Deadline: 25 July 2018
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is seeking proposals for its Conducting Evaluations of Healthy Children, Healthy Weight Programs to improve the health and well-being of all in America.
Evaluations could assess a wide range of evaluation questions, including (but not limited to):
- To what extent does a program/grant (e.g., its strategy, tactics, outcomes) align with that of the Foundation’s broader Healthy Children, Healthy Weight focus area?
- What are the major strengths and areas of improvement for a specific program/grant as they relate to goals/priorities in the Healthy Children, Healthy Weight focus area?
- What has the program/grant or grantee achieved with RWJF’s funding?
- In what way(s) has the program/grant influenced the field?
Award Information
- One contract of up to $2 million will be awarded through this call for qualifications (CFQ).
- The contract is for a funding period of 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
- Awards will be made to organizations, not to individuals.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee composed of RWJF staff and external experts. Final funding decisions are made by RWJF staff. An evaluation organization will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Experience working with foundations
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to RWJF priorities
- Ability to be nimble, flexible, responsive, and innovative in approaches to evaluation
- Depth of staff expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods and across various types of evaluations
- Substantive expertise in the full range of topics related to the Foundation’s programming in the
- Healthy Children, Healthy Weight focus area
- Experience partnering with organizations in the evaluation process (i.e., working closely with the organizations being evaluated)
- Ability to convene an evaluation team with the appropriate skill set quickly that can work with grantees who could be based in locations around the country
- Ability to clearly communicate take-home messages around the findings, without jargon
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit RWJF.