Deadline: 27 July 2016
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is currently inviting applications for its Optimizing Cost-of-Care Conversations between Clinicians and Vulnerable Patients program with an aim to provide opportunity, vulnerable populations include people with incomes less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), who are newly insured, belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, or for whom English is a second language. This solicitation aims to fund studies that will test specific messages, best practices, and other principles to be incorporated in resources for improving the frequency and quality of cost-of-care conversations between clinicians and vulnerable patients.
Funded studies will focus on testing a diverse range of approaches with diverse populations, which will ultimately help inform the development of tools, guides and resources to improve patient and clinician communication about costs and high-value care.
Funding Information
- Up to $1 million will be available under this CFP.
- Project funding can be up to $250,000 to accommodate studies of 12 months.
- Four to six studies will be funded.
- The Foundation expects to fund a mix of studies with varying budget levels across each of the major topic areas referenced above.
Key Dates
- June 29, 2016 (2:30 p.m. ET): Applicant webinar. Registration is required.
- July 27, 2016 (3 p.m. ET): Deadline for receipt of full proposals.
- September 15, 2016: Notification of finalists.
- December 1, 2016: Grants start.
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 and other related fields.
- Preference will be given 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
Proposals for this solicitation must be submitted via the RWJF online system provided on the website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Optimizing Cost-of-Care Conversations between Clinicians and Vulnerable Patients.
