Deadline: 15-Mar-23
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is inviting applications for Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS).
Purpose
- Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is a four-year national leadership development program for full-time doctoral students from nonclinical, research-focused disciplines in which policy is a key lever for change (e.g., urban planning; political science; economics; anthropology; education; social work; sociology).
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recognizes that the increasing diversity in the country’s population can best be served when research and researchers also reflect that diversity. The world needs diverse perspectives as their nation identifies key health policy questions and evaluates the impact of proposed policy solutions.
- The goal of HPRS is to cultivate transformational leaders from diverse backgrounds with doctoral training—representing a wide range of research-focused disciplines—who will inform and influence policy toward a Culture of Health. Specifically, they aim to recruit doctoral students from a variety of fields/disciplines (e.g., urban planning; political science; economics; anthropology; education; engineering; geography; and lab/bench sciences) who are seeking to use policy change to advance population health and health equity.
Program Goals
- After completing the HPRS program, the scholar should:
- Have extensive knowledge of a Culture of Health, health policy, leadership, systems change, and communication.
- Have the capacity to exercise individual and collective leadership.
- Be able to apply research and interdisciplinary collaboration skills to engage multiple sectors (e.g., policy, education, business, communities, institutions, and agencies) to effectively translate research findings that will inform and influence policy to advance a Culture of Health.
- Use strategies to leverage diverse interdisciplinary networks of researchers.
- Establish meaningful and sustained relationships and collaborations with HPRS and other RWJF leadership programs and program participants.
Award Details
- Grant funds from RWJF will include:
- Award Funds: $30,000 per year for up to four years or until you complete your doctoral program (whichever is sooner).
- Administrative fee: Home institutions may include an administrative fee of $1,000 per year ($4,000 in total) to the grant amount to cover the administrative costs of managing the award.
- Payment of grant funds: Grant funds are paid to the home institution, which distributes the funds to the individual scholar.
- Scholars will also be eligible for competitive dissertation grants of up to $10,000, as well as competitive conference and research dissemination grants, awarded by the national program center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Scholars will have a choice of whether to receive these funds directly or have them provided to their institution (indirect costs are not permitted for dissertation awards).
- Funds received from RWJF or HPRS, whether received through the institution or directly, are considered income for IRS purposes and may be taxable.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- Applicants must be starting full-time, second-year doctoral studies in fall 2023 at a degree-granting institution based in the United States or its territories;
- Applicants must have at least three academic years remaining in their doctoral program and not expect to graduate before spring/summer 2026;
- Applicants must be from populations underrepresented in specific doctoral disciplines and/or historically marginalized backgrounds. Examples of marginalized backgrounds include, but are not limited to, first-generation college graduates; individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals from communities of color; and individuals with disabilities. If an applicant is applying because their background is underrepresented in a specific discipline, or from a marginalized background not listed, the applicant must clearly describe how they meet the eligibility criteria in the application form;
- Applicants cannot be a recipient of a national Latest Fellowships and Scholarship Opportunities for NGOs and individuals program that prohibits participation in additional programs such as HPRS;
- Applicants must be at least 21 years old as of September 1, 2023;
- Federal, state, tribal, and local government employees are eligible to apply unless they are considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code;
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Status or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the time of application. As federal policy or laws change, they may need to consider adjustments in eligibility and grant terms;
- Applicants cannot be related by blood or marriage to any Officer, Manager, or Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, or be a descendant of its founder, Robert Wood Johnson.
For more information, visit HPRS.