersection of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C.

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Upcoming Funding Opportunites

Health Equity Scholars for Action (HES4A)

The goal of HES4A is to support the career development and academic advancement of researchers from historically marginalized backgrounds (HMRs) conducting health equity research. Grants will be awarded to address the challenges that HMRs typically experience and help them overcome obstacles to earning tenure.

Release Date: September 4, 2025

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The Grant Process

Who develops our grant programs? What criteria and objectives must be met? Learn what makes up our grant process and the types of programs and activities we support.

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Grantee Stories

Meet the people working to advance health equity from the ground up, applying innovative ideas and solutions to help us build a future where health is for everyone.

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