Deadline: 1 June 2016
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is currently inviting applications for its State Health Access Reform Evaluation with an aim to fund timely policy-relevant studies with strong empirical designs that will inform policy and health reform implementation.
Eligible studies may be of a single state, groups of states, or national analyses that use state-level data. The Foundation is primarily interested in timely studies which have policy relevance.
State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) is an RWJF national program that supports rigorous research on issues surrounding state health reform. The SHARE program is managed by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), an RWJF-funded research center in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Staff at Academy Health is conducting the call for proposals and the proposal review process, and staff at SHADAC will monitor the awarded grants and assist grantees with the translation, promotion, and dissemination of research findings.
Funding Information
- Up to $1.3 million will be available under this CFP.
- Project funding will range from $50,000 to $150,000 to accommodate studies of six to 12 months.
- Preference will be given to rapid-turnaround projects that can be completed within six months.
- Projects lasting longer than six months must provide strong justification for the grant period.
- Eight to 12 studies will be funded.
Eligibility Criteria
- Researchers, as well as practitioners and public and private policymakers working with researchers, are eligible to submit proposals through their organizations.
- Projects may be generated from disciplines including:
- Health services research;
- Economics;
- Sociology;
- Program evaluation;
- Political science;
- Public policy;
- Public health;
- Public administration;
- Law;
- Business administration;
- Other related fields.
- The Foundation may give preference to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations.
- The Foundation may require additional documentation.
- Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit State Health Access Reform Evaluation.